News Alert: Leaks continue to plague Trump White House despite crackdown

View in your browser     Leaks continue to plague Trump White House despite crackdown President Trump's administration has been plagued by leaks of sensitive information, and the problem is showing no signs of letting up as Trump passes his 500-day mark in office. The exit this week of junior White House communications staffer Kelly Sadler – nearly a month after she privately made disparaging remarks about Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) – illustrates the extent of the problem. 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.

Tipsheet: Leaks continue to plague Trump White House despite crackdown

View in your browser     Leaks continue to plague Trump White House despite crackdown By Jordan Fabian   President Trump's administration has been plagued by leaks of sensitive information, and the problem is showing no signs of letting up as Trump passes his 500-day mark in office. Read the full story here     Mueller brings new charges against Paul Manafort By Olivia Beavers and Avery Anapol   Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hit with new charges filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office. Mueller filed a superseding indictment Friday in a D.C. court that brought two new counts against Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime Manafort aide. Read the full story here     Oversight panel may hold hearing on DOJ reporter surveillance By Scott Wong The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee may hold a hearing on the Justice Department’s surveillance of a New York Times reporter as part of a leak investigation, a senior member of the panel said Friday.  Read the full story here     Trump jokes with Trudeau: 'Justin has agreed to cut all the tariffs' By Jordan Fabian President Trump on Friday cracked a joke about the roiling trade dispute with Canada during a meeting with the country's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit. Read the full story here       Trump calls for Russia to be reinstated into G-7 By Jordan Fabian President Trump on Friday said that Russia should be reinstated into the Group of Seven major economies, a comment that could further anger U.S. allies during what is already expected to be a tense set of meetings.  Read the full story here     US service member killed in Somalia By Rebecca Kheel A U.S. service member has been killed and four others injured in Somalia, the U.S. military confirmed Friday. President Trump tweeted his condolences to the family of the slain soldier on Friday night. Read the full story here     US pulls two more people out of Cuba over mysterious health concerns By Max Greenwood The U.S. has pulled two more workers from its embassy in Cuba amid concerns that they may have been affected by the same mysterious health incidents as other employees in Havana as well as China. Read the full story here     CNN host chokes up discussing Anthony Bourdain's death By Max Greenwood CNN's Kate Bolduan broke into tears on Friday as she discussed news that one of her colleagues at the network, chef and writer Anthony Bourdain, had died. Read the full story here     House approves watchdog financial oversight of Mueller By Niv Elis The House on Friday approved a measure to require financial oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Read the full story here     DACA deadline looms with no deal in sight By Jordain Carney Republican immigration leaders on Friday huddled once more in search of an elusive deal to protect young undocumented immigrants, but several negotiators suggested the sides are no closer to an agreement following the two-hour session.  Read the full story here     Social Security isn’t ‘going broke’ — it’s already broke By Merrill Matthews OPINION | The headlines following a newly released report from the Social Security trustees could lead you to believe that the Social Security Trust Fund is going broke faster than anticipated. But it’s already broke, and has been for years — because the federal government borrowed the money from the trust fund and spent it. Read the full story here     The internet of things is built to leak By Gilad Rosner  OPINION | Much has been made of the security risks inherent to the “Internet of Things,” or IoT, the vast (and growing) universe of connected products. Yet for all the cases of hackers illegally accessing data from IoT products, few consumers are aware that many IoT devices are designed to collect and share potentially private data as part of their normal operation. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump Shakes Up World Stage in Break With U.S. Allies By Peter Baker Rarely has President Trump’s role as a disrupter on the world stage been starker. At a moment of tumult over trade and nuclear security, he is shaking up the international order to make friends with America’s enemies and enemies out of America’s friends. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: In charging Senate staffer and seizing reporter’s records, Justice Dept. ignites debate over leak crackdown By Matt Zapotosky, Shane Harris, Lynh Bui and Karoun Demirjian The Justice Department took a significant step this week toward advancing its long-promised crackdown on leaks, charging a former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer with lying to the FBI about his contacts with reporters, and seizing the phone and email records of a journalist to help make its case. Read the full story here     CNN: From pardons to Pruitt: Another long, busy week in the Trump White House By Saba Hamedy   This week began with news of President Donald Trump canceling the Philadelphia Eagles' visit to the White House, and ended Friday with news of him congratulating the Washington Capitals on their Stanley Cup win. Read the full story here     Reuters: Nearly 1,800 families separated at U.S.-Mexico border in 17 months through February By Mica Rosenberg   Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year, according to a senior government official, as President Donald Trump implemented stricter border enforcement policies. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Singapore Postcard: Trouble with doubles and media frenzy By Annabelle Liang The small island nation of Singapore, which prides itself on law and order, is feeling the pressure of more than 3,000 members of the press arriving for a historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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