Trump spoke for nearly an hour and a half on Tuesday night at the NRCC’s annual spring dinner. Here are the highlights:
-- MEANWHILE … ANITA KUMAR: “As Trump rages over border, Kushner quietly plans legal immigration boost”:
“Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been working for months on a proposal that could increase the number of low- and high-skilled workers admitted to the country annually, four people involved in the discussions told POLITICO.cuts a stark contrast to Trump’s increasingly dramatic efforts to curb illegal immigration, an issue he speaks about daily and describes as a national crisis.
“Lori Lightfoot has made history on several fronts after winning Chicago’s mayoral runoff on Tuesday. She will become the city’s first black woman and its first openly gay person to hold the office when sworn in next month. The nation’s three largest cities have never elected a black woman as mayor — the other two, New York and Los Angeles, have never even had a female mayor — and none of the three cities has ever elected an openly gay person to the job.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION -- “After hundreds of crashes, this Britax jogging stroller faced recall. Then Trump appointees stepped in, ” by WaPo’s Todd Frankel: “Staff members at the Consumer Product Safety Commission collected 200 consumer-submitted reports from 2012 to 2018 of spontaneous failure of the stroller wheel, which is secured to a front fork by a quick-release lever, like on a bicycle. Nearly 100 adults and children were injured, according to the commission ...
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