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Thursday’s Mini-Report, 8.31.17
Trump administration to get away with alleged intimidation tactics
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.31.17
Why would Republicans try to cut FEMA’s disaster relief fund?
Dems hope to block Trump businesses from receiving federal funds
Poll: U.S. majority believes Trump is ‘tearing the country apart’
Trump’s controversial Arpaio pardon faces new legal scrutiny
After Texas visit, White House struggles to defend Trump falsehood
Trump loses leverage as Russia scandal investigation intensifies
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 8.30.17
As the world watches, Trump diverges from his own cabinet
ACA continues to push uninsured rate to historic lows
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.30.17
Trump says diplomacy with North Korea ‘is not the answer’
Trump says Finland is buying U.S. fighter jets; Finland disagrees
Trump hits the road to promote a tax plan that doesn’t yet exist
Trump steered clear of storm victims during Texas visit
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 8.29.17
Russia scandal turns in a direction Trump will not like
The one country Trump can’t bring himself to criticize
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.29.17
Trump forgets his talking points on empty administration posts
EPA’s Pruitt faces questions after taxpayer-funded trips home
House Republican eyes a deadline for Special Counsel Mueller
What Trump doesn’t understand about his own border wall idea
Despite Trump’s boasts, North Korea raises tensions with missile test
Texas Republicans have a new perspective on federal disaster aid
Trump turns back the clock on police access to military equipment
Fresh details add context to Trump-Russia scandal
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.28.17
Automatic voter registration keeps expanding, reaches 10th state
A rare sight: minimum wage shrinks in a major U.S. city
Trump clings to misguided idea that Mexico will pay for a border wall
Gorka is the latest departure from Trump’s volatile White House
With Arpaio pardon, Trump’s ‘law and order’ vow becomes a cynical joke
Trump’s Secretary of State argues Trump doesn’t speak for U.S.
CIA’s Brennan: Some in Congress overlooked ‘gravity’ of Russia attack
Trump finding new ways to bungle the tax-reform fight
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.25.17
Tax-cut advocates stop pretending to care about the deficit
The White House challenge: limiting Trump’s diet of wrong information
Raising suspicions, Trump keeps intervening where he shouldn’t
Yet another Republican becomes a Trump target
Is Trump failing or succeeding? He can’t make up his mind
CIA fears Trump’s chief ‘can’t resist the impulse to be political’
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 8.24.17
The ACA’s ‘bare county’ problem disappears
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.24.17
Trump declared opioid crisis an emergency, but nothing happened
Trump has little success turning public against the free press
Trump finds new ways to alienate his ostensible allies
Trump advocates for ‘clean coal,’ despite not knowing what it is
‘Consumed’ with Russia scandal, Trump keeps clashing with Republicans
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 8.23.17
Trump’s economic illiteracy isn’t getting any better
Former DNI worries about Trump’s fitness, access to nuclear codes
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.23.17
Trump eyes ‘termination’ of NAFTA as negotiations continue
Dr. Frankenstein didn’t like his creation, either
Trump’s Secretary of State suggests US may not win in Afghanistan
On immigration, Trump has an offer Dems can easily refuse
Trump wanted McConnell to ‘protect him’ from Russia scandal probe
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 8.22.17
Ryan balks at censuring Trump over racially inflammatory rhetoric
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.22.17
Interior Department halts study on coal mining health risks
Spotlight focuses on prominent Trump nominee’s anti-LGBT views
Paul Ryan flubs yet another attack on ‘Obamacare’
How Trump’s team changed his mind about the war in Afghanistan
Trump wants credit for mission he opposed, had nothing to do with
Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy is missing a new strategy
On Afghanistan, Trump poised to abandon pre-election positions
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.21.17
The Secret Service confronts unique challenges in the Trump era
As Trump controversies intensify, Mar-a-Lago faces cancellations
White House aide: ‘You have no idea how much crazy stuff we kill’
One member of Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board has seen enough
GOP base comfortable with Trump’s racially inflammatory posture
As others flee, Trump’s top evangelical ally comes to his defense
Donald Trump keeps parting ways with ‘the best people’
Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, exits stage right
The worst week of Trump’s presidency keeps happening
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.18.17
The awkward timing of the RNC’s African-American outreach efforts
Neil Gorsuch to headline an event at Trump-owned hotel
Some U.S. allies trust Putin more than Trump
Trump keeps finding new ways to blindside his own aides
Short on friends, Trump’s White House councils start to unravel
GOP senator questions Donald Trump’s stability, competence
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 8.17.17
Trump points to ahistorical nonsense following deadly terrorism
The world takes note of Trump’s ‘failure of character’
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.17.17
Steve Bannon opens up to an unlikely source
The fatal flaw in Trump’s vision on improving race relations
Trump, Joint Chiefs have very different responses to Charlottesville
Trump’s choice in lawyers suggests he doesn’t hire ‘the best people’
Trump censure resolution challenges the GOP to do more than talk
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 8.16.17
GOP senator ready to ‘move beyond’ Trump’s racially charged comments
With business leaders fleeing, Trump pulls the plug on CEO councils
Why top members of Trump’s team still haven’t resigned
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.16.17
Trump claims with a straight face he needs ‘facts’ before speaking
Why the North Korean crisis has suddenly cooled
An important ‘Obamacare’ problem starts to disappear
What Trump struggles to understand about Confederate statues
On Primary Day in Alabama, things don’t go GOP leaders’ way
Trump creates a ‘moral reckoning’ for his Republican Party
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 8.15.17
Already stuck in a hole, Trump finds a shovel, keeps digging
CBO: High costs if Trump follows through on ACA sabotage threats
Pence says he ‘never witnessed’ campaign collusion with Russia
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.15.17
Anti-government bomb plot thwarted in Oklahoma
Defense chief hedges on implementing Trump’s transgender ban
Dems demand scrutiny of white supremacists and domestic terrorism
After finally denouncing racists, Trump steps on his message
CEOs start running away from away from Donald Trump
Two days later, Trump tries to get Charlottesville right
Has Trump reached the bottom, or can he fall further?
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.14.17
Trump slams Merck CEO after resignation from White House council
After Trump’s Charlottesville debacle, Pence admonishes media
Revisiting an old Trump question: ‘Are we living in Nazi Germany?’
GOP senator: racist groups think ‘they have a friend’ in Trump
Donald Trump can’t stop failing tests of moral leadership
‘Crazy’ memo emerges from member of Trump’s national security team
Trump says Manafort was on his team ‘for a very short period’
Trump offers a timely reminder: he’s not going to get better
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.11.17
Why Trump sees routine accomplishments as unique triumphs
Does the US military actually want Donald Trump’s ‘great favor’?
Alabama’s Moore suggests US may be ‘the focus of evil’ in the world
Trump believes his CIA director, but only to a point
West Virginia’s governor pitches Trump on a coal bailout
As Russia expels U.S. diplomats, Trump publicly thanks Putin
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 8.10.17
Trump barks orders, expects McConnell to do the real work
Testing the limits of Trump’s ‘obsession’ with Obama
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.10.17
Trump’s political antics push consumers’ health care costs higher
Trump’s favorite tabloid takes aim at Manafort at a key moment
One of Trump’s favorite pastors: God backs an attack on North Korea
Donald Trump loves to bluff, despite being bad at it
GOP food fight: Trump and McConnell take aim at each other
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 8.9.17
White House: Trump was winging it with nuclear threats
Republican makes provocative comments about McCain’s brain cancer
Trump administration keeps sending mixed signals on North Korea
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.9.17
FBI agents raided the home of Trump’s former campaign chairman
During an all-hands-on-deck moment, Trump is short on hands
White House remains silent following Minnesota mosque bombing
Trump hopes to shift blame to Obama for opioid crisis
Trump’s claims on nuclear modernization crumble under scrutiny
In a crisis, Trump looks like the wrong leader at the wrong time
Escalating tensions, Trump threatens North Korea with ‘fire and fury’
McConnell takes aim at Trump’s ‘excessive expectations’
Rural America feels the effects of Trump’s trade policies
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.8.17
Trump’s health care antics carry consequences for consumers
The Trump-era pact between retired Gens. Mattis and Kelly
Politics of health care fight takes its toll on Nevada’s Heller
Climate scientists preempt possible suppression from White House
Trump uses Twitter to promote leaked intelligence on North Korea
Touting job numbers, RNC forgets what ‘unprecedented’ means
The Republican Party’s birther problem isn’t limited to the past
Trump’s instinct for bullying behavior does not serve him well
The NRA’s core message takes a turn towards culture-war zealotry
Trump’s attention span creates challenges for Afghanistan policy
The part of the job numbers Team Trump doesn’t want to talk about
Trump weakness raises specter of ‘shadow campaign’ ahead of 2020
White House routinely blindsided, upended by Trump’s tweets
Conway suggests lie-detector tests may be used in White House
Trump heads out on vacation, pretends it’s ‘not a vacation’
The oddity of the West Virginia governor switching parties
Middle East peace turns out to be harder than Trump thought
Team Trump’s unexpected dispute with the Secret Service
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.4.17
This year isn’t doing John Cornyn’s reputation any favors
As the Russia scandal intensifies, Trump moves the goalposts
Does Pence ever get tired of Trump contradicting him?
White House expects to pressure China through Trump’s Twitter feed
U.S. job growth remains steady and strong in July
In bipartisan fashion, senators move to protect Mueller from Trump
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 8.3.17
Mueller reportedly impanels Russia scandal grand jury
The White House has thrown its credibility away
Leaked transcripts offer a peek behind the Oval Office curtain
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.3.17
For the third time, a court uses Trump’s own words against him
New chief of staff tries to make it harder to manipulate Trump
Team Trump struggles to keep its story straight on North Korea
Trump blames Congress, not Russia, for deteriorating relations
Officials start to ignore the Incredible Shrinking President
Donald Trump’s support plummets to historic new depths
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 8.2.17
Trump keeps describing phone calls that apparently never happened
Trump announces support for plan to cut legal immigration, too
Only one Republican health care bill still stands, but it’s a mess
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.2.17
McConnell rebuffs Senate Democrats’ outreach on tax reform
Trump’s preoccupation with the stock market is a losing proposition
Trump’s State Deptartment finds new ways to make Russia happy
Trump points to dubious proof of his supposed historic greatness
Health care fight leaves Nevada’s Heller in an impossible spot
Boy Scouts balk in response to Trump’s latest bogus boasts
Acting DEA chief rejects Trump’s ‘joke’ about police abuses
GOP under the false impression it’s ready for tax-reform fight
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.1.17
Paul Ryan boosts support for Trump’s proposed border wall
Trump struggles to understand who doesn’t like his tweets
On Iran, Trump wants to start with the answer, then work backwards
GOP senators have no appetite for another health care fight
Republican senator: GOP is ‘in denial’ about dangers Trump poses
Cover-up allegations raise awkward questions for Trump’s lawyer
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