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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: This Day in Infrastructure Week
During a speech meant to promote his infrastructure plan, President Trump touted his proposed border wall and discussed topics ranging from North Korea to ABC’s Roseanne.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Pardon?
A lawyer for President Trump reportedly floated the idea of pardoning former advisers Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort with their lawyers last year.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Walled In
The Washington Post reports that President Trump is privately pushing for the U.S. military to fund the construction of his proposed border wall.
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Bill Haber / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Stormy With a Chance of Lawsuits
Stormy Daniels is suing Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for defamation.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Bolton Down the Hatches
President Trump is replacing National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with former diplomat John Bolton.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Without a Dowd
John Dowd, the lead lawyer representing President Trump in the Russia investigation, resigned on Thursday.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Omnibust?
Congress is expected to unveil a $1.3 trillion spending bill to keep the government funded until September, but President Trump is threatening to veto it.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Secretary of Interior Design
During a congressional hearing, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson defended his purchase of a $31,000 dining set.
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Christopher Tamcke / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Miranda Warning
Actress Cynthia Nixon, who played Miranda on HBO’s Sex and the City, announced that she will challenge New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming Democratic primary.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: McMaster of Suspense
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders continued to deny reports that National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, among others, will be replaced.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Mnuchin Ado About A Lot of Money
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spent nearly $1 million on military flights between the spring and fall of 2017, according to documents obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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Gene J. Puskar / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: (Not Quite a) Lambslide
After a nail-biter election, Democrat Conor Lamb declared victory over Republican Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s 18th district.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Train Rex
President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and named CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his replacement.
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Matt Sayles / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Outlook: Stormy
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had an affair with Trump, offered to return the payment she received from Trump’s lawyer in exchange for dissolving the hush agreement.
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Koji Sasahara / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Will They or Won't They?
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump will not meet with Kim Jong Un unless North Korea takes “concrete steps” toward denuclearization.
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The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Frosty Flake
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake pledged to draft and introduce legislation to nullify the tariffs proposed by President Trump.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: ‘California, We Have a Problem’
Hours after the Trump administration sued California over its immigration policies, Attorney General Jeff Sessions blasted state officials in a speech.
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Eric Gay / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Can’t Guess With Texas
Texans head to the polls for the first primary election of 2018.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Master of Nunberg
Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg said he won’t comply with a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Ahn Young-joon / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tarrift
In a series of morning tweets, President Trump defended his position on trade.
