by Ashley Parker, Robert Costa, Felicia Sonmez |
The Washington Post
July 18, 2018
President Trump on Tuesday grudgingly sought to inch back his warm remarks about Russia and its leader during a summit in Helsinki a day earlier, saying he had misspoken when he appeared to accept President Vladimir Putin’s denials that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
After 17 months, three weeks and six days of Donald J. Trump’s tumultuous presidency, some of his fellow Republicans had finally had enough. “The dam has broken,” Senator Bob Corker, a Republican critic from Tennessee, said on Tuesday.
by Carol Leonnig, Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger, Shane Harris |
The Washington Post
July 18, 2018
For nearly five years, the young Russian political-science student was an unusual fixture at the most important events of the U.S. conservative movement.
President Trump’s nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court will be announced on Monday, July 9, with fanfare. Trump told reporters in recent days that he is planning to reveal his pick during television’s primetime that evening. Trump’s friends tell me he hopes the moment is drenched with drama, the trappings of the presidency — and good lighting.
