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Several Democratic presidential candidates are now speaking at the Rev. Al SharptonThe convention of the national network of action.

Beto O'Rourke, Andrew Yang, and Julian Castro are scheduled to talk today.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer laughs at O'Rourke's penchant for getting on the counter, according to a Washington Post reporter.

representative Doug Collins, the Republic's highest-ranked judicial committee member, has described it as "reckless" and "irresponsible" to subpoena the Mueller report, according to the Washington Post.

The Judiciary Committee of the House is meeting to discuss a resolution authorizing subpoenas for special advice. Robert MuellerFull report.

The committee should authorize subpoenas for the report and for five people, according to the Wall Street Journal: former White House lawyer Don McGahn, the former director of communications at the White House , Hope Hicks, former White House aide, Steve Bannon, former White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus and Ann Donaldson, former chief of staff of the White House Council .

"We have reason to suspect the motives of this administration," said the chairman of the commission Jerry Nadler said at the hearing, according to WSJ. "The Mueller report is probably not a" total exemption "as the president claims, and in any case, this committee has a job to do.

Three Democrat senators will introduce a bill Wednesday to allow young immigrants from the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program to work on Capitol Hill, CNN reported.

The DACA program gives immigrants, who were illegally brought into the country as children, permission to work legally in the United States. But under a little known law, only US citizens and legal permanent residents can get paid jobs and paid internships in Congress, according to CNN. Meaning. Kamala Harris of California, Catherine Cortez-Masto Nevada and Dick Durbin Illinois will introduce legislation that would allow DACA beneficiaries, often referred to as Dreamers, to be paid.

Donald Trump said he "never planned a vote before the 2020 election" on a health care plan to replace Obamacare.

The Trump administration has asked the courts to cancel the Affordable Care Act. He initially claimed that the Republicans would propose an excellent plan to replace him, but then acknowledged that no such plan existed and that no effort would be made for the Congress be adopted before the 2020 elections.

Trump's earlier efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare failed.

Republican group launches advertising campaign against Rep. Ilhan Omar, CNN reports.

American Action Network, a conservative rights group, will spend six figures on advertisements for the Minnesota Democrats for its controversial comments about Israel, an official told the network. Advertisements accuse Omar of "continuing to utter anti-Semitic insults" and saying that Democrats in the House should "stand up to hate" and dismiss it from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

According to NBC News, at least 14 major donors to Donald Trump's inaugural committee have been appointed ambassadors for the United States.

None have diplomatic experience. The candidate for the ambassador to the Bahamas, Doug Manchester – who gave $ 1 million to the inauguration – did not even know that the island nation for which he had been chosen was an independent country. At his confirmation hearing, he had incorrectly stated in Congress that it was an American protectorate, which has never been the case. The Bahamas were once a British possession, but have been independent since 1972. The bid for Manchester has been deadlocked for two years, according to NBC.

Catch up on some election results from last night: Lori Lightfoot was elected Mayor of Chicago. She is the first black woman to hold this position and the first openly gay person. Her election is also remarkable because she is a foreign politician who has never held an elected office.

Meanwhile, a conservative candidate beat the favorite Liberal in a crucial election of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is perceived as a worrying sign by the Democrats there, reports Talking Points Memo.

And voters in Anchorage, Alaska, have rejected a proposed new tax on alcohol, reports the Anchorage Daily News newspaper.

While Donald Trump highlights anti-immigration policies on several fronts, his son-in-law Jared Kushner Politico is quietly reporting on a plan to increase legal immigration to the United States.

Kushner, a senior adviser to the White House, has been working on the proposal for several months, which would increase the number of highly skilled and low-skilled workers.

Efforts began in January when Kushner convened meetings with companies and farm organizations, Politico told reporters. This could generate a proposal for Congress by the summer. It may depend on whether Kushner or Stephen Miller, a tough on immigration restriction, who has not been involved in the talks, wins the day with Trump.

The news came just hours after Trump had fled the threat of closing the US-Mexico border, saying Mexico was cooperating well.

"I really wanted to close it. Now, Mexico says no, no, no, the first time in decades, we will not let anyone, and they apprehended more than a thousand people today, at their southern border, and the bring back to their countries, "he said. at a Republican dinner Tuesday night, according to ABC News.