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Sarah Huckabee Sanders just told a whopper in defense of the GOP’s attempt the suppress the minority vote. USA Today reports: The Commerce Department is reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 Census for the first time in decades, a move that some arguewill lead to an undercount of minorities living in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau counts …

PBS reports: White House officials have been looking into whether $500 million in loans that went to Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate company may have spurred ethics or criminal law violations, according to the head of the federal government’s ethics agency. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is likely to address the inquiry at a …

PBS reports: Lawmakers in both the House and Senate scrambled this week to push a $1.3 trillion spending bill through Congress to meet Friday’s funding deadline and avert a government shutdown. But in a tweet Friday morning, President Donald Trump said that he was “considering” vetoing the bill, citing concerns over “Dreamers” and funding for the border wall. White House …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends were reliably horrified by actor Jim Carrey‘s harsh portrait of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and they wanted everyone to know it – especially those hypocritical liberals. “There is absolutely no tolerance [from liberals for conservatism],” Turning Point USA’s Candace Owens told Fox & Friends‘ Ainsley Earhardt. “They’re completely hypocritical in every single …

Talking Points Memo reports: Asked about claims that porn actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name Stormy Daniels, was physically threatened in order to keep quiet about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee on Friday said that the White House does not condone any threats. “Obviously we take the safety and security …

Mueller, Mueller, Mueller: Today’s briefing will most likely include questions about the reports that special counsel Robert Mueller is subpoenaing the Trump Organization for documents about the president’s business ventures in Russia. President Donald Trump has said that investigations into his family’s finances should be off limits to the special counsel, though Mueller, undaunted, is moving ahead. This could certainly …

Mueller. Mueller. Mueller. UPI reports: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is scheduled to give an on-camera press briefing on Thursday afternoon. The briefing is set to begin at 2 p.m. EDT. Sanders likely will face questions about the Treasury’s decision to levy sanctions against five Russian entities and 19 citizens for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Trump …

The BBC reports: Former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, Theresa May has told MPs. The PM said the government concluded it was “highly likely” Russia was responsible for the Salisbury attack. The Foreign Office summoned Russia’s ambassador to provide an explanation. Mrs May said if there …

CNBC reports: Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is slated to take reporters’ questions at the White House on Friday. The briefing follows the Trump administration’s enactment of broad tariffs on steel and aluminum on Thursday. Flanked by Cabinet members and U.S. steel workers in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed new import taxes of 25 percent on steel and …

The Hill reports: President Trump is upset with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for her handling on Wednesday of questions about allegations that the president once had an affair with adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. CNN’s Jim Acosta reported that Trump is “very unhappy” with his press secretary after she acknowledged at a press briefing on Wednesday that Trump …

The Associated Press reports: The White House will hold a press briefing Wednesday afternoon with press secretary Sarah Sanders. The briefing is scheduled to start at 2PM. President Donald Trump once presided over a reality show in which a key cast member exited each week. The same thing seems to be happening in his White House. Trump’s West Wing has …

Politico reports: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday declined to comment in detail about the allegations, saying “we’ve addressed our feelings on that situation, and I don’t have anything else to add.” Allegations that Daniels had an affair with Trump surfaced in January in a Wall Street Journal report that included details of Cohen’s payment to the …

Raw Story reports: Completing his bizarre scorched-earth media spree, onetime Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg took to a local news station to call White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders a “fat slob.” “She’s a joke,” Nunberg said. “OK fine, yeah, she’s unattractive, she’s a fat slob, but that’s not relevant.” “The person she works for has a 30 percent …

CBS News provides likely topics: Subpoena: As part of the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Robert Mueller is seeking documents about President Trump and several of his closest advisers and campaign associates. Netanyahu visit: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House Monday. In an Oval Office meeting Monday morning, Mr. Trump …

This will likely be on the menu today: Three hours into her scheduled testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, White House Communications Director Hope Hicks appears to be answering some of the committee’s questions, according to multiple members, though Democrats and Republicans on the committee differed on how useful those answers were. Asked how the interview with Hicks was proceeding, …

UPI reports: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is scheduled to give an on-camera press briefing on Monday afternoon. The briefing is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. EST. Sanders likely will face questions about the Supreme Court’s refusal to bypass the usual appeals court process and rule on attempts to block President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Deferred …

The Hill reports: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday night argued the Trump administration has “not declared war on the press,” despite concerns from a past press secretary. Mike McCurry, who served as press secretary during the Clinton administration, pressed Sanders over President Trump’s repeated attacks on the media, including his claim that the media is the …

Mediaite reports: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted to reporters today that President Trump has accepted that Russia meddled in the election. The first question of the press briefing, from NBC News’ Kristen Welker, concerned whether President Trump finally accepts that Russia meddled and influenced the 2016 election. “One of the places where you guys seem to get …

PBS reports: The White House is expected to respond today to the latest charges in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to speak with reporters at 2 p.m. ET. The special counsel charged an attorney Tuesday with lying to federal investigators about his interactions with Rick Gates, a …

Reuters reports: The White House rejected on Thursday a bipartisan U.S. Senate proposal to protect young “Dreamer” immigrants and tighten border security, saying it would weaken enforcement of current law and produce a flood of illegal immigration. Ahead of expected Senate votes, the White House said advisers would recommend that President Donald Trump veto the plan to protect from deportation …