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Driving the Day BREAKING -- PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and MELANIA TRUMP are skipping the Kennedy Center honors this year. Statement from the White House: “The President and First Lady have decided not to participate in this year’s activities to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.” The Kennedy Center honors take place in December. -- THREE OF THE FIVE … [Read more...] about What BANNON’S DEPARTURE means for D.C. – BANNON returns to Breitbart: 'I've got my hands back on my weapons' — BOSTON BRACES for protests — B’DAY: BILL CLINTON is 71

Driving the Day BREAKING OVERNIGHT -- ANOTHER ATTACK IN SPAIN -- AP/BARCELONA: “Police on Friday shot and killed five people wearing fake bomb belts who staged a car attack in a seaside resort in Spain’s Catalonia region hours after a van plowed into pedestrians on a busy Barcelona promenade, killing at least 13 people and injuring over 100 others. Authorities said the back-to-back … [Read more...] about ANOTHER ATTACK in Spain — BANNON UNLEASHED: 4th interview in 3 days — W.H. aides stay put, but McMaster and Powell aren’t happy — B’DAY: Austan Goolsbee

Driving the Day Good Thursday morning. BANNON SPEAKS … TWO Steve Bannon interviews in the last 48 or so hours. -- NYT: “Trump’s Embrace of Racially Charged Past Puts Republicans in Crisis,” by Jeremy Peters, Jonathan Martin and Jack Healy: “Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s chief strategist, said in an interview that if Democrats want to fight over Confederate … [Read more...] about THE BANNON intvw intrigue: what was he doing? — WHAT TRIGGERS TRUMP's temper — KELLY 'dismayed' — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Sessions remarks in N.C. — B'DAY: Ron Bonjean

Driving the Day Good Wednesday morning. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is again in the hot seat after veering off course and reiterating that there was blame on “both sides” of the protests in Charlottesville. Remember all the bluster that recently named chief of staff John Kelly was going to install order and help get Trump’s presidency back on track so Republicans could make good on … [Read more...] about THE FALLOUT: Republicans line up against Trump — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Excerpts of BRADY on tax reform and SESSIONS on Chicago — SNEAK PEEK: NYT Mag cover on Breitbart

Driving the Day Good Tuesday morning. INTEL’S BRIAN KRZANICH has dropped off President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council. THE AFTERSHOCK -- “Trump gives heartburn to American CEOs,” by Dan Diamond: “It took three weeks for Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier to go from a ‘business genius’ to a ‘ripoff’ drug executive -- at least in the eyes … [Read more...] about BANNON ON CHOPPING BLOCK — CEOs run from Trump after Charlottesville response — MOOCH on Colbert — JOSH GREEN named CNN analyst — DANA BASH to get GW alumni award

Driving the Day Good Monday morning. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is coming back to D.C. He meets with John Kelly at 11:15 a.m. and then signs a “memorandum on addressing China’s laws, policies, practices, and actions related to intellectual property, innovation, and technology.” At 3:45 p.m., he’ll meet with the National Economic Council before heading to New York for a few … [Read more...] about PENCE does what Trump hasn’t and disavows neo-Nazis and white supremacists — TRUMP aides predict 'brutal' September — RISEN to The Intercept — B'DAY: Adam Goldman

Driving the Day Good Sunday morning. BREAKING -- at 10:42 a.m.: A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON put out the following statement in response to questions about President Trump's remarks yesterday, per pooler Gabby Morrongiello of the Washington Examiner. "The President said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, and hatred. Of course that includes white … [Read more...] about CHARLOTTESVILLE AFTERMATH: ‘A DAY OF DEATH’ — W.H. clarifies after TRUMP didn't condemn neo-Nazis and white supremacists by name — B’DAY: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Driving the Day Good Saturday morning. A JUICY SPOTTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dining last night at Ocean Prime in D.C. with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Needless to say, the two men -- who served in the Senate together for 20 years -- have recently found themselves at odds with President Donald Trump. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRESIDENT, from a pool spray … [Read more...] about SCOOP: MCCONNELL and SESSIONS break bread — TRUMP threatens Venezuela intervention, returning to DC Monday — DEFENSE NEWS: All calm with the military in the Pacific

Driving the Day Happy Friday! FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- SOMETHING PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL LIKE. The conservative House Freedom Caucus will file a petition today to try to force Speaker Paul Ryan to bring up a so-called “clean Obamacare repeal” bill. The legislation passed the House and Senate in the past -- it repeals Obamacare after a two-year transition period. (It failed the Senate this … [Read more...] about SCOOP: Freedom Caucus to file petition TODAY to bring up clean Obamacare repeal — RUCKER on Trump, DAWSEY and HULSE on Trump/McConnell — PLAYBOOK ON THE ROAD winners

Driving the Day BULLETIN -- NORTH KOREA SAYS IT’S PLANNING TO FIRE MISSILES TOWARD THE U.S. TERRITORY IN AUGUST -- AP’s Eric Talmadge in SEOUL at 4:59 a.m.: “North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be the North’s most … [Read more...] about BULLETIN: NORTH KOREA says it plans to launch missiles toward GUAM — HALEY loses two top aides — GEORGE gets Mooch for Sunday intvw — BILL CLINTON's reading list