<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Hearing Things
What We’re Following
Confirm and Deny: During a congressional hearing today, James Comey publicly confirmed that the FBI since late July has been investigating links between the Trump campaign and Russia’s election interference. Comey also said the bureau had “no information” to support Trump’s baseless claim that he was surveilled by Obama—but in a press briefing later today, Sean Spicer continued to defend his boss, who repeated yesterday that he’d been wiretapped.
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch —something his predecessor Merrick Garland never got the chance to do, since Republicans refused to consider him. Gorsuch is facing much less of a fight from Democrats, to the dismay of some advocacy groups—but the lawmakers’ lukewarm opposition might reflect about Gorsuch joining the court. So what are the views of the would-be justice? His record on antitrust law suggests as much as his critics fear, but when it comes to religious freedom, his interpretation .
