Week 18: He Won’t Budget

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Trump releases his first big boy budget and goes on his first big boy foreign trip. Which is more of a disaster? That’s for you to decide. Also, the Russia investigation gets much, much worse.

Segment 1: Way Over Budget

Trump’s Budget by the Numbers: What Gets Cut and Why

Trump’s Budget Proposal Aims to Cut All Federal Funds to Planned Parenthood

Trump Budget Seeks Huge Cuts to Science and Medical Research, Disease Prevention

A Freedom Caucus Republican Says the Foundation of the Trump Budget Is ‘a Lie’

Segment 2: Russian Toward the Goal Line

Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation

White House Looking at Ethics Rule to Weaken Special Investigation: Sources

Comey Agrees to Testify in Public as Trump-Russia Probe Heats Up

Trump Asked Intelligence Chiefs to Push Back Against FBI Collusion Probe After Comey Revealed Its Existence

Russia Probe Reaches Current White House Official, People Familiar With the Case Say

Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer

Russian Officials Bragged They Could Use Flynn to Influence Trump, Sources Say

AG Sessions Did Not Disclose Russia Meetings in Security Clearance Form, DOJ Says

Segment 3: Strange Man in a Strange Land

President Trump on #Russia meeting: “I never mentioned the word or the name Israel. Never mentioned during that conversation." pic.twitter.com/G9p5uyzLg9

— CSPAN (@cspan) May 22, 2017

Trump Declines to Affirm NATO’s Article 5

Just got this text from GOP natsec official: "Had to apologize to a European defense attaché just now. 'I'm sorry. He's an idiot.'"

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 25, 2017