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Donald Trump is not backing down from personal attacks on reporters.

On Friday morning, before leaving on a trip to France to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Trump stopped to speak to members of the press. He quickly lashed out at CNN’s Abby Phillip when she asked if the new interim Attorney General would try to rein in Robert Mueller’s investigation. Trump responded in a vicious tone, “What a stupid question. What a stupid question. But I watch you a lot and you ask a lot of stupid questions.”

In fact, Phillip’s question was not stupid — it was incredibly relevant as Matt Whitaker, who just took over as interim AG following the forced resignation of Jeff Sessions, has been highly critical of the Mueller investigation. Read more…

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It’s been quite a week for Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

First, a report surfaced on Wednesday that she would be bidding adieu to the White House at the end of the year — moving on join her predecessors Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci at whatever fancy island hideaway they’ve set themselves up on.

Then, on Thursday, she faced tough criticism from reporter Brian Karem about the administration’s widely condemned policy of separating children from parents who arrive in the U.S. illegally. He asked her point blank, “Don’t you have any empathy for what these people are going through?”

Her very ungraceful avoidance of the question may well turn out to be the defining moment of her tenure as secretary. But it’s certainly not the first time Sanders has stepped in it. Read more…

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