Overnight News Digest

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Trump: Kim Jong Un a ‘madman with nuclear weapons,’…

President Donald Trump labeled North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a "madman with nuclear weapons" during a private phone conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte last month, just days before stating publicly that he would be "honored" to meet with Kim. In the April 29 call, Trump sought Duterte's input on whether Kim is "stable or not stable" and expressed some satisfaction in North Korea's recent failed missile tests, noting that "all his rockets are crashing.

Trump tells Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ‘great job’ for drug war that killed thousands

President Donald Trump appeared to endorse Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal campaign against suspected drug dealers, according to a transcript of an April phone conversation between the two. Trump praised Duterte for doing "an unbelievable job on the drug problem" in the Philippines, according to the transcript cited by The Washington Post .

May 24, 2017US embassy invites settler leader to Trump event

The US Embassy invited a settler leader to President Donald Trump's keynote speech at the Israel Museum on Tuesday. "Dear Guest: You are cordially invited to a speech by The Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America," read the simple email, which Ma'aleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel received from the embassy on Sunday.

Ex-CIA chief concerned over Trump campaign Kremlin contacts

Former CIA Director John Brennan said Tuesday he personally warned Russia last summer against interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign, telling the Russians that continued meddling would backfire and prevent any warming of relations after the election. The former CIA chief also told the House intelligence committee that he had become so concerned about Russian interference - and contacts between Americans "involved" with the Trump campaign and the Russians - that he convened a group of officials from the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency in late July to focus exclusively on the issue.

WH doubles down on ‘compassionate’ cut to poverty programs

Concert suicide bomber is named as 'Manchester-born British-Libyan' jihadist Salman Abedi whose 22 victims include girl aged just EIGHT ISIS supporters celebrate terror attack as Twitter REFUSES to explain why tweet 'predicting' Manchester attack was not passed on to police... because of 'PRIVACY concerns' Trump blasts attacker who killed 22 people at a UK Ariana Grande concert as an 'evil loser' whose ideologies must be 'completely obliterated' Two women, 19 and 26, and a man, 30, arrested in Mississippi for a having a threesome on the deck of a family bar 'in front of God and everybody' 'They scared him to death': Boy, 16, killed himself hours after police 'confronted him about audio on his phone of a sexual encounter and warned he could be a sex offender' There are people on food stamps who don't want to work: White House doubles down on 'compassionate' work or starve benefits cut ... (more)

Trump’s $4T budget arrives on Capitol Hill

President Donald Trump on Tuesday sent Congress a $4.1 trillion spending plan that relies on faster economic growth and steep cuts to programs for the poor in a bid to balance the government's books over the next decade. The proposed 2018 budget immediately came under attack by Democrats and even some of GOP allies declared it dead on arrival.

Copies of President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 federal budget are…

The Trump Administration budget released Tuesday slashes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly one-third, eliminating more than 3,800 jobs while imposing dramatic cuts to clean air and water programs. The White House's proposed spending plan for the EPA amounts to $5.7 billion, a 31 percent cut from the current budget year.

The Latest: Many in GOP cool to Trump’s budget plan

Another senior Republican lawmaker, Fred Upton of Michigan, questioned inclusion of money for Trump's border wall, remarking: "I thought Mexico was going to pay for the wall, why is this in our budget?" House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin dismissed such criticism as typical rhetoric and praised the budget because it balances over 10 years. Independent economists say the budget relies on unrealistic projections of economic growth, but Ryan sidestepped that question, saying faster growth would "help so many of our problems."

Trump Seeks $3.6 Trillion in Cuts to Reshape Government

President Donald Trump would dramatically reduce the U.S. government's role in society with $3.6 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years in a budget plan that shrinks the safety net for the poor, recent college graduates and farmers. Trump's proposal, to be released Tuesday, claims to balance the budget within a decade.

Watch: Melania Trump’s hand swat of President Trump goes viral

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark Air Force One upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport. On a nine-day trip through Middle East and Europe, his first foreign tour since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump reached Israel on Monday accompanied by his wife Melania Trump.