MS NOW October 2019 Articles

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.31.19

House advances presidential impeachment process despite zero GOP votes

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.31.19

Trump’s impeachment is about much more than a phone call

The steps Team Trump will take to avoid ‘confusing the president’

By Trump’s standards, the economy is ‘in deep trouble’

Trump nominee suggests Trump’s Ukraine scheme went too far

WH lawyer accused of moving Trump transcript to secret server

This is Serena Williams’ mission off the tennis court

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.30.19

Is chocolate a “healthier” candy choice?

How NBC10’s Tracy Davidson found gratitude after being diagnosed with breast cancer

Tragedy struck when Chanel Reynold’s husband was killed — here’s her ‘what if’ roadmap for others

Ignoring irony, McConnell accuses Dems of taking a ‘one-year vacation’

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.30.19

Trump blissfully unaware of White House concerns about his Ukraine call

Despite his rhetoric, Trump isn’t saving the coal industry

Economic growth cooled a bit in the summer and early fall

‘Like a dog’: Curious comparison becomes Trump’s best friend

At a key moment, Mulvaney found himself on the outside looking in

White House official: Trump’s ‘exact’ transcript omitted key details

Special Election Announced in Maryland

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.29.19

Federal judge blocks Alabama’s near-total abortion ban

What my mother’s breast cancer diagnosis taught me about strength and resilience

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.29.19

Talkspace’s Roni Frank: How to destigmatize and prioritize your mental health

Right takes aim at key White House witness, decorated combat vet

Pence cagey in response to straightforward Ukraine scandal question

Trump keeps finding American cities to denounce

Trump continues to mishandle sensitive national security information

Brutal scandal testimony to come from inside the White House

Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.28.19

Olivia Munn: After an ’emotionally abusive’ relationship, I’m finally focusing on me

White House: Kelly ‘unequipped to handle the genius’ of Trump

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.28.19

Possible Trump role raises concerns about Pentagon’s JEDI contract

On Syrian oil, Trump says US ‘should be able to take some’

Baghdadi mission reportedly succeeded ‘in spite of’ Trump’s actions

After decrying leaks, Trump shares sensitive details on Baghdadi raid

Trump delivers al-Baghdadi news in a decidedly Trumpian way

Humanitarian Crisis Looming for the Kurds in Northern Syria

How women can grow — and embrace — their personal wealth

Cornyn suggests U.S. right to get out of the way of ethnic cleansing

Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.25.19

Despite Trump’s promises, deficit soars in 2019

In the know: Women in the news 10/21 – 10/25

New details emerge in defamation lawsuit against Trump

Mika: Nancy Pelosi and the inspiring rise of strong women

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.25.19

Still struggling, Pompeo calls a good question ‘insane’

The one reason Lindsey Graham’s impeachment stunt may actually matter

Is the House GOP failing to do real work in the impeachment inquiry?

Italy has no use for AG Bill Barr’s conspiracy theory

Justice Dept’s investigation into investigators takes an unsettling turn

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.24.19

Trump scraps newspaper subscriptions, but appreciates fawning tweets

Hoda Kotb: Why I’m a better mom to young kids in my 50s

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.24.19

Cornyn suggests US right to get out of the way of ethnic cleansing

House Dems pass election security bill, ignoring Trump’s veto threat

Taylor’s statement becomes the latest doc Republicans haven’t read

4 realistic ways to avoid the gossip trap at work

Trump admin contradicts Trump on escaped ISIS militants

GOP leader: emerging picture for Trump ‘is not a good one’

Trump tries (and fails) to explain his Colorado border wall comments

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.23.19

Why the House GOP is pretending to care about the impeachment process

How my breast cancer diagnosis taught me to advocate for myself — and others

Trump’s lawyers: Pres can’t be investigated, even if he shoots someone

6 celebrity book clubs you should join now

Another Trump defense in the Ukraine scandal bites the dust

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.23.19

Why Trump’s whistleblower preoccupation makes so little sense

Confronted with inconvenient evidence, Graham moves the goalposts

Trump’s former acting AG: Presidential abuses of power aren’t illegal

White House blasts Trump-appointed ‘radical unelected bureaucrats’

McConnell balks at backing up Trump on imagined conversation

As scandal intensifies, testimony collapses pillar of Trump defense

5 ways to close the gender gap for women in STEM

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.22.19

This high school soccer team was penalized for their #EqualPay shirts — here’s why they won’t back down

DOJ official won’t say if a president can ask for foreign probe of rival

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.22.19

With new policy, Trump appears to hand ISIS ‘its biggest win’ in years

Affordable Care Act perseveres, despite Trump’s efforts

Trump admin won’t defend Trump’s claim about troops in Saudi Arabia

Anxious Dems ask a familiar question: ‘Is there anybody else?’

Trump remains convinced that other countries wouldn’t talk to Obama

Trump pushes congressional GOP to make his problems go away

Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.21.19

Trump’s awkward declaration on ‘Character Counts Week’

Trump rejects inconvenient part of the US Constitution as ‘phony’

With a whimper, State Dept ends examination of Clinton emails

5 financial things every breast cancer patient needs to know — and probably doesn’t

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.21.19

Why does Trump think we’ve ‘taken control’ of Middle Eastern oil?

Trump boasts he’s bringing troops home from Syria (except he’s not)

Trump manages to find yet another former lobbyist for his cabinet

On the defensive, Sec of State Pompeo struggles with basic questions

Already in a ditch, Mick Mulvaney finds a shovel, digs deeper

Abandoning summit scheme, Trump presents himself as a victim

Monday Motivation: The power of grace

Filling a legend’s shoes takes time

Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.18.19

Admiral from bin Laden raid: Trump puts ‘fate of our Republic’ at risk

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.18.19

GOP advances another young, controversial Trump judicial nominee

Trump’s G7 gambit isn’t like his other emoluments problems (it’s worse)

Caught in a quid pro quo, Trump falsely accuses Biden of a quid pro quo

Embroiled in scandal, Energy Secretary Rick Perry resigns

In the know: Women in the news 10/14 – 10/18

WH’s Mulvaney tries to pretend he didn’t already give away the game

Trump doesn’t seem to realize he was ‘outmaneuvered’ in Mideast deal

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.17.19

Remembering Elijah Cummings: Why Joe and I asked him to officiate our wedding

White House’s Mulvaney admits there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine

White House picks Trump’s struggling Florida business for G7 gathering

Impossible and Beyond: Are meatless burgers really healthier?

Trump does no favors for his own delegation in Turkey

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.17.19

On paid leave, Congress should listen — not just pay lip service — to small employers

Latest impeachment polling paints a bleak picture for Trump

Trump reminds Lindsey Graham, ‘I am the boss’

House delivers the most bipartisan rebuke of Trump’s presidency

Bizarre ‘tough guy’ letter offers unsettling peek into Trump’s skills

Why does Trump keep blurting out sensitive information?

Why Trump’s latest ‘very serious meltdown’ matters

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.16.19

This millennial mortician is changing the face of the traditional funeral industry

GOP leader pretends Trump didn’t say what we heard him say

Hoda Kotb explains how she found her ‘why’

Trump describes his disaster in Syria as ‘strategically brilliant’

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.16.19

Trump quietly issues the sixth veto of his presidency

Many US troops express ‘disgust’ with Trump’s calamitous Syria policy

White House scandal puts Mick Mulvaney in the spotlight

Turkish leader pushes back against Trump admin efforts in Syria

Giuliani’s apparent ‘shadow foreign policy’ gets him into more trouble

Pence (among others) balks at cooperating with impeachment inquiry

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.15.19

Testimony in impeachment inquiry makes matters worse for Trump

Trump’s foreign policy reaches the ‘collapsing into catastrophe’ stage

Nina Garcia on life post-mastectomy: ‘I’ve learned to be thankful’ for every new day

The most meaningful thing you can say when a co-worker suffers a miscarriage

Prosecutors reportedly take an interest in Rudy Giuliani’s finances

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.15.19

Trump appears to forget basic details of the Ukraine scandal timeline

Poll denialism makes a comeback as impeachment, 2020 elections loom

Biden: No pardon for Trump if he’s indicted after 2020

Facing crises, Team Trump takes aim at the church-state line

Trump touts ‘great’ Chinese trade deal that doesn’t actually exist

Liz Cheney tries to connect impeachment, crisis conditions in Syria

5 secrets for success from the first black woman to build a billion dollar company

Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.14.19

Why exactly would Donald Trump have Ivanka talk to world leaders?

The fall’s best booties — that are comfortable AND office appropriate!

AG Barr blames ‘moral upheaval’ on conspiring US secularists

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.14.19

Trump’s curious defense for deploying more troops to Saudi Arabia

As the scandal intensifies, Team Trump turns to Jedi mind tricks

Trump explains his indifference to recent defeats in court

More GOP senators struggle with basic Trump scandal questions

Ambassador poised to undercut Trump’s defense in Ukraine scandal

Facing possible criminal probe, Giuliani does himself no favors

Karine Jean-Pierre: It’s time to talk about mental health, including my own

Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.11.19

In the know: Women in the news 10/7 – 10/11

After court defeat, Trump is running out of options on his tax returns

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.11.19

In Ukraine, is the quid suddenly meeting the quo?

Trump’s other new scandal takes an even more serious turn

Despite US soldiers in Syria, Trump says, ‘We have no soldiers in Syria’

McMaster: ‘Absolutely’ inappropriate to solicit foreign assistance

Trump makes clear he wasn’t kidding about seeking foreign campaign help

The first arrests of Donald Trump’s impeachment crisis

Lisa Sherman: How my coming out of the ‘corporate closet’ sparked cultural change

Shelley Zalis: 3 simple ways to make a difference on International Day of the Girl

This company hired Gen Zs to report on their peers — here’s what we learned

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.10.19

Colorado’s Gardner trips over a basic question on Trump scandal

How Ana Flores built a career on uniting Latina entrepreneurs

The most dangerous word in Donald Trump’s vocabulary: ‘Easy’

Dr. Fernstrom: How I learned to face my biggest fear and get genetic testing for breast cancer

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.10.19

Pressed on scandal, Pence struggles with straightforward question

As impeachment looms, White House fears cracks in the GOP wall

It’s time to rethink old assumptions about Pelosi’s public standing

New impeachment lawyer moves from Fox News to Team Trump

Iowa’s Ernst struggles with question at the heart of Trump scandal

Tillerson story creates Trump’s latest possible impeachable offense

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.9.19

Transcript: Jeremy Bash

Jeremy Bash: Central Intelligence

Transcript: Bob Paulson

How street artist Kelsey Montague found ‘courage and a voice’ in a male-dominated field

Bob Paulson: The Mountie

Transcript: James Stavridis

James Stavridis: Fair Winds and Following Seas

Lindsey Graham insists impeachment might ‘destroy the nation’

Those who mistake an American president for a king

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.9.19

Trump’s Justice Department rejects Watergate-era precedent

Trump’s case against whistleblower descends deeper into incoherence

Despite previous friction, Trey Gowdy reportedly joins Team Trump

Maybe Team Trump should read the Senate Intel report on Russia

White House: Impeachment process is ‘unconstitutional,’ ‘illegitimate’

Win a free copy of ‘Blowout’ by Rachel Maddow

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.8.19

Social media is only ‘Half the Story’: How to share life unfiltered

7 things I learned from Mika in the 7 years I worked for her

Trump tries to ‘no puppet’ his way through an impeachment crisis

Conflicts of interest hang over Trump’s policy toward Turkey

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.8.19

Trump’s ‘extraordinary preoccupation’ with Biden isn’t subtle

Trump admin blocks key ambassador from testifying to Congress

Karine Jean-Pierre: 3 times I had to know my value so everyone else would, too

Elaine Chao, Trump’s Transportation Sec, faces new ethics questions

These 3 Latina actresses are helping make Broadway more inclusive

Trump’s latest curious choice for a Presidential Medal of Freedom

Why Trump’s ridiculous claims about his public support matter

‘Screw Invisibility’: Why middle age is just the beginning

Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.7.19

How to effectively talk to men about bad behavior in the workplace

GOP leader struggles with reality (again) trying to defend Trump

Trump’s erratic foreign policy reduced to ‘a shambles’

5 Latina influencers to follow on Instagram now

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.7.19

On Trump impeachment trial, McConnell suggests the fix is in

Trump suggests Romney should be ‘impeached’ (which is impossible)

Trump suffers key court defeat on keeping his tax returns hidden

GOP’s Trump defenses tacitly acknowledge presidential wrongdoing

Why Trump can’t blame Rick Perry for his latest scandal

Trump’s whistleblower strategy backfires, new accuser comes forward

Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.4.19

Rubio does himself no favors with weak defense of Trump scandal

10 surprisingly easy ways to get fit — without stepping foot in a gym!

9 ‘game-changer’ items to add into your fall wardrobe NOW

Accused of corruption, Trump claims to be on an anti-corruption crusade

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.4.19

Trump (falsely) links pharmaceutical industry to impeachment process

Historians: ‘Nothing really surprises us anymore, until now’

In the know: Women in the news 9/30 – 10/4

Left with limited options, VP Mike Pence leans into scandal

This all-women’s mezcal business is breaking barriers, one bottle at a time

As scandal revelations mount, Republicans face a test of principles

Job growth falls short of expectations again, totals slip under Trump

Quid pro quo: Newly released texts take Trump scandal to a new level

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.3.19

Trump forgets that he has the right to remain silent

Mika: Keep your heart open to grace

Trump brazenly (and on camera) pushes for foreign campaign help

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.3.19

Allied leader subtly presses Trump to preserve American democracy

The other whistleblower controversy dogging Team Trump

Trump targets Schiff with strange new conspiracy theory

Trump threatens new lawsuits (which will likely never come)

Despite ‘stable genius’ boast, Trump unravels under pressure

Report implicates VP Pence in intensifying Trump scandal

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.2.19

3 things I learned about voting from working in the White House

I radically transformed my view of exercise in my 50s — and I’ve never been healthier

Trump’s failure on manufacturing comes into sharper focus

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.2.19

Trump envisioned border moat ‘stocked with snakes or alligators’

Controversy surrounding Trump’s hotels grows even more serious

New Ukraine bill emblematic of GOP’s unserious posture toward scandal

Secretary of State Pompeo admits he was on Trump’s scandalous call

Trump accuses Dems of ‘coup,’ but flubs the word’s meaning

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.1.19

The ‘big ask’: How to get what you need — above and beyond — maternity leave

Lamoureux twins on digital access inequality: ‘It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity’

Trump’s State Dept balks at cooperating with impeachment inquiry

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.1.19

In calls with foreign leaders, maybe Trump needs more than ‘coaching’

‘It’s a lifeline for me’: Sheryl Crow on the self-care routine that powers her music

As scandal intensifies, attitudes on Trump’s impeachment shift quickly

Trump, allies peddle bogus claim about changed whistleblower rules

Secretary of State Pompeo was on Trump’s scandalous call

AG Bill Barr finds himself ‘neck deep’ in Trump scandal