1 Trump’s numbers slide
Only 24% of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction, according to an AP poll. That’s a 10-point drop since June. 67% of Americans disapprove of the job Donald Trump’s doing, including about a third of Republicans.
2 ‘Calm before the storm’
Trump was expected to withdraw his endorsement of the nuclear deal with Iran next week, and used a group photograph before a dinner with military leaders and their spouses to warn cryptically that the evening represented “the calm before the storm”.
3 Contraception de-coverage
Two new federal rules could result in a loss of contraception coverage for thousands of women, allowing publicly traded for-profit companies and universities to opt out of a so-called contraception mandate by citing a religious or a moral belief.
4 Unfetter the banks
The Treasury department recommended rolling back key regulations on Wall Street, including pay disclosure rules. “By streamlining the regulatory system, we can make the US capital markets a true source of economic growth,” secretary Steve Mnuchin said.
5 Attack on LGBT protections
Attorney general Jeff Sessions issued a sweeping directive that undercuts federal protections for LGBT people, telling agencies to do as much as possible to accommodate those who claim their religious freedoms are violated.
6 Biden unchained
Former vice-president Joe Biden issued a scathing denunciation of Trump in a thinktank speech Thursday night, saying: “It’s not alarmist. We’re walking down a very dark path that isolates the United States on the world stage.”
...and another thing:
Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC)
Nixon enjoys fishing lesson from Eisenhower, July 1952: #AP pic.twitter.com/NuPM2COtEM
October 6, 2017