WaPo Exclusive:
The Trump admin is now set to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds.
The price tag is much larger than previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts.
Taxpayers would cover most of it.
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With huge hat-tip to WaPo for a massive scoop, and matching some of their reporting, @EricSchmittNYT and me on the Trump admin ruse to fly him out of Turkey with AF1 and the reporters on board as unwitting decoys https://t.co/w7M2pJJMoY
This is wild. Trump was filmed getting on board AF1 in Ankara. He was then secretly moved to a smaller plane on a catering truck. All in response to an Iranian assassination plot the admin has been working to downplay. https://t.co/GQWH4LzMjY
Scoop: Members of President Donald Trump’s political team asked Ohio Republicans last week not to wage a public pressure campaign against embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller, after they became increasingly convinced he wouldn’t end his reelection bid.
“They basically told us to back off,” said one Ohio Republican involved in the conversations, “and let the voters decide.”
At one point, Republicans in the state discussed scheduling the required meeting to replace Miller, in the hopes it would pressure him to drop out of the race.
But Ohio Republicans scuttled that effort as White House officials warned them that Miller would not drop out and Republicans would likely have to defend the seat without a new GOP replacement contender, per 2 ppl
w/ @meredithllee@erinpdoherty https://t.co/6EEFIM4tou
🚨 BREAKING: Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority has temporarily shut down 6 regional airports due to structural damage from today’s M7.4 earthquake.
Closed terminals include Pereira, Quibdó, Armenia, Manizales, Cartago, and Buenaventura. Major hubs like Bogotá remain operational.
Rising 326 meters (1,070 feet) along a sheer cliff in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in central China’s Hunan province, the Bailong Elevator is the world’s tallest outdoor elevator and reaches the top in just 88 seconds.
Visitors are lifted straight through the cliffs to panoramic views of the peaks that inspired Avatar. #ChinaCool #PandaPaws
The Spanish government says passport and nationality checks on Italian passengers will begin at midnight on Saturday, according to El Diario.
The move comes in response to Italy's restrictions on Spanish travelers after last week's migrant influx in #Ceuta.
The Pentagon just announced it is “transitioning” from Operation Southern Spear, its lethal attacks on the alleged drug boats. What did it accomplish if anything?
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