It’s Election Day and the big prize is Virginia, where the state may elect Democrat Justin Fairfax as its first Black statewide official since Doug Wilder. The race is viewed as a bellwether for where the country will head in 2018. Donna Brazile's tell-all officially drops today, and she'll promote it this morning on The View. Yours truly will be watching in real time. Back on Capitol Hill, the House continues to mark up the tax bill; meet the members of color working on it below. And the GOP wants to talk about anything but gun control after yet another mass shooting occurred in a Texas church on Sunday which left 26 people dead. Donald Trump is in South Korea today, where he seemed to support diplomatic efforts with North Korea -- a reversal from last month’s tweet where he called it a waste of time. He heads to China tomorrow. This world clearly needs more love. Enter Diddy to save the day! The hip hop mogul has changed his name, yet again. He took to Twitter on his birthday to share a video saying, “My new name is Love, aka Brother Love. I will not be answering to Puffy, Diddy, Puff Daddy, or any of my other monikers.” His Twitter handle, however, is still @diddy. We’re kicking off Tuesday with this...
- Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro confirms he has 2020 in his sights.
- Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks today at the world’s largest software gathering after celebrating Valerie Jarrett in Vegas.
- See the members of color who have a seat at the table marking up the tax reform bill.
- Former aides accuse Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) of ignoring complaints about her Chief of Staff.
- Tom Pérez on Election Day -- he says he came to win.
- Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) to undergo immunotherapy.
- Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) had a gun pointed at her head, now she intros bill to help others.
- Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) walks out of moment of silence for TX victims.
- Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) begins inquiry into pharma company pushing opioids.
- The fate of Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) now is in the hands of jurors.
- Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) is on list of most vulnerable Republicans.
- Former Education Secretary John King joins board of Teach Plus.
- Native American leaders meet with Trump. His advice? Break the law.
- Meet the new board chair at the Institute for Educational Leadership.
- There’s a new staffer on the Joint Economic Committee.
- Find out who’s on this year’s EBONY magazine’s Power 100 list.
- Temple University honors NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet.
- Senators Cory Booker, Bob Menéndez, and Bill Nelson press CDC on staffing for hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the USVI.
- Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) takes the stage at the Gridiron Club’s winter soirée.
- Judiciary Committee investigates Native American tribe’s contract with drug company.