Thursday, April 5, 2018
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1/ The FBI raided Michael Cohen's office, seizing records related to Stormy Daniels and several other topics.
2/ Trump vowed to make "major decisions" in the next 24 to 48 hours about how to respond to a suspected chemical attack in Syria.
3/ John Kelly threatened to quit on March 28 after he blew up at Trump during an Oval Office meeting.
4/ The federal government's top ethics officer asked the EPA to review Scott Pruitt's actions and take "appropriate actions to address any violations."
5/ An internal EPA email contradicts Scott Pruitt's account that he "didn't know" about a controversial pay raise for an aide last month.
6/ The U.S. budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion by 2020 – two years sooner than previously estimated.
7/ White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow blamed threats of a trade war on China's "decades of misdeeds."
poll/ Nationwide, whites over the age of 60 with college degrees now favor Democrats over Republicans for Congress by a 2-point margin.
NOTABLES.
Trump's top national security spokesman will leave the White House.
Trump expects to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in May or June.
Stormy Daniels' legal team plans to release a composite sketch of the man who Daniels says threatened her in 2011.
Paul Manafort's lawyers filed a motion to suppress evidence found in an Alexandria, Va. storage unit.
Manafort was denied bail, again.
One man died after a fire broke out at Trump Tower.
Senator Tammy Duckworth became the first sitting senator to have a baby.
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