David Gura

First push alert with “apotheosis”?

On the morning of President Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was interviewed back to back to back to back by Ainsley Erhardt, Brian Kilmeade, and Lawrence Jones; Tony Dokoupil; Craig Melvin; and George Stephanopoulos.

For reference, here are transcripts of the other interviews:

Fox and Friends:
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He spent most of his allotted time asking about one thing in specific: the secretary’s contention that no one has died because of the Trump administration’s cuts to humanitarian aid, and the shuttering of USAID.

Stephanopoulos asked about it over and over again. Seven times. Until he got an answer.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio with George Stephanopoulos of Good Morning America - United States Department of State QUESTION:  First of the top stories breaking today, we’re going to start with President Trump returning to the United Nations today for the first time since his reelection.  He’s also going to meet wi...

But Stephanopoulos took a different approach:

It’s clear the temptation was to get the secretary to comment on some big headlines — including wider recognition of a Palestinian state, Russian incursions, and a potential TikTok deal.

And reading the transcripts, I’m struck by how similar many of these interviews were, as a result.

These were short interviews — with the exception of the “Fox and Friends” one, done remotely (the secretary of state was in front of a camera at the Lotte Palace Hotel), and there was a lot in the news.

On the morning of President Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was interviewed back to back to back to back by Ainsley Erhardt, Brian Kilmeade, and Lawrence Jones; Tony Dokoupil; Craig Melvin; and George Stephanopoulos.

It takes … a while to get to the nut graf: “Under the Constitution as it stands, Trump cannot serve a third term in office. It is explicitly barred by the 22nd Amendment.”

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US District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee: “The president’s determination was simply untethered to the facts.”

President Trump, speaking to reporters on Tuesday: “The last person that [sic] wants a shutdown is us.”

A summary in “The New York Times” today, of how the president has approached it:

Can I trademark “Sorauteur”?

The Supreme Court refuses to let President Trump immediately oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

It schedules oral arguments for January.

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Judge William G. Young begins his opinion in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio with a threat he received, and his reply:

Here is the opinion, in full:

Judge William G. Young begins his opinion in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio with a threat he received, and his reply:

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Our latest:

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This will go to “the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House,” the American Conservative Union and Naomi Wolf, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Perhaps of interest to President Trump, whose latest financial disclosure indicates he owns Microsoft stock:

The company’s annual shareholder meeting is scheduled to take place on December 5th, at 8:30 a.m. PT.

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth's Quantico Meeting Military justice expert Eugene Fidell answers crucial questions ahead of next week's senior military meeting with Secretary Hegseth.

A must-read Q&A by Eugene Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School:

Robert Barnett, a consummate Washington dealmaker, dies at 79 The Williams & Connolly lawyer, a Democrat who worked both sides of the aisle, became a go-to fixer for Washington book deals.

Count me among those grateful for his counsel. R.I.P.

Bloomberg News has obtained more than 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account.

Here, my colleagues summarize correspondence between Mitch Webber — then a research assistant to Alan Dershowitz, now a partner at Paul, Weiss — and Epstein:

On Friday, before Australia, Britain, and Canada announced they now recognize Palestinian statehood, I asked United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres what wider recognition would mean, in concrete terms.

Here is what he said:

On Friday, before Australia, Britain, and Canada announced they now recognize Palestinian statehood, I asked United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres what wider recognition would mean, in concrete terms.

Here is what he said: