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Cheyenne

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Casper

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Jackson

Hole

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Milwaukee

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Madison

60

Charleston

77

Seattle

Olympia 57 57 Spokane

48

Richmond

69

Burlington

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Salt Lake City
56
St. George
76
Dallas/Ft. Worth
75
Brownsville
90
Lubbock
71
Midland-
Odessa
79
El Paso
77 Austin 80
San Antonio
82 Houston
80
Nashville
77
Memphis
71
Knoxville
78
Rapid City
(^49) Pierre
51
Sioux Falls
52
Charleston
77
Columbia
78
Harrisburg
69
Philadelphia
67
Pittsburgh
71
Burns
61
Bend
62
Portland
Salem 60
62
OklahomaCity
70
Tulsa
70
Cincinnati
73
Cleveland
72
Columbus
75
Fargo
50
Bismarck
50
Raleigh
Charlotte^71
74
Buffalo
67 Albany
61
New York
64
Albuquerque
65
Santa Fe
60
Reno
71 Elko 62
Carson City
70
Las Vegas
79
Omaha
53
North Platte
57
Billings
53
Miles City
53
Helena
50
Kansas City
58
Jefferson City
62
St. Louis
66
Jackson
76
Mpls-St. Paul
55
Duluth
51
Detroit
65
Marquette
54
Lansing
64
Grand
Rapids
65
Boston
62
Annapolis
66
Bangor
62
Augusta
62
Baton Rouge
79
Shreveport
78
New
Orleans
83
Louisville
75
Topeka
61
Wichita
Dodge City 63 66
Des Moines
55
Indianapolis
68
Chicago
64
65
Boise
57
Idaho Falls
50
Atlanta
78
Savannah
82
Tallahassee
84
Jacksonville
85
Tampa
86
Miami
91
Hartford
66
Denver
Aspen 40 53
San Francisco
75
Palm Springs
94
Los Angeles
91
Sacramento
87
Fresno
79
Eureka
61
San Diego
85
Little Rock
Phoenix 87 74
Flagstaff
65
Birmingham
78
Montgomery
83
Mobile
Honolulu^83
88
San Juan
88
Anchorage
45
Juneau
44
Fairbanks
33
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
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Albuquerque 65/38s 67/40s
Allentown, Pa. 68/52s 62/46r
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Anaheim, Calif. 92/62s 97/60s
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Aspen, Colo. 40/19sn 51/29s
Atlantic City, N.J. 64/59s 67/53r
Augusta, Ga. 80/66pc 80/47t
Austin, Texas 80/47pc 81/47s
79/55s 85/56s
Baton Rouge, La. 79/55t 74/47s
Billings, Mont. 53/38pc 60/38sh
Birmingham, Ala. 78/55t 69/44s
Bismarck, N.D. 50/29pc 51/29s
Boise, Idaho 57/40pc 61/38c
Buffalo, N.Y. 67/55pc 59/44r
Burlington, Vt. 61/44s 61/47r
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 57/40pc 50/31w
Charleston, S.C. 77/67pc 83/53t
Charleston, W.Va. 77/58pc 66/41r
Cheyenne, Wyo. 46/32pc 57/38w
Beijing 68/41s 69/46s
Buenos Aires 66/54pc 70/54s
Cancun, Mexico 89/79pc 88/77t
Dubai, UAE 94/78s 95/80s
Frankfurt 62/46c 62/49pc
Hong Kong 83/74s 83/75s
Istanbul 72/62s 72/61pc
Jerusalem 75/62pc 75/62pc
Johannesburg 91/58s 82/54t
London 57/44pc 58/45s
Mexico City 75/58pc 71/55t
Montreal 59/44pc 60/47r
Moscow 62/45sh 52/47c
Mumbai, India 89/77t 86/78t
Paris 59/45pc 58/51pc
Rio de Janeiro 78/69sh 79/72c
Rome 77/57pc 78/57s
Seoul 74/52pc 74/54s
Singapore 88/79t 85/79c
Sydney 73/56s 74/59s
Toronto 59/51c 60/41r
Tokyo 71/60c 66/63r
Cincinnati 73/49r 61/42s
Cleveland 72/54r 64/44pc
Colorado Springs 52/29pc 62/39s
Columbia, S.C. 78/64pc 79/47t
Columbus, Ohio 75/52r 62/42s
Corpus Christi, Texas 85/61pc 83/64pc
Dayton, Ohio 71/49r 59/41s
Daytona Beach, Fla. 86/75pc 89/70t
Des Moines, Iowa 55/39c 56/37pc
Duluth, Minn. 51/40r 46/35sh
Durham, N.C. 70/59pc 71/45r
El Paso, Texas 77/49s 78/51s
Fairbanks, Alaska 33/19c 32/24pc
Flagstaff, Ariz. 65/27pc 66/31s
Fargo, N.D. 50/35r 45/28w
Fort Myers, Fla. 90/73pc 90/74pc
Fort Smith, Ark. 70/44s 69/42s
Fort Wayne, Ind. 66/44r 56/37c
Fresno, Calif. 79/55s 86/56s
Grand Rapids, Mich. 65/47r 53/41sh
Green Bay, Wis. 60/46r 49/37sh
Greensboro, N.C. 70/58pc 69/43r
Greenville, S.C. 72/64pc 75/45r
Harrisburg, Pa. 69/56s 65/45r
Hartford, Conn. 66/42s 60/49c
Indianapolis 68/45r 57/40pc
Islip, N.Y. 63/49s 62/53sh
Jackson, Miss. 76/50t 70/43s
Jacksonville, Fla. 85/73pc 88/57t
Jefferson City, Mo. 62/45pc 62/42s
Kansas City 58/40w 60/42s
Key West, Fla. 88/79pc 88/78pc
Knoxville, Tenn. 78/56c 68/43s
Laredo, Texas 88/59pc 87/61s
Lexington, Ky. 77/50t 64/40s
Lincoln, Neb. 54/39w 62/40s
Little Rock, Ark. 74/46r 67/41s
Long Beach, Calif. 91/64s 95/62s
Louisville, Ky. 75/50r 63/42s
Lubbock, Texas 71/39s 72/46s
Madison, Wis. 60/43r 48/35c
Manchester, N.H. 64/43s 57/50sh
Memphis, Tenn. 71/49r 67/44s
Milwaukee 62/44r 51/37c
Mobile, Ala. 83/60pc 75/49pc
Modesto, Calif. 81/48s 84/54s
Montgomery, Ala. 83/62c 73/46pc
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 72/65pc 81/54r
Nags Head, N.C. 65/59pc 72/58r
Nashville, Tenn. 77/49t 66/40s
Newark, N.J. 66/53s 63/51r
New Haven, Conn. 66/47s 63/56sh
Norfolk, Va. 66/57pc 73/54r
Oakland, Calif. 77/51s 79/52s
Oklahoma City 70/39s 71/46s
Omaha, Neb. 53/41w 59/41s
Palm Springs, Calif. 94/68s 98/68s
Pensacola, Fla. 84/63t 76/52t
Pierre, S.D. 51/33r 56/40s
Pittsburgh 71/56pc 62/41r
Portland, Maine 61/42s 57/50sh
Portland, Ore. 60/57r 65/43c
Providence, R.I. 63/47pc 61/52dr
Raleigh, N.C. 71/58pc 74/45r
Rapid City, S.D. 49/29pc 56/39pc
Reno, Nev. 71/38s 75/39s
Richmond, Va. 69/55pc 70/46r
Rochester, N.Y. 64/54s 60/43r
Sacramento, Calif. 87/50s 86/57s
San Antonio 82/54t 81/54s
San Jose, Calif. 81/53s 85/56s
Santa Fe, N.M. 60/28s 63/30s
Sarasota, Fla. 89/75sh 89/71pc
Savannah, Ga. 82/72pc 83/53t
Scottsdale, Ariz. 86/58s 90/59s
Shreveport, La. 78/49r 74/45s
Sioux Falls, S.D. 52/35r 52/36s
South Bend, Ind. 66/45r 53/37c
Spokane, Wash. 48/46r 59/37sh
63/41s 62/43s
65/43pc 59/36pc
St. Louis 66/47r 62/43s
St. Petersburg, Fla. 87/78pc 88/70t
Syracuse, N.Y. 63/50s 61/43r
Tallahassee, Fla. 84/71pc 79/52t
Tampa, Fla. 86/75pc 87/69t
Toledo, Ohio 69/49r 59/42c
Topeka, Kan. 61/39w 64/41s
Tucson, Ariz. 85/54s 90/57s
Tupelo, Miss. 73/47t 67/40s
Tulsa, Okla. 70/42s 69/47s
Virginia Beach, Va. 64/58pc 71/55r
Wichita, Kan. 66/39s 68/46s
Wilmington, Del. 68/55s 68/48r
Winston-Salem, N.C. 69/58pc 69/43r
Worcester, Mass. 58/43s 54/47sh
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today, Nestor will remain
well offshore, allowing for
rough surf. Farther west, a
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of the country will cause
disruptions.
The center of the storm
will bring rain from the
Dakotas to the Great Lakes;
some rain could be heavy
enough to cause localized
flooding. On the southern
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Mississippi River valley,
bringing flooding down-
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Rain and snow showers
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ton to northeast Colorado.
Impeachment
This one’s not in court yet, but it may
be only a matter of time.
Fourweeks into the impeachment in-
quiry announced by House Speaker
Nancy Pelosion Sept. 24, the White
House and Trump’s lawyers have re-
fused to cooperate by not providing doc-
uments. They say the probe is partisan
and illegitimate, in part because the
House never voted to begin impeach-
ment proceedings.
Three House committees conducting
depositions set deadlines for subpoenas
seeking documents from Trump lawyer
Rudy Giuliani, the Pentagon, the Energy
Department and the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget.Giuliani refused to
comply, as did the others.
At the same time, investigators are
seeking documents from Vice President
Mike Pence and others – with the im-
plied threat that court action could fol-
low. Pence, too, has refused to comply.
Thus far, the House has not asked
courts to enforce the subpoenas.
“That is the most likely type of issue
that could go before the Supreme
Court,” says George Washington Uni-
versity Law School professor Jonathan
Turley, lead counsel in the Senate im-
peachment trial of a federal judge in

2010. The White House, he says, “did
      untold damage to (Trump’s) primary
      defense” of executive privilege by fo-
      cusing on claims of partisanship.

Financial records

A federal appeals court in the District
of Columbia ruled earlier this month
that Trump’s accounting firm must pro-
vide eight years of financial documents
under subpoena from the House Over-
sight and Reform Committee.
The 2-1 decision involves Mazars
USA; a similar case is pending in New
York that involves Trump’s lending rec-
ords at Deutsche Bank and Capital One.
Further appeals are likely, including to
the Supreme Court.
The House panel is investigating
whether Trump or his company en-
gaged in illegal conduct before or after
he became president and whether he

has undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Michael Gerhardt, an expert on con-

stitutional conflicts between presidents

and Congress at the University of North

Carolina School of Law, says lawmakers

have the upper hand. “It would be highly

unusual for the court to restrict what

Congress may ask for,” he says.

Tax returns

A federal district judge in New York

earlier this month said the president

must comply with a prosecutor’s de-

mand for tax returns. Manhattan Dis-

trict Attorney Cyrus Vance is investigat-

ing hush-money payments to two wom-

en, adult film star Stormy Daniels and

former Playboy model Karen McDougal,

who allege they had affairs with Trump

years ago, which Trump denies.

Trump’s attorney immediately ap-

pealed the ruling, and the case could be

heard soon. The attorney, William Con-

sovoy, further asked the appeals court

to block District Judge Victor Marrero’s

order for a week after its ruling “so that

the losing party has an opportunity to

seek Supreme Court review.”

At the same time, House Democrats’

demand for Trump’s tax returns also is

tied up in court. Treasury Secretary Ste-

ven Mnuchin has blocked the Internal

Revenue Service from turning over the

returns.

Trump’s claim that he is immune

from criminal investigation while in

officeis “entirely unsupported by the

Constitution,” Turley says. But he and

other experts say the Supreme Court

could rule that state and local

governmentslack authority to target the

president.

Emoluments

Two federal appeals courts have ex-

amined payments to Trump’s

businesses, including from foreign gov-

ernmentssince he became president.

One three-judge panel rejected claims

filed by Maryland and the District of Co-

lumbia, but the full U.S. Court of Ap-

peals for the District of Columbia Circuit

agreed Tuesday to rehear the case.

A second appeals court ruled against

Trump. A third lawsuit filed by House

Democrats is pending. Eventually, the

high court may be asked to intercede.

“I could imagine those being teed up

fairly quickly,” says Erwin Chemerinsky,

dean of the University of California-

Berkeley School of Law – in part be-

cause the high court has not considered

the Constitution’s emoluments clauses

before.

Trump’s effort to host the next G-

conference at his Florida golf club

threatened to add a new wrinkle to the

emoluments lawsuits, but the president

reversed himself Saturday after wither-

ing criticism and said a new site would

be chosen.

Mueller probe

The House Judiciary Committee con-

tinues to seek grand jury materials from

former special counsel Robert Mueller’s

investigation of Russian interference in

the 2016 election and the Trump cam-

paign’s involvement.

During an oral argument in federal

trial court this month, the Justice De-

partment went so far as to argue that the

court-ordered release of grand jury

materials during the 1974 Watergate

probe that led to President Richard Nix-

on’s resignation was improper.

“Wow,” federal District Judge Beryl

Howell said at the time, calling the ad-

ministration’s position “extraordinary.”

Supreme Court’s role

Most experts say the legal battles are

custom-made for the Supreme Court,

once they go through federal trial and

appeals courts.

“These are fairly monumental ques-

tions,” Gerhardt says. “It’s hard to see

how the court easily dodges them.”

The high court usually agrees to hear

matters of national importance,partic-

ularly those raising constitutional ques-

tions, since it provides the last word.

What’s more, disputes between the

White House and Congress have no-

where else to go.

“I think the court would perceive it is

the third branch, the umpire needing to

resolve those questions,” Chemerinsky

says.

Clock is ticking

Even if the Supreme Court agrees to

settle one or more of the disputes re-

garding Trump-related documents, it

may not happen anytime soon.

The court hears cases from October

through April, and it already has filled

more than half its current calendar. Re-

quests for the justices’ intervention

would need to be decided by January.

Otherwise, the earliest a case likely

could be heard would be next October,

and any decision would come after Elec-

tion Day.

“I think the president’s lawyers could

run out the clock,” says Josh Blackman,

associate professor at South Texas Col-

lege of Law in Houston, who follows the

Supreme Court closely.

University of Texas law professor

Stephen Vladeck says both sides in the

various legal scuffles have reason to

stall. House Democrats may not want to

appear overzealous in their drive to im-

peach the president, he says. Trump’s

lawyers may not be sure the Supreme

Court is on their side.

“From their perspective, delay is

good,” Vladeck says. “The longer they

can drag this out, the more they can keep

pushing the ‘witch hunt’ narrative.”

Getting to five

The high court’s five conservative jus-

tices have “robust views of executive

power,” Turley notes. The newest one,

Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, sug-

gested in a 2009 law review article that

presidents should be immune from crim-

inal investigations and prosecutions, as

well as personal civil suits, until after

leaving office.

“The lineup of the Supreme Court fa-

vors the White House,” Turley says. But

“this is not a lead-pipe cinch case to

make before these justices.”

When it comes to ignoring congres-

sional subpoenas, Vladeck says, “I’m

really not sure there are five votes on the

merits for this administration in almost

any of the cases.”

High court

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