The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 20 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 20
U.S. House chairman alleges Saudi arms sale link to State IG firing
Trump Calls Legally Protected Whistleblowing a 'Racket' as Fired Scientist Rips President's Failed Covid-19 Response
House Democrats Demand Trump State Department Turn Over 'Secret Plan' to Slash Social Security Amid Pandemic; "The idea that we would ask Americans to sell out their retirement and long-term security for assistance during a crisis is insane."
Democrats suddenly have a much better chance of retaking the Senate in 2020
President Trump wants ‘big, big stadiums loaded with people’ for sports amid coronavirus
$500 billion Treasury fund meant for coronavirus relief has lent barely any money so far, oversight commission finds
Hypocrisy watch: Republicans who championed inspectors general under Obama stand by as Trump purges them
Trump is hemorrhaging older voters, polls show
Democrats claim watchdog fired by Trump was probing Pompeo's fast-tracking of $8 billion Saudi arms sale
The Mueller Interference Everyone Feared Has Happened — Just Two Years Late
Trump losing critical part of his base as older voters flock to Biden, report says
US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests
Trump admin slaps solar, wind operators with retroactive rent bills
Trump tell Susan Collins ‘I hope you are listening’ in rant calling for ‘whistleblower racket’ to be looked at closely
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse just gave 'the worst graduation speech of all time'
Freed by Court Ruling, Republicans Step Up Effort to Patrol Voting | Officials seek to recruit 50,000 poll watchers and spend millions to fight voter fraud. Democrats say the real goal is to stop them from voting.
A mask is not anti-Trump. It’s pro-life
Activists Are Trying to Stop the FBI From Snooping on Your Web History. After a prolonged fight in Congress, Nancy Pelosi could reattach a privacy-preserving amendment that failed by one vote in the Senate.
State Dept IG fired by Trump was investigating Saudi arms sale that bypassed Congress
Former inspector general: Trump 'does not want to hear the truth'
Biden White House would yank Keystone XL permit
Key Swing State Voters Disapprove of Donald Trump's Coronavirus Handling: Polls
The president’s job is to manage risk. But Trump is the risk.
COVID-19 Kills 20 times More People per Week on Average than Flu, Scientists Estimate
The Most Grossly Incompetent President Just Fixed His Anus-Shaped Mouth to Come for Obama

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 20

Posted: 18 May 2020 09:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. "I live in X, you know what happened" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

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U.S. House chairman alleges Saudi arms sale link to State IG firing

Posted: 18 May 2020 08:33 AM PDT