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The Hill reports: President Trump on Monday retweeted a post from a conservative journalist criticizing President Obama, incorrectly, of pardoning Chelsea Manning. Obama in January commuted Manning’s 35-year prison sentence in January, but did not grant a pardon. The tweet was posted by Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich, who was responding to a tweet from former Obama national security adviser …

The Washington Examiner reports: President Trump played hardball over the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations with Canada and Mexico on Sunday by threatening to pull out of talks and terminate the agreement in a tweet. Trump ran on a more protectionist platform than many Republican candidates in recent elections, and has promised to renegotiate all of the country’s trade …

Scheduled to begin shortly: White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is set to host a press briefing from the White House on Friday, which will begin at 1:45 p.m. ET. Sanders will field questions from reporters related to the latest news surrounding the Trump administration, which will likely include President Donald Trump’s continued threats to close down the government if …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Friday said that “few, if any,” other administration had been as productive in its first seven months as the Trump administration, citing the White House’s progress on job growth and other non-legislative achievements. His tweet came just minutes after he criticized Senate Republicans for not passing more bills, calling on them to get rid …

Fox News reports: White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway slammed former national intelligence director James Clapper on Thursday for what she called his “absurd analysis” on President Trump’s fitness for office. Clapper was one of numerous CNN pundits who tore into the president after his late-night rally speech in Phoenix on Tuesday. The Obama-era intel boss called the event “scary and …

Here’s what Hair Furor is pissed about: Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper reiterated his concern about President Donald Trump’s ability to effectively lead the country on Wednesday night. “What caused concern is this … Jekyll-Hyde business where he’ll make a scripted teleprompter speech, which is good, and then turn around and negate it by sort of, unbridled, unleashed, …

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump today retweeted a meme that showed a picture of his gradually blocking out an image of former President Obama with the caption “The Best Eclipse Ever.” The meme was originally tweeted at Trump by a Twitter user who identifies himself as Jerry Travone, whose bio describes him as “a YouTube Actor and Political Junkie” …

This morning Trump bragged about the “packed house” at last night’s campaign rally in Arizona, where, as cameras showed multiple times, the venue was only about half full. Trump also claims that last night he read the crowd his earlier statements on Charlottesville, but as we all know, he pointedly omitted the “many sides” declaration which brought denouncements from actual …

The Hill reports: Former British ambassador to the U.S. Peter Westmacott compared President Trump to an autocrat in Nazi Germany after the president’s campaign-style rally in Phoenix, Arizona. The tweet on Wednesday morning came in response to a report from NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is “scared and worried about the President’s fitness to …

Vice News reports: Margaret Kim is an Asian American. She’s definitely not a Republican. She’s also not… real. But that hasn’t stopped the Arizona Republican party from using Kim, the 1994 sitcom alter ego of living, Republican-loathing comedienne Margaret Cho, as an example of its diverse support. The cast photograph of “All-American Girl” is prominently featured on the Arizona Republican …

“I’m just going to speak from the heart here. What we’ve witnessed is a total eclipse of the facts—someone who came out onstage and lied directly to the American people and left things out that he said in an attempt to rewrite history, especially when it comes to Charlottesville. He’s unhinged. It’s embarrassing. I don’t mean for us, the media, …

The Washington Post reports: When President Trump finds himself under attack or slipping in popularity, he often holds a rally in a place like this: a diverse blue city that’s home to liberal protesters, but is surrounded by red suburbs and rural towns filled with Trump supporters who will turn out in droves. Unlike rallies in states that are solidly …

The Washington Post reports: Years before running for president, Trump had a clear message on Afghanistan: It was time to get out. In 2012, he said the war was “wasting our money.” In 2012, he called it “a total disaster.” In 2013, he said, “We should leave Afghanistan immediately.” Trump continued his criticism of the war during the year and …

Talking Points Memo reports: President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday took a moment in the afternoon to observe the first total solar eclipse to pass over the United States from one coast to the other since 1918. White House pool reporter Ted Mann, from the Wall Street Journal, tweeted updates from the nation’s capital, which was not in the path …

Hair Furor ranted about “fake news” for the millionth time this morning and praised Jerry Falwell’s appearance yesterday on Fox & Friends. Meanwhile this is happening on Falwell’s home turf: Liberty University graduates are calling on fellow alumni to take a stand against by returning their diplomas. They are also writing letters to Falwell’s office and to the Board of …

Raw Story reports: Fox News host Leland Vittert revealed on Sunday that President Donald Trump had refused to let anyone from his administration appear on the network. During a segment about Trump’s outgoing chief strategist Steve Bannon, Vittert noted that only Trump surrogates from outside the administration would discuss the staff shakeup. “Noteworthy,” Vittert observed. “We, along with a number …

Steve Bannon resumed control of Breitbart about 48 hours ago and today comes the first attack. Mediaite reports: After leaving the White House, Bannon has stirred the pot, notably saying that the “Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” and reportedly said that he was going to war for Trump against his opponents. And so here we …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that he sees “some serious issues” with President Trump’s capabilities that aren’t likely to get better but that it’s premature to consider invoking a constitutional provision to force him from office. “I certainly think that there’s an issue with the president’s capability. There’s some attribute of his character that …

Axios reports: We talked to a half dozen senior administration officials, who range from dismayed but certain to stay, to disgusted and likely soon to leave. They all work closely with Trump and his senior team so, of course, wouldn’t talk on the record. Instead, they agreed to let us distill their thinking/rationale. “You have no idea how much crazy …

The Boston Globe reports: Despite the fact that there were few arrests, and the day was largely peaceful, President Trump tweeted that there were “anti-police agitators” at the Boston events. Authorities had feared the “free speech” event would attract white supremacists. Two of the rally’s scheduled keynote speakers have ties to extremist elements — including one who attended the rally …