CNN anchor presses PR governor on death count

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota presses Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on the Harvard study that says the death toll from Hurricane Maria is closer to 5,000, contradicting the 64 that officials have reported. Source: CNN

Here's what Boehner said about the GOP

Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner lamented Thursday that the GOP he knew is no more, and in its place is the “Trump Party.” Source: CNN

Kasich: I don't know where GOP is going

Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) responds to former Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s comments that, “there is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump Party.” Source: CNN

President tweets he will pardon Dinesh D'Souza

President Donald Trump announced unexpectedly Thursday that he was granting a full pardon to Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative author and filmmaker who pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance laws in 2014. He was indicted earlier that year on charges that he illegally used straw donors to contribute to Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long in New York in 2012. Source: …

Trump keeps pardoning his political friends

The last three US Presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — each waited more than two years after being elected to issue their first pardon. Trump has engaged his power four times already, was publicly lobbied for another one by Kim Kardashian West, of all people, on Wednesday, and made the surprise announcement of a fifth …