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The Weekly Trek May 19, 2017 Top Political News Trump departs for first foreign trip. The Hill CBO score of Obamacare repeal bill expected Wednesday. Politico Everything you need to know about the Russia investigation’s ‘special counsel’. Washington Post Poll: Trump approval sinks to new low. The Hill The nation’s cartoonists on the week in…

The Weekly Trek May 12, 2017 Top Political News Trump Warns Comey Not to Leak to Press. Wall Street Journal Sessions orders tougher sentences in DOJ memo. The Hill Senate GOP’s agenda is at a moment of reckoning with unpredictable Trump. Washington Post 5 Questions About James Comey’s Firing, Answered. Politico The nation’s cartoonists on…

The Weekly Trek May 5, 2017 Top Political News Senate Passes Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown. Wall Street Journal House Republicans claim a major victory with passage of health-care overhaul. Washington Post Senate GOP vows big changes for ObamaCare bill. The Hill Unemployment rate drops to lowest level in a decade in April as…

The Weekly Trek April 28, 2017 Top Political News Congress passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown. Politico Health Law Repeal Will Miss Trump’s 100-Day Target Date. New York Times The Obamas face the paid-speaking circuit – and all the questions that come with it. Washington Post Slow pace of Trump nominations leaves Cabinet agencies…

April 21, 2017 Top Political News White House demands disrupt shutdown negotiations. Politico Obama making first public appearance of post-presidency in Chicago. The Hill Trump on ObamaCare repeal and preventing shutdown: ‘I want to get both.’ The Hill Chaffetz decision stuns Washington. The Hill Five Takeaways From the Georgia 6 Special Election. FiveThirtyEight Hearing first…

April 14, 2017 Top Political News White House Budget Director Says ‘Shutdown Is Not a Strategy’ As Funding Deadline Looms. Wall Street Journal White House calls for deep agency cuts. Politico For Trump, a Steep Learning Curve Leads to Policy Reversals. New York Times Neil Gorsuch Is Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice. New York…

The Weekly Trek April 7, 2017 Top Political News U.S. launches air strikes against Assad forces in Syria. Politico Russia condemns U.S. missile strike on Syria, suspends key air agreement. Washington Post Senate goes nuclear to confirm Gorsuch. E&E March sees only 98K new jobs, but jobless rate falls to 4.5 percent. The Hill At…

The Weekly Trek March 31, 2017 Top Political News Mike Flynn Offers to Testify in Exchange for Immunity. Wall Street Journal 2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports. NY Times Schumer: ‘Virtually impossible’ to avoid a filibuster fight on Gorsuch next week. Washington Post Hill Republicans trying to avert a shutdown need Democrats…

The Weekly Trek March 24, 2017 Top Political News Gorsuch Completes His 20-Hour Test. So How Did He Do? New York Times Schumer Urges Filibuster to Block Gorsuch Confirmation. Wall Street Journal House Intelligence Committee Clash Over Nunes Clouds Future of Probe. Wall Street Journal Poll: Just 17 percent of voters back ObamaCare repeal plan.…

The Weekly Trek March 17, 2017 Top Political News What Trump cut in his budget. Washington Post Trump Budget Likely to See Major Rewrite in Congress. Wall Street Journal Trump welcomes Merkel to White House for high-stakes meeting amid friction on trade, refugees. Washington Post THE MEMO: GOP breaks from Trump in ‘wiretap’ furor. The…