David Morens, who spent sixteen years inside the Office of the Director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit offenses against and defraud the United States. He is 78 years old and faces up to five years in federal prison.
Florida votes today. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. local time, which means the panhandle finishes an hour behind the rest of the state and the full picture will not be clear until after 8 p.m. Eastern. Here is what actually matters, and it is not only the name at the top of the ballot.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, went on a friendly livestream over the weekend and told President Trump to come at him. He predicted that Trump's attacks would turn him into the "main character of the midterms," and said he was entirely comfortable with that.
Massachusetts signed a new abortion law on Monday, and the press has settled into the usual choreography. Governor Maura Healey talks about protecting women. Critics get labeled extremists. Everybody agrees the details are too complicated for regular people to worry their heads about.
The press spent Wednesday morning explaining that the far left had finally hit its ceiling. A democratic socialist narrowly lost a primary in Wisconsin, and therefore the insurgency was over, the fever had broken, the moderates were back.
The press has settled on its Wisconsin storyline within hours. Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost the Democratic primary for governor to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, and therefore the far left has hit its ceiling, the insurgency narrative is dead, and the grown ups are back in charge. Everyone can relax.
A new wave of data reveals a political shift so steady and surprising that even seasoned analysts are taking notice.