News Alert: Kelly said to be losing influence with Trump

View in your browser     Kelly said to be losing influence with Trump White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has lost significant influence with President Trump, according to several sources within Trump’s orbit.  Those sources tell The Hill that Trump has proven increasingly resistant to the discipline that Kelly has sought to impose on the White House since he took over from Reince Priebus last summer. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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View in your browser     The Memo: Kelly said to be losing influence with Trump By Niall Stanage      White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has lost significant influence with President Trump, according to several sources within Trump’s orbit.  Those sources tell The Hill that Trump has proven increasingly resistant to the discipline that Kelly has sought to impose on the White House since he took over from Reince Priebus last summer. Read the full story here     Trump to deploy National Guard to southern border By Jordan Fabian President Trump will sign an order to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced Wednesday.  Read the full story here     Pruitt says he didn’t know about staffers’ controversial pay raises By Timothy Cama  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said he wasn’t aware that two close aides received pay raises after the White House refused to allow it. Read the full story here     Sanders won’t say if Trump has confidence in Pruitt By Timothy Cama White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday declined to answer directly when asked if President Trump has confidence in embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt. Read the full story here     White House offers no timetable for troop withdrawal from Syria By Jordan Fabian The White House on Wednesday declared the military mission to eliminate the ISIS's presence in Syria is “coming to a rapid end,” but offered no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Read the full story here     Mayors look for opening in Democratic White House field By Amie Parnes At least three big city mayors are seen as possible candidates for president in what is shaping up as a wide-open Democratic primary in 2020.  Read the full story here     Trump effect splits Senate and House GOP candidates By Alexander Bolton President Trump is looming large over the midterm elections and GOP candidates are scrambling to either maximize or minimize his impact, depending on their races. Read the full story here     Amid Trump attacks, Amazon competes for lucrative DOD contract By Ali Breland The Trump administration is considering whether to award Amazon a multi-billion dollar defense contract even as President Trump takes public shots at the company. Read the full story here     Facebook says up to 87 million people affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal By Ali Breland Facebook said on Wednesday that as many as 87 million people have been affected in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Read the full story here     Mueller asking Russian oligarchs about any donations to Trump campaign By Brett Samuels Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has reportedly questioned whether Russian oligarchs illegally sent cash donations to President Trump’s campaign or inauguration. Read the full story here         SPONSORED CONTENT   Sponsored by FICO Don't be fooled. VantageScore is not an independent startup -- it's owned by the three credit bureaus. Allowing the credit bureaus to offer a credit score they own and control in mortgage lending decisions would consolidate their power over the entire credit reporting process. That's not good for competition or for consumers. Read More.         It's past time for the mainstream media to add opposing voices By Patrice Lee Onwuka OPINION | If the polarization of 2016 election cycle taught us anything, it's that a thoughtful debate of ideas is MIA in the media. Read the full story here     Scott Pruitt does his part to help Donald Trump drain the swamp By Jenny Beth Martin OPINION | Among members of the White House Cabinet, no agency head has done more to follow the president’s lead in draining the swamp than Scott Pruitt, who leads the Environmental Protection Agency.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump’s easy campaign vows collide with complex reality By Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker   The president has returned to the gut-level basics that got him elected. But the policies he called easy fixes have created a backlash among allies, frustrating supporters and threatening the pocketbooks of communities that backed him. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Analysis: Wall Street’s patience with Trump has its limits By Julie Pace and Josh Boak   For more than a year, Wall Street has largely ignored the unpredictability and chaos that has plagued Donald Trump’s administration, confident that the businessman-turned-president’s policies would juice the economy and that a team of mainstream advisers would keep more controversial proposals at bay. Now the financial markets are showing that their patience with Trump has its limits. Read the full story here     The New York Times: White House moves to calm trade fears as China retaliates By Ana Swanson and Keith Bradsher   As markets seesawed and industries fretted, American officials held out the possibility that tariffs outlined this week might never go into effect. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Facebook’s Zuckerberg: Lax policy was a ‘huge mistake’ By Georgia Wells and John D. McKinnon    Mark Zuckerberg says he made a ‘huge mistake’ in not focusing on protecting privacy of user data. Read the full story here     Reuters: Judge skewers Manafort's civil case challenging Mueller's powers By Sarah N. Lynch A federal judge tore into all of the legal arguments that a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort made on Wednesday in his long-shot civil case to convince her that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has run amok and should be reined in. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet           Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.