House Oversight Committee ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., outlined five priorities to NBC News if Democrats win the majority in November.
\n\nU.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House on Wednesday. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images
\n\nA federal judge reinforced the constitutional right to birthright citizenship yesterday, blocking Trump’s latest executive order to limit it.
\n\nU.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote in a 35-page ruling that Trump’s August order seeking to limit which people born in the U.S. can become American citizens “is almost certainly unconstitutional.”
\n\nAs ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia is well positioned to chair the powerful panel and wield subpoena power if Democrats win the majority in November’s midterm elections.
\n\nGarcia, D-Calif., outlined five priorities to NBC News.
\n\nSenior advisers to the president met privately with his pollster last month to sort through the latest numbers. The outlook was grim, a person familiar with the discussion said.
\n\nOne of the findings that longtime Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio shared suggested that Republican voters weren’t all that enthused about upcoming midterm elections in which Trump isn’t on the ballot — a conclusion reflected in…
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