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President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP divided over impeachment trial strategy Official testifies that Bolton had 'one-on-one meeting' with Trump over Ukraine aid Louisiana governor wins re-election MORE in a tweet early Sunday weighed in on his trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, saying he began “phase one” of his annual physical on Saturday and “everything” was “very good (great!).”“Visited a great family of a young man under major surgery at the amazing Walter Reed Medical Center. Those are truly some of the best doctors anywhere in the world,” he tweeted.“Also began phase one of my yearly physical, he added. “Everything very good (great!). Will complete next year.”Visited a great family of a young man under major surgery at the amazing Walter Reed Medical Center. Those are truly some of the best doctors anywhere in the world. Also began phase one of my yearly physical. Everything very good (great!). … [Read more...] about Trump: ‘Everything very good (great!)’ in ‘phase one’ of physical

NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" parodied the first week of the House's public impeachment hearings by presenting it as a soap opera in the vein of "Days of Our Lives." In an apparent jab at observers who felt the hearings into President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP divided over impeachment trial strategy Official testifies that Bolton had 'one-on-one meeting' with Trump over Ukraine aid Louisiana governor wins re-election MORE's dealings with Ukraine were "boring" and lacked "pizzazz," "Saturday Night Live" opened the skit by introducing "Days of Our Impeachment," a show in which the "only thing at stake is democracy."  ADVERTISEMENTThe segment then transitions to a reimagined impeachment hearing featuring Alex Matoff as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), Cecily Strong as former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchFox Business host lashes out at 'big dumb baby' Trump for attacking Yovanovitch during impeachment … [Read more...] about ‘Saturday Night Live’ presents Trump impeachment hearings with ‘pizzazz’ of soap opera

Partisan sniping over the House’s impeachment inquiry is seeping into what has been a bipartisan realm in past years: the annual defense policy bill.President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP divided over impeachment trial strategy Official testifies that Bolton had 'one-on-one meeting' with Trump over Ukraine aid Louisiana governor wins re-election MORE’s border wall.But in recent days, several top Republicans have started laying blame on the impeachment proceedings for crowding out the defense bill as the House and Senate struggle to reconcile their versions of the bill. House Democrats insist that’s not the case and are accusing Republicans of trying to set up Democrats to take the blame should a compromise on the NDAA not be reached.Adam SmithDavid (Adam) Adam SmithJudd Gregg: The big, big and bigger problem 'Marketplace of ideas' turns 100 — it's not what it used to be Overnight Defense: Pentagon says Syrian oil revenue going to Kurdish forces | GOP chair … [Read more...] about Impeachment battle looms over must-pass defense bill

Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiLouisiana governor wins re-election Dynamic scoring: Forward-thinking budgeting practices to grow our economy Pelosi: Trump tweets on Yovanovitch show his 'insecurity as an imposter' MORE (D-Calif.) said that she has warned President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP divided over impeachment trial strategy Official testifies that Bolton had 'one-on-one meeting' with Trump over Ukraine aid Louisiana governor wins re-election MORE that he's in her "wheelhouse" when he attempts to "intimidate" a government whistleblower who helped spark the House impeachment inquiry. "I will make sure he does not intimidate the whistleblower," Pelosi said in an interview with CBS airing on "Face The Nation" Sunday morning. "I told the president you're in my wheelhouse when you come after the whistleblower."ADVERTISEMENTA whistleblower complaint accusing Trump of seeking to get Ukraine to open investigations into 2020 presidential candidate Joe BidenJoe BidenBudget official … [Read more...] about Pelosi warns Trump: ‘You’re in my wheelhouse when you come after the whistleblower’

Rank-and-file members of both parties are skeptical they will reach a deal on a spending package in the next four weeks, and expect they’ll have to approve another stopgap measure to prevent a government shutdown.President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP divided over impeachment trial strategy Official testifies that Bolton had 'one-on-one meeting' with Trump over Ukraine aid Louisiana governor wins re-election MORE’s proposed border wall have left many skeptical.The House is expected to vote on a continuing resolution (CR) this week that would prevent a government shutdown on Nov. 22 and push the deadline until Dec. 20. But many sound doubtful they will be ready to make a new deal next month.“Unless something unusual happens around here, I don’t see how we get all our work done and put all the pieces together by [December] 20th,” said Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardLucille Roybal-AllardHispanic Caucus dedicates Day of the Dead altar to migrants who died in US … [Read more...] about Lawmakers skeptical of progress on spending deal as wall battle looms