1. Hearing, interrupted
A Republican attempt to speed a healthcare bill through committee was confronted by hundreds of demonstrators who lined Senate halls and interrupted the proceedings with chants for justice. Many were detained.
‘No cuts to Medicaid! Save our liberty!'
Wow. pic.twitter.com/VOlQHBksPy
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) September 25, 2017
Line up to be heard
From the end of the line to the front #grahamCassidy @ABC pic.twitter.com/rxL7wAjv0M
— Serena Marshall (@SerenaMarsh) September 25, 2017
Shut up and be heard
If you want a hearing … if you want a hearing, you better shut up.
– Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, who has been in the Senate for 41 years, to protesters
2. Trump picks fight with athletes
The president spent his weekend challenging the patriotism of athletes who have kneeled during the pre-game national anthem as a protest of police violence against African Americans. “The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race,” Trump tweeted.
Five things Trump could do instead
‘Slave-master-servant mentality’
They should all kneel, not against the flag, but against the interference by Mr Trump with their first amendment rights. If the cotton pickers don’t pick cotton, the industry doesn’t move; the NFL and NBA players don’t play the game, it doesn’t move.
– Jesse Jackson, to the New York Times
3. Puerto Rico in crisis
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, millions of people in Puerto Rico faced long-term interruptions to food, water and power supplies. Trump was silent on the crisis and there was no visible move on Capitol Hill to provide speedy relief.
4. Private emails
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump used private emails alongside their official White House accounts to exchange messages with other administration officials, according to reports. Hillary Clinton’s use of private emails was a central outrage of the Trump campaign.
5. Revised travel ban
A new travel ban to come into effect on 18 October will continue to target travellers from Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Libya and Iran, but also adds North Korea, Chad and Venezuela to the list of targeted countries.
6. Weiner sentenced to prison
Anthony Weiner, the former congressman and husband of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexting a teenage girl. The judge said Weiner “has a disease”.
… and another thing:
LeBron James: I don't regret calling Trump a 'bum' https://t.co/RcgkYkMp2U pic.twitter.com/zfFJaelKue
— POLITICO (@politico) September 25, 2017
