Trump is trailing former vice-president Joe Biden in national polls and some battleground-state polls. The president has seized on the court vacancy as an opportunity to energize his supporters — and perhaps undecided voters — and Democrats say to shift attention from criticism of his handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 7 million Americans.
Trump has denied wrongdoing and accused Democrats on Tuesday of pursuing an "illegal, partisan attempted coup" and declaring "open war" on American democracy.
Trump and his wife, Melania, initially saw uprooted trees and houses topped with blue tarps after his helicopter lifted off from Eglin Air Force Base near Valparaiso, his first stop after leaving Washington. But the severity of the damage worsened significantly as Trump approached Mexico Beach, which was nearly wiped off the map after taking a direct hit from the hurricane last week.
Trump blames NAFTA for the loss of US manufacturing jobs and wants major changes to the pact, which underpins .2 trillion in annual trade. Markets fear its demise would cause major economic disruption.
Trump criticized the 9th Circuit before the filing as biased and dismissed the judge who ruled against him — an appointee of Trump's predecessor — as an "Obama judge." Chief Justice John Roberts responded with a statement that the federal judiciary doesn't have "Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges." It was the first time Roberts has hinted at any criticism of the president, as judges ordinarily avoid making any public statements on politics.
Tu Guangshao, vice-chairman and president of CIC, said the fund has teamed up with global banking group BNP Paribas and global investment company Eurazeo to launch a fund worth 1 billion euros (.12 billion) to 1.5 billion euros for investments in French enterprises looking to expand into the Chinese market.
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Trump is considering a possible national emergency declaration that would end the shutdown and allow him to obtain his wall funding by circumventing Congress. But on Saturday, he told Fox News' Jeanine Pirro that he would rather Democrats take action, adding that he was waiting at the White House ready to cut a deal.
Trump announced McGahn's departure less than two weeks after it was reported that McGahn had voluntarily cooperated with Mueller's probe into Russian meddling and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign. The president repeatedly has slammed the inquiry as a witch hunt.
Trump invited a bipartisan group of members of Congress for lunch on Tuesday to discuss the standoff but the White House said Democrats turned down the invitation. Nine House Republicans-none of whom are involved in party leadership-attended the private lunch.
Trump complained on Twitter that the state's Democratic Governor Roy Cooper is in "Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed ... full attendance in the Arena."