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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney tweeted out a cutting remark at Dem House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday. The Utah pol posted a photo of himself getting a haircut from his wife at home — and included a dig at Pelosi over her beauty-salon debacle amid the coronavirus crackdown. “Getting cleaned up for resumption of the Senate. Better salon than Pelosi’s!” the Utah politician and onetime presidential candidate wrote above a photo of himself grinning while sitting in front of wife Ann as she wields scissors over his locks.

"The department was established to protect America from the ever-present threat of global terrorism. It was not established to be the president’s personal militia," Ridge said, alluding to the department's creation after the 9/11 attacks. Ridge did say he would "welcome the opportunity to work with any federal agency to reduce crime or lawlessness in the cities" if he were governor. But "it would be a cold day in hell before I would consent to an uninvited, unilateral intervention into one of my cities," he added, specifically calling out how the federal authorities were unwelcome in Portland.

A man was arrested Monday and charged after allegedly vandalizing the historic Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, D.C., with anti-Semitic graffiti, according to a police report. MB, is facing charges of defacing and destroying property, according to the police report. Police said Monstinos allegedly carved and drew anti-Semitic “gestures and symbols” at the synagogue, named for its cross-street address, damaging a wood door with a glass window and the concrete steps before fleeing the scene. Officers found and arrested him Monday afternoon, police said. The man is also facing charges for an outstanding bench warrant from November, according to...