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Circumstance, confusion and chaos have collided to ensure Thursday will be one of the most consequential — and perhaps the most by a wide margin — days of the tumultuous Trump presidency.
Washington has rarely seen the kind of spectacle ahead in just a few days, and the inevitable ramifications will trigger ripple waves that will be immediately apparent but not fully known until voters head to the ballot box on Nov. 6. For President Donald Trump, the already high stakes seem to only grow by the day.
The president is in New York through at least Wednesday evening for a United Nations conference, and he kicked off the gathering of world leaders with morning remarks at an event on combating the opioid crisis. By 9 a.m., he was back inside Trump Tower in Manhattan after a brisk mile-long motorcade ride from U.N. headquarters.
By 10:45 a.m., Axios sent Washington into a frenzy by publishing a report that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein planned to resign Monday after a Friday New York Times report cited multiple sources saying he talked openly in 2017 about secretly recording Trump with the goal of using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. Democratic lawmakers responded quickly, with statements and tweets warning the president to keep Rosenstein, who is overseeing special counsel Robert S. Mueller’s Russia election meddling investigation. They and other Trump critics warned removing the No. 2 at the Justice Department could spawn a constitutional crisis. Read more
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