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Day 445: Barbaric.


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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