| | | | The 29(!) major Trump headlines this week | | Monday feels like a decade ago.
Time in Trumpworld seems to slow as huge news story after huge news story forms, crests, crashes and recedes -- only to be followed by an even bigger one right on its heels.
Every Friday on the Point, I run through ALL of the major headlines of the week -- just so you can remember (and I can remember) exactly what happened.
This week set a record (President Trump will be happy to hear that!) with 29 major headlines. 29! They're broken down below by day (thank you, Brenna Williams!).
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: The Point: The sheer volume of news that Trump creates -- intentionally or unintentionally (or both) -- is mind-boggling and mind-numbing all at once. The tendency when faced with such a firehose of news is to tune out. You shouldn't. We are living in momentous times and paying attention -- even when it's tough -- matters.
-- Chris | | "The tanker aircraft is very important, based on -- everything."
—President Donald Trump | | | The government is funded -- through September, that is. CNN's Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly reported early Friday that "the Senate passed a $1.3 trillion spending package that will increase funding for the military and domestic spending and will keep the government funded through the end of September, sending the legislation to the President for his signature house ahead of a midnight deadline."
"The Senate passed the bill after a whirlwind day where at least two Republican senators held up the legislative process and made it appear unclear whether the bill could pass ahead of the deadline."
President Donald Trump signed the bill, but he blasted Congress for passing the plan, CNN's Jeremy Diamond and Jeff Zeleny reported.
"There are a lot of things I'm unhappy about in this bill, there are a lot of things that we shouldn't have had in this bill, but we were in a sense forced if we want to build our military," Trump said. But he warned it will be the last time he will sign a similar plan.
For more on the bill, read Lauren and Daniella Diaz's story on what's included in the bill. | | | In honor of the spending bill being passed....here's "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child (h/t CNN's Brenna Williams for this choice). | | MCDOUGAL DROPS BOMBSHELL ALLEGATIONS | | Former Playboy model Karen McDougal dropped several bombshell allegations in her sit-down with Anderson Cooper to discuss -- for the first time on TV -- her alleged 10-month affair with Donald Trump before he became President. CNN's Veronica Stracqualursi wrote up takeaways from the interview, including: - Trump allegedly tried to pay her for sex.
- McDougal said, "There was a real relationship there. There were feelings between the two of us."
- McDougal said she voted for Trump.
- McDougal thinks she could face retaliation for speaking to CNN in the form of a "big lawsuit" against her or "financial ruin."
| | EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MARCH FOR OUR LIVES | | Survivors of last month's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are taking their fight for stricter gun control laws to Washington with "March for Our Lives."
The main march will take place on Saturday. It will kick off at noon, when participants gather on Pennsylvania Avenue, just blocks away from the Capitol. Hundreds of sister marches are taking place across the country and around the world.
Thousands will flock to D.C., including celebrities such as singer Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt. Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg are among the other celebrities who have donated $500,000 each in support of the march. Lyft is offering free rides to participants. Here's CNN's list of lawmakers attending the march.
Read more pre-march coverage here -- and be sure to follow along with CNN's reporting online and on air this weekend. | | 'GET WITH THE PROGRAM OR GET OUT' | | Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway's warning to those who want to work in the White House is simple: "Get with the program or get out."
"If you are not with the program, you should get with the program or get out," Conway said Friday in an interview on Fox News, in the wake of several Trump administration departures.
Read more in CNN's write-up here. | | 'THE MOST PERILOUS MOMENT IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY' | | Richard Haass, a high-ranking official from former President George W. Bush's State Department, shared a very dire assessment of the current geopolitical state of affairs, CNN's Jennifer Hansler reported Friday.
President Donald Trump "is now set for war on 3 fronts: political vs Bob Mueller, economic vs China/others on trade, and actual vs. Iran and/or North Korea," Haass tweeted. "This is the most perilous moment in modern American history -- and it has been largely brought about by ourselves, not by events."
Read more here. | |  | | H/T Brenna | | | It's finally Friday! Enjoy your weekend -- and please, as always: Tell people you know to subscribe to The Point. | | We'd love to share our other newsletters with you. Follow this link for daily coverage of the world's top stories, savvy market insights, an insider's look into the media and more. Our authors for The Point are Chris Cillizza and Saba Hamedy. Send your tips and thoughts via email to Chris or Saba. Follow on Twitter: Chris and Saba. | | | | | | |
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