Trump Left Out of Pentagon Briefing Over “Volatile” Behavior

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Warren asks watchdogs to probe private White House coronavirus briefings for insider trading | TheHill

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has asked the two U.S. financial market regulators to investigate whether the Trump administration’s private February warnings to a conservative think tank about the potential economic harm of the coronavirus pandemic spurred insider trading. In a Thursday letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert, Warren asked the agencies to probe if administration officials privately shared information that was later used to preempt the March financial meltdown during late February briefings with the Hoover Institution.....
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/521280-warren-asks-watchdogs-to-probe-private-white-house-coronavirus-briefings-for

Trump Received Intelligence Briefings On Coronavirus Twice In January : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

President Trump twice received intelligence briefings on the coronavirus in January, according to a White House official. The official tells NPR the briefings occurred on Jan. 23 and Jan. 28. "The president was told that the coronavirus was potentially going to 'spread globally,' " the official said of the first briefing, which came two days after the first case of the virus was reported in the United States. "But the 'good news' was that it was not deadly for most people," the official said the president was told. ....
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/02/849619486/trump-received-intelligence-briefings-on-coronavirus-twice-in-january

President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat - The Washington Post

U.S. spy agency warnings were contained in the 'President's Daily Brief,' a report that Trump routinely declines to read.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/presidents-intelligence-briefing-book-repeatedly-cited-virus-threat/2020/04/27/ca66949a-8885-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html

Trump Notes That His Hair Is His Own During Coronavirus Briefing

In a bizarre sudden departure from detailing additional hospital beds intended for New York coronavirus patients during his daily coronavirus press briefing on Monday, President Trump asserted that his hair is indeed his own. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-notes-that-his-hair-is-his-own-during-coronavirus-briefing

Dem senators say Iran threat to embassies not mentioned in intelligence briefing | TheHill

President Trump, during a press conference on Thursday, said that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed last week by a U.S. airstrike, was "looking to blow up our embassy." Democrats, however, appeared caught off guard by Trump's allegation, noting it did not come up during a briefing with top administration officials including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and CIA Director Gina Haspel. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477735-dem-senators-say-iran-threat-to-embassies-not-mentioned-in-intelligence

House Democrat calls administration's Iran briefing 'sophomoric and utterly unconvincing' | TheHill

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said after an administration briefing on Wednesday that he is unconvinced that President Trump's decision to launch the drone strike that killed Iran's top military commander was necessary. Connolly stressed the urgency for Congress to act to limit the president’s ability to take further military action against Iran.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/477390-house-democrat-calls-administrations-iran-briefing-sophomoric-and-utterly

The surprise White House election security briefing came at a crucial time for Republican lawmakers - CNBC

A month of town halls and campaign events would have been difficult for Republicans had national security chiefs not provided an information lifeline. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/03/white-house-election-security-briefing-came-at-crucial-time-for-gop.html