Good Thursday morning.
Here’s what is on the President’s agenda today:
- The President meets with the Secretary of Defense
- President Trump meets with the Secretary of Agriculture, Senator Pat Roberts, and Representative Mike Conaway
- The President hosts a rally with supporters in Elkhart, IN
Trump greets hostages when they arrive in U.S.
President Trump, First Lady Melania and VP Mike Pence greeted three hostages very early Thursday morning as they returned from their North Korean imprisonment. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo escorted the men home.
A motorcade was waiting to take the three Korean-American detainees — Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Tony Kim — to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for physical examinations.
The White House said earlier they would be evaluated and receive medical treatment at the Washington-area facility. Their families were not on hand for the ceremony.
“This is a special night for these three really great people,” Trump told reporters as he stood on the tarmac.
“We would like to express our deep appreciation to the United States government, President Trump, Secretary Pompeo, and the people of the United States for bringing us home,” the three freed hostages said in an earlier statement released by the State Department.
The anticipated meeting between the U.S. and North Korea is expected to take place in Singapore early next month.
RUSSIA-collusion roundup
White House intervenes in dispute between DOJ and House GOP
Nunes, Gowdy invited to DOJ for classified briefing after document demands
Of course he would McCain defends giving dossier to Comey: ‘I would do it again’
Russian company indicted by Mueller pleads not guilty to election meddling charges
Cohen clown show
Michael Cohen accuses Stormy Daniels’ lawyer of publishing information about the wrong Michael Cohen
WAIT, someone is brokering access to Washington D.C. power circles???? NO WAY. CNN: Cohen “aggressively” pitched companies after the election on buying his access to Trump
Feds probing how Stormy lawyer got Cohen’s banking info
‘It’s a dead issue’: Rudy Giuliani says Trump was ‘unaware’ of Michael Cohen’s financial dealings
Haspel nomination
John McCain calls on Senate to reject Gina Haspel’s CIA nomination
CIA nominee says she doesn’t believe torture works
Your daily WTF
NAACP goes Big Brother: What we need is mandatory implicit bias testing
Historical picture of the day:
A large crowd gathers to witness the book burning, Buecherverbrennung, at Opera Square in Berlin, Germany on May 10, 1933. Students threw a thousand torches on the bonfire and seized “un-German” books from trucks and hurled them into the blaze amid cheers. The chosen books included writings of some of Germany’s best-known authors, as well as foreign writers. (AP Photo)
Other morsels:
Israel and Iran trade fire in most direct confrontation yet
George Will: Pence has chosen to be ‘horrifying’
McCain defends giving Comey dossier: ‘Duty demanded it’ and ‘I would do it again’
Newly Single Don Jr. Spotted With Fox News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle
Roman Polanski Calls ‘MeToo’ Movement ‘Collective Hysteria’ And ‘Total Hypocrisy’
Republicans move to force DACA vote in defiance of Ryan
Overturned semi spills 8 million dimes on I-15 in Nevada
Concerns over U.S. court backlog grow with rising border prosecutions
New poll shows Democratic ‘blue wave’ is crumbling quickly – here are the numbers
Monica Lewinsky Uninvited From Speaking Engagement Because Bill Clinton Was Also Speaking
Trump administration’s lawsuit against California sanctuary laws backed by these cities, counties
Roseanne Barr is defending an episode of ‘Roseanne’ that people are calling Islamophobic
‘Something will happen’ if Iran doesn’t negotiate on new nuclear deal: Trump
And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!
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