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Raw Story reports: President Donald Trump threatened to seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court if he’s impeached by Congress — even though, as he insisted in capital letters, he “did nothing wrong.” Trump again spent the morning tweeting, focusing for a bit on possible military action at the U.S.-Mexico border, before turning his attention to the prospect of impeachment. …

The Washington Post reports: A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump’s concerns that Twitter quietly, and deliberately, has limited or removed some of his followers, according to a person with direct knowledge of the conversation who requested anonymity because it was private. Trump said he had heard from fellow conservatives who had lost followers for unclear reasons as …

Politico reports: The White House on Tuesday ordered administration officials to boycott the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an annual fundraising gala attended by the White House press corps and scheduled for this Saturday. The message was conveyed to agency chiefs of staff on Tuesday morning by White House Cabinet Secretary Bill McGinley, who indicated that the order was coming from …

The Washington Examiner reports: President Trump spent early Tuesday morning tweeting his grievances against the media. He targeted The New York Times, referring to the outlet as the enemy of the people and saying the publication will “have to get down on their knees [and] beg for forgiveness” from him, inaccurately claiming the paper apologized to him in 2016 for …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday insisted that “nobody disobeys my orders,” apparently disputing that his former White House counsel twice refused to follow through on the president’s order to dismiss special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump issued the declaration about his staff’s willingness to follow through on his commands during a brief exchange with reporters at the White House …

Raw Story reports: President Trump renewed his attacks on the press on Saturday, accusing the media of “doing everything possible” to stir up anger” following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The president also sought to reaffirm his claims that Mueller’s report cleared him of collusion and obstruction, once again declaring Mueller’s investigation “the greatest Witch Hunt in …

The Washington Post reports: President Trump sought Friday to discredit damaging portions of the report by the special counsel, while Democrats subpoenaed the full report that led to no criminal charges but laid bare what they characterized as “alarming” behavior by Trump. Nine hours after he stopped a tweet mid-sentence, he came back and finished his thought. “….big, fat, waste …

“This is a war! The president likes to call it a hoax but this was a conspiracy to overthrow the president of the United States. And this is bad stuff. And, to your point, any other person in the White House would have folded up like a cheap lawn chair amongst the last several presidents. Pastor Robert Jeffress always talks …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump on Friday ripped special counsel Robert Mueller’s “crazy” report, saying that it contained statements about him that “are total bullshit.” The comments were his harshest so far since the redacted report was released Thursday by Attorney General William Barr. Trump’s comments about “notes” may have been a reference to parts of the Mueller report …

Last night White House press secretary Sarah Sanders ran to Fox News after the Mueller report detailed her confessing to having repeatedly lied to the media. Sean Hannity, of course, gave her a sympathetic ear. Newsweek reports: “I guess in the testimony you gave, you had said your FBI — a lot of the FBI people you know were — …

NBC News reports: President Trump on Thursday pushed back against questions about whether he may have obstructed the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, asserting that he could have “fired everyone,” including special counsel Robert Mueller, if he had so chosen. The White House has been taking a victory lap, with Trump earlier saying “No Collusion – No …

Mediaite reports: During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump mocked Hillary Clinton for telling the FBI that she didn’t “recall” something 39 times during a three hour-plus interview, but Trump himself responded the same way to Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s written question 37 times. About 10 times during the presidential campaign, Trump trashed Clinton over reports that there were 39 …

ABC News reports: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway declared Thursday “the best day” since President Trump’s election, reveling in the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report. “I called this a political proctology exam,” Conway said of the report, claiming Trump had received a “clean bill of health.” “That should make people very good about democracy,” Conway said of …

Talking Points Memo reports: President Trump took a “Game of Thrones”-themed victory lap after Attorney General William Barr’s press conference on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his Russia investigation. Trump posted an image on Twitter inspired by the hit HBO series after Barr reiterated the investigation found there was no collusion with Russia’s election interference in 2016 and there …

The Atlantic reports: For decades, presidents and vice presidents have held regular one-on-one lunches with no aides present. The ritual helps build trust and, because only two people are at the table, prevents leaks, veterans of past White Houses said. Trump ditched that tradition. Instead he has invited to the lunches both his and Pence’s top aides. At the meals …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday morning. Omar says she’s faced increased death threats since President Donald Trump spread around a video that purports to show her being dismissive of the 2001 terrorist attacks. “This is endangering lives,” she said, accusing Trump of fomenting right-wing extremism. “It has to stop.” …

The Huffington Post reports: In a late night tweet on Saturday, President Donald Trump declared he had the “absolute legal right” to release detained undocumented immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities, and demanded that his request be fulfilled. In his earlier rant, Trump claimed that the mayor of Oakland was not willing to receive the undocumented immigrants he had earlier threatened …

The Huffington Post reports: President Donald Trump tweeted a video Friday fanning the flames of the recent right-wing uproar over comments Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) made about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!” Trump tweeted with the video, which alternates between an out-of-context remark Omar made during a speech last month and footage of the terrorist attacks, …

Bloomberg reports: President Trump on Thursday downplayed his knowledge of WikiLeaks after its founder, Julian Assange, was arrested in London. “I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It’s not my thing,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if he still loves the organization. Trump repeatedly professed his affinity for WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign, when it published emails that …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump seemed delighted on Thursday when he posted a screen-shot from Lou Dobbs‘ Fox Business show supposedly showing his approval polling is at 55%. There’s just one little problem: the number is way off, and his actual approval rating according to that poll is a paltry 43%. The Fox Business host spent a good portion of …