Winter Games, Syria, Rob Porter: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
"Instead," our Beirut bureau chief writes, "the carnage is reaching a new peak." The Syrian government
and Russia are stepping up their attacks on rebel-held areas like Eastern Ghouta, above.
"I think it’s fair to say we all could have done better dealing with this over the last few days."
That was Raj Shah, the deputy White House press secretary, on how the administration has handled allegations against Rob Porter, above left, the staff secretary who resigned Wednesday after two former wives publicly accused him of abusing them.
John Oliver, visiting "The Late Show," focused on Mr. Trump’s impressionability:
"He’s going to watch the royal wedding and think, ‘I want one of those.
8, 2018
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It would raise spending caps on domestic and military spending in this fiscal year
and the next by about $300 billion — and lift the federal debt limit, too.
