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The crisis-battered White House battled to avert what one top GOP senator warns is a “downward spiral” on Tuesday, following reports that President Donald Trump divulged highly classified information to two top Russian visitors to the Oval Office. Source: CNN

When White House press secretary Sean Spicer took the podium on Monday, it was with a demeanor that can only be described as grim determination. I’m not going to like this and neither are you, Spicer was saying to the assembled press corps, so let’s just get through it. Source: CNN

Republicans and Democrats alike are voicing frustration, distrust and irritation Tuesday with the constant stream of controversies coming out of the White House. Source: CNN

During a White House press briefing, national security adviser H.R. McMaster said President Trump did not compromise any intelligence sources and that the President “wasn’t even aware” of where the information came from. Source: CNN

Donald Trump’s latest crisis — over his reported disclosure of highly classified information to Russia — is giving voice to a question whispered privately in Washington during weeks of political turmoil: Is the President up to the job? Source: CNN

The parents of 19-year-old Timothy Piazza, who died after participating in a hazing ritual at a Penn State fraternity, say the students who have been charged in the case “murdered” their son, and called the system governing fraternities at the university “criminal.” Source: CNN

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley defended President Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey on ABC’s ‘This Week.” Source: CNN

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that the Senate should refuse to confirm a new FBI director until the Department of Justice appoints a special counsel to lead a probe into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Source: CNN

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a stern warning Sunday about the state of the US government after President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey last week, saying he thinks US institutions are “under assault.” Source: CNN

Former DNI James Clapper said he was not aware the FBI was investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia until former FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of an investigation while testifying before Congress. Source: CNN