NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
Kavanaugh documents: Republicans rejected an effort to subpoena documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s job as staff secretary in the George W. Bush White House. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee say the documents are needed to vet the judge’s record. The panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, said Thursday “what in Judge Kavanaugh’s records are Republicans hiding?” Republicans on the panel rejected the motion on a party line vote.
Hawaii storm: Honolulu officials on Thursday prepared for the possible evacuation of 10,000 people from a residential neighborhood after rains from a tropical storm dangerously elevated water levels in a reservoir. Olivia crossed the state Wednesday, dumping heavy rains on Maui and Oahu. Meteorologists say the tropical storm is now downgraded to a tropical depression moving west away from the islands. The city’s Board of Water Supply said Thursday the water level in Nuuanu Dam #1 is about 1.5 feet below the spillway.
Presidential tweet: President Trump Thursday scoffed at JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s claim that he could “beat” Trump and is just as tough and smarter than the president. “The problem with banker Jamie Dimon running for President is that he doesn’t have the aptitude or “smarts” & is a poor public speaker & nervous mess — otherwise he is wonderful,” Trump tweeted. “I’ve made a lot of bankers, and others, look much smarter than they are with my great economic policy.” He appeared to be responding to Dimon’s remarks first reported by CNBC on Wednesday, in which he told reporters that “I think I could beat Trump.”
For-profit colleges: Democratic attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia have won a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuse by forprofit colleges. At issue was her move last year to delay repayment rules that were finalized under President Barack Obama and scheduled to take effect in July 2017. DeVos argued that the rules created “a muddled process that’s unfair to students and schools.” Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who led the suit, said Wednesday’s federal court ruling in Washington was “a victory for every family defrauded by a predatory for-profit school.” The court said the Education Department’s rationale for suspending the rules was “arbitrary and capricious.”
Shooting victim funeral: A 26-yearold man killed in his apartment by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own was remembered Thursday as a devout Christian who loved to sing at church and always had time to help others. Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall were in attendance at the funeral. Jean’s mother said he was only a teenager when he presented a plan to evangelize his home country of St. Lucia. According to court documents, Officer Amber Guyger, 30, thought she encountered a burglar. Guyger was arrested Sunday for manslaughter and has since been released on bond.
Grizzly bear hunt: A U.S. judge on Thursday delayed for two more weeks the first grizzly bear hunts in the Lower 48 states in almost three decades, saying he needed more time to consider if federal protections for the animals should be restored. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Billings, Mont., left the fate of the bruins in and around Yellowstone National Park in limbo, more than a year after federal officials declared the population had recovered from near extermination.