| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, February 27COHEN TO TESTIFY: TRUMP KNEW ABOUT WIKILEAKS Michael Cohen will tell a congressional committee that his former boss, President Donald Trump, is a con man and racist who regularly lied to the American people and knew from Roger Stone that WikiLeaks was preparing to release damaging information about Hillary Clinton, according to his prepared remarks obtained by The New York Times. Cohen's testimony begins at 10 a.m., with live updates via the homepage. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]COHEN: TRUMP SAID BLACK PEOPLE ‘TOO STUPID’ TO VOTE FOR HIM Cohen also reportedly will tell the committee that Trump regularly said derogatory things about black people, including that they are “too stupid” to vote for him. Here are the 10 most jaw-dropping lines from the leaked testimony. [HuffPost]GOP LAWMAKER THREATENS COHEN Hours before Cohen’s scheduled testimony, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) issued a mob-style threat on Twitter: “Hey [Michael Cohen] - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot.” [HuffPost]GAETZ SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH WITNESS TAMPERING Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter called for Gaetz’s immediate arrest, accusing him of witness tampering. [HuffPost]PAKISTAN SHOOTS DOWN INDIAN JETS Pakistan’s air force says it shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir. An Indian pilot was reportedly captured. [AP]HOUSE VOTES AGAINST NATIONAL EMERGENCY The House took a first step to oppose Trump’s national emergency declaration, voting to block the president from redirecting military construction money to a border wall. The House agreed to the resolution 245-182, with 13 Republicans joining all Democrats. [HuffPost]SENATE LIKELY TO JOIN TRUMP REBUKE The Republican-led Senate looks poised to also vote down Trump’s national emergency. Three Senate Republicans have publicly said they would join Democrats to vote for a resolution of disapproval, and another suggested he would. Only four Republicans are needed. [HuffPost]
 MCCONNELL: DEMS TO BLAME FOR ELECTION FRAUD THAT HELPED GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested on the Senate floor that Democrats were to blame for election fraud in North Carolina that benefited a GOP House candidate. [HuffPost]CAROLINA REPUBLICAN NOT RUNNING AGAIN Republican Mark Harris, who appeared to win a congressional seat in North Carolina in November, announced he would not stand in a new congressional race after state officials found enough evidence of election fraud to hold a new contest. [HuffPost]UNITED METHODISTS TO SPLIT OVER LGBTQ CHRISTIANS The United Methodist Church, America’s third-largest religious denomination, will likely break apart over members’ inability to reconcile opinions on whether to affirm queer Christians. [HuffPost]TRUMP DISTRACTING FROM COHEN WITH KIM DINNER Trump scheduled a dinner with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at their summit in Hanoi, but only after House Democrats announced that his former lawyer and fixer would publicly testify on Capitol Hill at about the same time. Trump’s apparent “counterprogramming” of Cohen’s expected damaging testimony concerns arms control and national security experts, who fear the president is trying to distract public attention from Cohen, even at the cost of U.S. interests. [HuffPost]DEMOCRAT PROPOSES SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) will unveil legislation that would create a single-payer health insurance program to cover every person in the country. The Medicare for All Act of 2019 is a souped-up version of bills that garnered majority support from the House Democratic Caucus and one-third of the Senate Democratic Caucus in the last Congress. [HuffPost]TRUMP OFFICIALS SHRUG OVER FAMILY SEPARATIONS Officials from the Trump administration refused to admit they were unprepared to reunite families separated during the government’s zero tolerance immigration policy, despite accusations from immigration experts and an inspector general report stating the government had no comprehensive system in place. [HuffPost]
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