Trump Talks Defense Spending Aboard Aircraft Carrier and More In Politics Today
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It’s difficult to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in this country and to break through the clutter, so we’re here to make it easier. Here’s what we at Countable are reading today:
1. "Trump touts plans to bolster military aboard aircraft carrier in Virginia"
"President Trump touted his plans today to bolster the U.S. military in front of shipbuilders and sailors on the deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford in Newport News, Virginia — a brand new carrier that is expected to be commissioned this summer."
""This is American craftsmanship at its biggest, at its best, at its finest," Trump told the gathered service members. "Hopefully it's power we don't have to use. But if we do, they're in big, big trouble."
Read more at ABC News.
2. "Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says"
"Michael T. Flynn, then Donald J. Trump’s incoming national security adviser, had a previously undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador in December to “establish a line of communication" between the new administration and the Russian government, the White House said on Thursday.”
"Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and now a senior adviser, also participated in the meeting at Trump Tower with Mr. Flynn and Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador. But among Mr. Trump’s inner circle, it is Mr. Flynn who appears to have been the main interlocutor with the Russian envoy -- the two were in contact during the campaign and the transition, Mr. Kislyak and current and former American officials have said."
Read more at The New York Times.
3. "Report: Obama officials spent final days purposely pushing Russia allegations"
"Officials in the Obama administration reportedly spent Barack Obama's final few days in office spreading their message internally that President Trump's associates had maintained inappropriate ties to Russian officials during the campaign, an allegation that neither the Obama administration nor the Trump administration has publicly substantiated."
"Obama administration officials also sought to preserve evidence of what they characterized as Russia's attempts to influence the election by hacking into Democrats' email accounts, according to a New York Times report issued late Wednesday."
Read more at Washington Examiner.
4. "Rand Paul, a copy machine and a ‘secret’ Obamacare bill"
"Somewhere, in an undisclosed room in the U.S. Capitol, there is legislation that will ostensibly repeal and replace Obamacare. On Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) went on a high-profile, somewhat quixotic crusade to find it."
"The whole circus was a manifestation of the fact that Republicans trying to make good on a campaign promise to get rid of Obamacare are caught between reality (undoing a major social program on which 20 million people rely isn't easy) and ideology (influential conservative groups are demanding that lawmakers fully repeal Obamacare, or else)."
Read more at The Washington Post.
5. "Interior secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse to work"
"Well, that’s one way to make an entrance."
"On his first day as Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke rode a horse to work. While wearing a hat. With an escort from the United States Park Police."
"According to the Interior Department, his ride took place from the National Mall, where the National Park Service has stables, to the Interior Department's main building, located just off the Mall. He was then greeted by more than 350 federal employees. There, a veterans song was played on a hand drum by a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee, who is from Montana's Northern Cheyenne tribe."
Read more at USA Today.
— Eric Revell
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