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”.
‘You’ll find out’
TRUMP: "Maybe it's the calm before the storm."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 5, 2017
...
REPORTER: "What storm Mr. President?"
TRUMP: "You'll find out." (via Satellite News) pic.twitter.com/bWMzGrDPNa
Keep ’em guessing
@PressSec to @CeciliaVega on Pres. Trump's "calm before the storm" comment:"We're never going to say in advance what [Trump] is going to do" pic.twitter.com/oFnOCpMPpz
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) October 6, 2017
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:
A feminist group is playing Trump's Access Hollywood tape on the big screen by the Washington Mobument for the next 12 hours pic.twitter.com/jfB8jjie7F
— Perry Stein (@PerryStein) October 6, 2017
...and another thing:
So is Gary Cohn gonna pull a Cheney on this Fed chair search or what?
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) October 6, 2017
...and another thing:
Nixon enjoys fishing lesson from Eisenhower, July 1952: #AP pic.twitter.com/NuPM2COtEM
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 6, 2017
