Briefing: Washington by the numbers
It is, indeed, a long, hot summer. Here, by the numbers, is the week in review:
8: The number of people present at a meeting involving a Russian lawyer, a former Russian intelligence officer, a British publicist, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner (the president’s son-in-law) and Paul Manafort, former campaign manager. The June 2016 meeting, now part of an investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election, also included a real estate executive with Russian ties and a translator. (But see the cast of characters on the Vox website.)
22: The number of U.S. representatives who want a review of Ivanka Trump’s security clearance after stories about that same campaign meeting attended by Kushner (her husband) and her brother and other meetings with Russian representatives. “As a member of the White House staff and close adviser to the president, [Ivanka] Trump applied for a security clearance, and, as a result, was required to disclose her own foreign contacts as well as those of her spouse and siblings,” wrote Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who is leading the effort. "Since his first filing, Mr. Kushner has had to update his SF-86 multiple times to reflect over 100 meetings or phone calls…We are concerned that Ivanka Trump may have engaged in similar deception.”
32 million: The number of Americans who would have been without health care by 2026 if Congress had approved a Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
36 percent: The share of Americans who view Trump favorably, according to an ABC/Washington Post poll.
74 percent: The share of interviewees in 38 nations who say they have little or no confidence that Donald Trump will do the right thing in world affairs, according to the Pew Research Center.
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