| | | | Donald Trump's very stormy week |  | | | President Donald Trump skipped an international trip to monitor hurricane coverage at home, but instead he kicked off a weeklong storm over where Hurricane Dorian was headed.
On Sunday, Trump falsely claimed the hurricane was likely to hit Alabama (among other states) and it would be worse than earlier forecasts had suggested. The National Weather Service debunked that claim -- but Trump, as is his way, dug in his heels.
Over the next week, the President fired off a cluster of tweets and even spoke to reporters from the Oval Office, with the help of an apparently altered (by black marker) visual aid showing the hurricane's projected path scraping Alabama's southeast corner.
Trump was asked by a reporter whether the black line over Alabama was made with a permanent marker. "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know," Trump replied.
The hurricane never reached Alabama.
Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence had a storm of his own. His travel plans were shuffled up after Trump sent him to Poland in his stead over the weekend (so Trump could monitor Hurricane Dorian's path). Pence's trip included a stop in Ireland, where he had meetings in Dublin and stayed on the other side of the Emerald Isle in Doonbeg, at his boss' golf resort Trump International Golf Links and Hotel for two nights.
The nearly 200-mile commute created a headache for Team Pence, who initially said the President had suggested saying there. The vice president defended the lodging decision on Tuesday by citing his family ties to the town and arguing that the Trump resort made "logical" sense because it could "accommodate the unique footprint that comes with our security detail and other personnel."
Critics -- including House Democrats -- say taxpayer funds are being used to enrich the President. The House Oversight Committee and the House Judiciary Committee this week sent a series of letters requesting documents and other information from the White House, the vice president's office, the US Secret Service and the Trump Organization about Pence's stay in Doonbeg.
The Point: It was a stormy week for the Trump administration.
-- Lauren
And now, the week in 17 headlines:
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: | | "Andrew Yang can read."
-- Andrew Yang, tweeting in third person about his reading proficiency. | | | CAN'T PASS ON THE HARD PASS | |  | Trump's White House vs. freedom of the press | | In 2018 the Trump administration took away the White House press pass of CNN's Jim Acosta -- an unprecedented act. While a judge eventually ruled that Acosta's press credential had to be reinstated, another journalist, Brian Karem, had his revoked in summer 2019.
Chris explains what a "hard pass" stands for -- and why taking one away is such a big deal.
Stay in the loop on deals big and small with The Point on YouTube. | | New York's trying out a new method to control its rat population
The inimitable career of Sacha Baron Cohen
TFW you can't get your paws on White Claws
The pettiness is remarkable
Kara Swisher is an icon | | | The more I listen to The Highwomen, the more I like them. Enjoy their empowering country anthem "Redesigning Women." | |
LAUREN'S CAMPAIGN TRAIL SCHEDULER | | Coming over the next week: New Hampshire gets its time in the 2020 spotlight amid the state's Democratic convention, Julián Castro tries to establish a hometown advantage ahead of the third debate in Houston and those left off Thursday's debate stage work to show signs of life as their prospects fade.
Saturday, September 7 - New Hampshire Democratic Convention: The state Democratic convention draws New Hampshire's most active Dems plus most of the presidential candidates: Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Steve Bullock, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Bill de Blasio, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Tim Ryan, Bernie Sanders, Joe Sestak, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang
- Kamala Harris: Also holds a campaign event in Boston
Sunday, September 8 - Bernie Sanders: Holds campaign events in Iowa, including two campus tailgates at the University of Iowa and Iowa State
Monday, September 9 - Bernie Sanders: Continues his college campus tailgate tour at the University of Northern Iowa
- Julián Castro: Holds a "Welcome to Castro Country" rally in Houston
- Marianne Williamson: Hosts a meditation on peace in Manchester, New Hampshire
Tuesday, September 10 Thursday, September 12 - Third Democratic debate: Hosted by ABC and Univision from Houston, with 10 participants: Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang
- Tim Ryan: Participates in a New Hampshire ACLU and Warren Rudman Center forum on civil liberties
- Julián Castro: Holds a post-debate midnight rally in Houston
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The number of military construction projects losing funding to help build 175 miles of border wall, worth about $3.8 billion, according to the Pentagon. | | | | | | |
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