The attack: An unnamed suspect, who was known to police as an extremist, killed one police officer and seriously hurt another in a shooting yesterday in Paris. The French authorities are investigating it as an act of terrorism, and ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Trump's response:
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told "Axios on HBO" on Monday that he wishes reining in the national debt was a higher priority for President Trump.
Why it matters: Trump pledged during the 2016 campaign to reduce the national debt and eliminate it entirely within eight years, though he also deemed himself "the king of debt" and said there were some priorities that required spending. In the fiscal year that ended in September, the deficit reached a record $3.1 trillion.
E. Jean Carroll in Warwick, New York. Photo: Eva Deitch for The Washington Post via Getty Images
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the Justice Department's attempted intervention on behalf of President Trump in writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him, after she accused him of raping her in a dressing room in the mid-1990s.
Catch up quick: The agency argued that Trump was "acting within the scope of his office" as president when he said in 2019 that Carroll was "lying" about her claim.