| | | | 5 days, 15 big stories, 1 Trump White House | | Quick: Tell me what happened on Monday at the Trump White House.
Chances are, you can't remember. Which is something you now have in common with roughly 99% of the population. The pace of news created by President Trump, when coupled with wall-to-wall cable news coverage and the tweeting, the tweeting, always the tweeting, makes Monday feel like a month ago.
Which is where we -- me and superstar producer Brenna Williams -- come in. Every Friday from now on, I am just going to give you, precious Point reader, a day-by-day list of the big White House stories of the week -- with links to what we wrote about them.
Think of it as a cheat sheet. Or a refresher course. Or a remembrance of things past.
Here we go!
Monday
-- Sam Nunberg: 'I'm not going to get sent to prison' Tuesday
-- Trump says there isn't chaos in the White House
-- Stormy Daniels sues President Trump over alleged affair and 'hush' agreement
-- Trump administration to sue California over immigration policies
-- Top economic adviser Gary Cohn leaves in wake of tariff fight
-- Office of special counsel: Conway violated Hatch Act
Wednesday
-- Stormy Daniels' lawyers claims Trump's lawyer 'further threatened' her
-- US sanctions North Korea after blaming country for Kim Jong Nam's killing
-- Democrats say Trump associate may have misled House panel over Seychelles meeting
Thursday
-- Trump announces steel and aluminum tariffs despite GOP objections
-- Trump accepts offer to meet Kim Jong Un
-- Trump upset with Sarah Sanders over Stormy Daniels response
-- Woman named in Stormy Daniels document accused Trump of unwanted advances
Friday
-- Nunberg reverses course, arrives at court to appear before Mueller grand jury
-- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson changes tune after Trump accepts meeting with Kim
The Point: That's 15 BIG stories in 5 days. Broaden the aperture even slightly on what constitutes a "big" story and you could easily have two dozen. This is life in Trump's Washington. And it's not going to slow down.
-- Chris | | "I'm not commenting on anything anymore. I don't want to turn into Anthony Scaramucci."
-- Sam Nunberg to Gloria Borger | | | CNN's Allie Malloy reported: "White House press secretary Sarah Sanders made clear Friday she has nothing else to say about the alleged affair between President Donald Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels.
"When asked questions on the alleged affair and lawsuit, Sanders would only tell reporters that she has addressed the matter 'extensively' and doesn't 'have anything else to add.'"
Read more on that here. Oh and ICYMI: This nothing-else-to-add comment follows CNN's report that Trump is upset with Sanders over her responses Wednesday regarding his alleged affair. | | #2020 WATCH: SANDERS AT SOUTH BY | | | Photo courtesy: Screengrab/Ari Rabin-Havt/Twitter | | Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down with CNN's Jake Tapper at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, on Friday. Per Mashable's Kerry Flynn, "The line to get into the Bernie panel wraps around a floor of the convention center and then down four flights of stairs to another floor and yup I'm def making it in but man is that impressive." CNN's Devon Cole wrote about the panel. Here are some interview highlights: - On Texas election: "If you in Texas are prepared to work hard, stand up, fight back, go out to your neighbors, talk to those people who voted for Trump, make sure that every friend you have and every family member you have comes out to vote. I believe Texas can go blue."
- On the Republican agenda: "The Republican agenda of tax breaks for billionaires, throwing millions of people off of health care, cutting social security and Medicare and Medicaid ... is an agenda supported by relatively few people."
- On the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's attacks on Laura Moser, who is currently in the running to challenge Republican Rep. John Culberson: "...when you have the DCCC actually doing opposition research on a serious and strong candidate for the US Congress, when the Democratic establishment itself is engaging in negative attacks against a responsible candidate, that is absolutely unacceptable."
| | CNN Money's Patrick Gillespie reported Friday:
"The US economy added 313,000 jobs in February. That was much stronger than economists expected and the biggest gain since July 2016, according to Labor Department figures published Friday."
"The headline number is pretty outstanding," says Cathy Barrera, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, a job recruitment site."
Read more in CNN's story here. | | Thursday may have been International Women's Day but as Chris points out, this photo -- taken in the Oval Office on Thursday -- seems to be missing women.
"Pictured -- on the US side -- are President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats among other men. Trump is speaking with Chung Eui-yong, the South Korean national security adviser who announced the offer and acceptance of a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump sometime before May, and other members of the South Korean delegation. You might notice that there are a whole lot of dudes in the picture. Hell, even the paintings in the photo are of dudes! I see you George Washington and Thomas Jefferson!
The only woman in the whole photograph -- whether real or in a painting -- is sitting behind Trump and to his left. She appears to be either a note taker or a translator. As Politico's Susan Glasser tweeted about the photo Thursday night: 'Happy International Women's Day.'"" | | | TGIF! Don't forget to spend at least one minute this weekend telling someone 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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