During a staff meeting, Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told those in attendance to say he took action to remove staff secretary Rob Porter within 40 minutes of learning abuse allegations from two ex-wives were credible, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because discussions in such meetings are supposed to be confidential.
For much of the past year, he has rarely if ever read the President's Daily Brief, a document that lays out the most pressing information collected by U.S. intelligence agencies from world hot spots, according to three people familiar with his briefings. The arrangement underscores Trump's impatience with exhaustive classified documents that go to the commander in chief.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was visibly irritated when his fellow Kentuckian objected to a motion to end the budget debate. But making Republicans uncomfortable was the whole point of Paul's exercise.
While some groups protested, they were more muted than in the past over a budget deal that includes huge spending and deficit increases. "The president will have more sway with many of our members than these outside groups will," said one lawmaker.
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The measure overcame opposition from some Democrats who lamented that it did not address the fate of young undocumented immigrants known as "dreamers," and from some Republicans who balked because the budget would add to the nation's debt.
The budget provides the biggest increase in spending in almost a decade. But some argued that the respite from budget crises would prove temporary given lawmakers' decision to push up the deficit to pass the measure.
The moment that may well define these Winter Games came as smiling athletes walked side by side under a flag of Korean unity. Every Olympics has its share of geopolitical backstories. But organizers of PyeongChang have billed this year as a generational chance to find a new path for neighbors frozen in a Cold War-era standoff.
The figure skater took the torch from members of the joint Korean women's hockey team (one from the North and one from the South) to signal the start of the Games in PyeongChang.
A reporter used to shopping at places that have "Outlet" and "Maxx" in their names takes his critical eye to team outfits. Some were bright, some were subdued, some were just weird.
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