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Spicer Grasps for Russia Answers as Pressure Mounts on Trump

  • Donald Trump’s spokesman in testy exchanges with reporters
  • The president has suffered legislative and legal defeats
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Sean Spicer came to the White House podium on Friday eager to talk: About the Supreme Court. About foreign trade. About anything -- except what was most on reporters’ minds.

President Donald Trump’s press secretary began his daily briefing with an 11-minute monologue that even mentioned World Autism Awareness Day (April 2; the White House will be lit in blue). Then came a barrage of unwelcome questions.