Trump: Comey a 'Weak and Untruthful Slime Ball'
President Donald Trump went on the attack Fridayagainst fired FBI Director James Comey, who has just begun promoting his new book and its unflattering take on Trump. On Twitter, the president called Comey a "LEAKER & LIAR" and an "untruthful slime ball" as well as a "terrible" FBI director. He also said "Comey should be prosecuted" for leaking classified information. Trump was reacting to Comey's new book, which compares the president to an unethical mob boss who demands loyalty and twists facts to serve his purpose. The White House has denied that Trump ever encouraged Comey to end an investigation into former White House ... Read More
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Britain, France Join Trump in Planning Syria Strike
President Trump huddled with his national security team Thursday amid mounting speculation of a military attack in response to Syria’s suspected use of chemical weapons, while Britain’s Cabinet gave the green light to join the U.S. and France in planning a strike. Top officials in Russia, along with Iran a prime backer of the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, voiced fears of a wider conflict between the West and Moscow. Despite Twitter posts this week from Mr. Trump suggesting a missile strike was imminent, the White House said late Thursday that Mr. Trump and his advisers had ... Read More
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GOP Scrambles to Lock Down House Control
Republican leaders are exhorting every House incumbent - even conservative reps in conservative districts - to step up their fundraising and campaign efforts with the message that nobody is safe in November, Politico reports. In the aftermath of a loss in the Pennsylvania special election and the doom and gloom estimates about November, GOP leaders aren't taking any chances anywhere. "In a year like this, every Republican is vulnerable. If you don't take your race seriously, you'll probably lose," veteran Republican pollster Robert Blizzard told Politico. ... Read More
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White House Eyeing $60B in Cuts From Spending Bill
Despite warnings from congressional lawmakers, the White House is pushing ahead with plans to slash as much as $60 billion from the spending bill Congress passed in late March, Politico is reporting. The website attributed its information to eight current and former administration officials and Republicans close to the White House. According to Politico, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is developing the rollback proposal. One administration official expects it to be released around May 1. "The president is frustrated with omnibus, said Paul Winfree, who served as director of budget policy and deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council until ... Read More
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Trump to Pursue Reopening of Trans-Pacific Partnership
President Trump directed U.S. trade officials Thursday to explore rejoining the Obama administration’s free-trade deal with Pacific Rim nations, an agreement that Mr. Trump withdrew from last year, as he sought to ease farmers’ concerns about a tariff feud with China. The decision came in a White House meeting with farm-state lawmakers and governors, who said Mr. Trump “deputized” White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow and U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer to investigate the U.S. rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “That certainly be good news all throughout farm country,” said Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. ... Read More
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