Thursday 25 May 2017

The Post Most: Five fresh setbacks for Republicans, who just can’t catch a break

The Daily 202: Five fresh setbacks for Republicans, who just can't catch a break; Trump asks Justice Department to investigate Manchester bomb probe leaks; Trump calls for investigation of U.S. leaks in Manchester bomb investigation probe; GOP candidate cited for assault as newspapers pull endorsements; Sean Spicer didn't get to meet the pope, and even reporters feel sorry for him; How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBI's handling of the Clinton probe; Five startling things Betsy DeVos just told Congress; The Health 202: The CBO report is bad news for Republicans on health care; Fox News crew 'watched in disbelief' as Montana’s Greg Gianforte 'slammed' and 'began punching' reporter; The president just made a titanic foreign policy shift. The media missed it.; Do Republicans plan on going down with the ship?; Trump holds back on U.S. commitment to NATO security guarantees, likely disappointing allies worried about his willingness to defend them; Sean Hannity loses advertisers amid uproar over slain DNC staffer conspiracy theories; If Ossoff wins in Georgia, Trump is in for a world of pain in 2018; The Latest: Armed officers deployed to trains across UK; Trump and French President Macron get to know each other with a fierce handshake
 
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The Daily 202: Five fresh setbacks for Republicans, who just can't catch a break
Only one relates to Russia
Trump asks Justice Department to investigate Manchester bomb probe leaks
The president was expected to get an earful from the British about intelligence leaks.
 
Trump calls for investigation of U.S. leaks in Manchester bomb investigation probe
In Brussels, Trump responded to British outrage over the leaks and vowed to "get to the bottom of this" to preserve intelligence sharing.
 
GOP candidate cited for assault as newspapers pull endorsements
A Fox News reporter who witnessed the scuffle described Gianforte throwing Jacobs to the ground, grabbing his neck, striking him and exclaiming, "I'm sick and tired of this!
 
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How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBI's handling of the Clinton probe
The bureau's director may have relied on murky intelligence to push aside Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch in 2016.
 
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Five startling things Betsy DeVos just told Congress
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The Health 202: The CBO report is bad news for Republicans on health care
Senate Republicans didn't have much to say about it.
 
Fox News crew 'watched in disbelief' as Montana’s Greg Gianforte 'slammed' and 'began punching' reporter
Following the extraordinary incident, Montana's largest newspapers withdrew their endorsements of the Republican candidate.
 
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The president just made a titanic foreign policy shift. The media missed it.
In Saudi Arabia, Trump directly called on the Muslim world to defeat the forces of terrorism and extremism.
 
 
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