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NYT reports WH spokesman Sean Spicer's performance before the press yesterday, where he combatively said media reports about inaugural crowds were false and then didn't take question, has earned the ire of the president.
[H]is appearance, according to the people familiar with Mr. Trump's thinking, went too far, in the president's opinion. — New York Times
NYT's Maggie Haberman says Spicer may have been set up:
Michael Atkinson, Inspector General of the Intelligence Community,at the Capitol in October. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson suggested in a statement Sunday President Trump fired him for acting impartially in carrying out his duties following a whistleblower complaint.
Why it matters: Atkinson alerted Congress last September to the complaint on Trump's correspondence with Ukraine's president, triggering an inquiry that resulted in the president's impeachment.
Recorded deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 9,500 in the U.S. Sunday evening, per Johns Hopkins data. The death toll in the U.S. has risen over 1,000 every day since April 1.
Why it matters: U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Sunday this upcoming week will be "the hardest and saddest week of most Americans' lives" — calling it our "our Pearl Harbor, our 9/11 moment."
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