| | | | Shutdown showdown: No money for Trump's border wall | | The latest on the White House and congressional wrangling to avoid a government shutdown by Friday's deadline, from CNN's Lauren Fox, Deirdre Walsh and Manu Raju: Congressional Republicans have privately proposed a funding bill that does not include money for the border wall, a congressional source told CNN, a sign congressional Republicans are willing to buck President Donald Trump to avoid a shutdown.
Trump's mixed messages on a border wall, sources tell CNN, may not ultimately doom the bill, but they certainly caused consternation on Capitol Hill. "The President and his advisers are every day, I think, learning new lessons about how delicate and complicated this process is. And it's a whole lot more art and balance than it is science," one Republican senator said.
But Trump swears he's not abandoning the wall. "The wall's going to get built, folks," Trump said at the White House, when asked if he'd sign a continuing resolution without funding for his border wall. "In case anybody has any questions, the wall is going to get built." When asked when the wall would be built, Trump said, "Soon. We're already preparing. We're doing plans, we're doing specifications, we're doing a lot of work on the wall, and the wall is going to get built."
He also tweeted this: | | | How Trump's troops are taking it: Here's Rush Limbaugh on his radio show today, in a comment caught by Political Wire's Taegan Goddard: "I want to say at the outset that I hope my interpretation is wrong, and I hope this is not the case. But it looks like, from here, right here, right now, it looks like President Trump is caving on his demand for a measly $1 billion in the budget for his wall on the border with Mexico." | | "Well, he kind of asks for it." -- Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, in an anecdote about a man wearing a tutu at a bar and getting into fights, while discussing the bullying of LGBT people with high school students. Enzi apologized today. | | | House oversight panel: Flynn likely broke the law | | From CNN's Tom LoBianco and Manu Raju: President Donald Trump's former national security adviser did not properly disclose payments from Russia and may have broken the law, House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings said today after reviewing Michael Flynn's application for a security clearance.
"As a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from Russia, Turkey or anybody else. And it appears as if he did take that money. It was inappropriate. And there are repercussions for the violation of law," said Chaffetz, a Utah Republican.
Chaffetz and Cummings announced their findings to reporters on the Hill following a classified gathering of the committee in which they reviewed documents that Cummings described as "extremely troubling." "I see no data to support the notion that Gen. Flynn complied with the law," Chaffetz said, referring to whether Flynn received permission from the Pentagon or the State Department or that he disclosed the more than $45,000 he was paid for a speech he gave to RT-TV in Russia. | | | Ivanka Trump defended her father at a women's panel in Berlin after attendees hissed and booed when she attempted to champion her father's commitment to women's issues. CNN's Eugene Scott and Betsy Klein have the story. | | 3 things you might have missed today | | Sanctuary cities order blocked: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a threat to take away funds from sanctuary cities -- the latest blow from the federal judiciary to President Donald Trump's immigration agenda. In his ruling, Judge William H. Orrick sided with Santa Clara County, the city of San Francisco and other jurisdictions, who argued that a threat to take away federal funds from cities that do not cooperate with some federal immigration enforcement could be unconstitutional. More from CNN's Tal Kopan.
Obama's speaking fee: Former President Barack Obama will be paid $400,000 to speak at bond firm Cantor Fitzgerald's health care conference. Vox's Matt Yglesias argues he should have turned it down.
Trump's trade war with Canada: Trump's decision to slap new 24% tariffs on $5 billion in Canadian softwood lumber imports, writes Politico's Adam Behsudi, "could be significant, especially for a US housing industry just now reaching a point of recovery. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that market uncertainty caused by the prospect of tariffs has already increased lumber prices, resulting in the addition of almost $3,600 to the price of a new home." | | | Russian hackers who targeted Hillary Clinton now appear to be going after centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. ... Maria Comella, a former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, is crossing party lines and becoming New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief of staff. ... Mitt Romney's nephew Doug Robinson is running for governor of Colorado. | | | We'd love to share our other newsletters with you. Check out Five Things for Your New Day, CNN's morning newsletter. Give us five minutes, and we'll brief you on all the news and buzz people will be talking about. | | | Get the Nightcap, a comprehensive summary of the most important political news, delivered to your inbox daily. | | | | | |
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