Tipsheet: Trump's sea of troubles deepens

View in your browser     The Memo: Trump's sea of troubles deepens BY NIALL STANAGE The swirling troubles around President Trump got deeper this week thanks to a series of missteps. Chaos and confusion in northeast Syria, an admission of a Ukrainian quid-pro-quo from acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, and the controversial decision to host a forthcoming G7 summit at Trump’s own resort in Florida all conspired to push the president even further back onto the defensive.  Read the full story here     Sanders seeks spark from Ocasio-Cortez at Queens rally BY MAX GREENWOOD AND JONATHAN EASLEY  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is seeking to bounce back in the Democratic presidential primary with an assist from one of the left's brightest starts, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who he plans to appear with at a rally on Saturday. Read the full story here     Biden struggles to reverse fall BY AMIE PARNES Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is hitting major bumps at a critical moment in the 2020 campaign. A little more than three months before the Iowa caucuses, the former vice president is widely seen as having lost his front-runner position to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).  Read the full story here     McConnell: Trump's troop pull back in Syria a 'grave strategic mistake' BY JORDAIN CARNEY Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday ripped President Trump's decision to pull back troops from northern Syria, urging the administration to reverse course. Read the full story here       Trump nominates deputy energy secretary to replace Rick Perry BY MORGAN CHALFANT President Trump announced Friday that he plans to nominate Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to replace outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Read the full story here     Perry won't comply with subpoena in impeachment inquiry BY REBECCA BEITSCH    Outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry will not comply with a House subpoena to turn over documents tied to his involvement with Ukraine, the Department of Energy wrote in a letter to Democratic lawmakers. Read the full story here     Gabbard hits back at 'queen of warmongers' Clinton BY MARTY JOHNSON Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) did not hold back Friday when responding to 2016 nominee Hilary Clinton's suggestion that she is the "favorite of the Russians" for 2020, excoriating the former secretary of State as "the queen of warmongers" and "personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party." Read the full story here     Supreme Court to hear case over quick deportations BY HARPER NEIDIG  The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review an appeals court ruling that migrants targeted for quick deportation have the right to make their claims before a federal court. Read the full story here     Trump campaign sells 'Get over it' T-shirts BY MORGAN CHALFANT President Trump’s reelection campaign on Friday started selling T-shirts with the slogan “Get Over It,” a reference to recent remarks made by acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney Read the full story here     Florida GOP lawmaker says he's 'thinking' about impeachment BY JESSICA CAMPISI Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) on Friday indicated he has not ruled out the possibility of voting to impeach President Trump, an unexpected admission from a GOP lawmaker who is a member of one of the three House committees leading the impeachment inquiry. Read the full story here     Elizabeth Warren should concern Donald Trump 'bigly' BY FORD O'CONNELL Opinion | Move over Joe Biden; there is a new sheriff in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary — and her name is Elizabeth Warren. Read the full story here     Boris Johnson cannot afford defeat on the new Brexit deal with Europe BY MICHAEL GEARY Opinion | Will Britain finally leave the European Union on Oct. 31? It is highly unlikely if this new deal under Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers the same fate as the deal under his predecessor, Theresa May.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: What Boris Johnson needs to do to win parliament's vote on Brexit BY STEPHEN CASTLE In his three months in power, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has yet to win a major vote in Parliament. But that will no longer matter to him and his backers if he can pull out a victory in Saturday’s vote on his new Brexit deal with the European Union. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Growing number of Republicans struggle to defend Trump on G-7 choice, Ukraine and Syria BY RACHAEL BADE, MIKE DEBONIS AND SEUNG MIN KIM A growing number of congressional Republicans expressed exasperation Friday over what they view as President Trump’s indefensible behavior, a sign that the president’s stranglehold on his party is starting to weaken as Congress hurtles toward a historic impeachment vote.  Read the full story here     CNN: Giuliani pushed Trump administration to grant a visa to a Ukrainian official promising dirt on Democrats BY MANU RAJU, MICHAEL WARREN, KYLIE ATWOOD, LAUREN FOX AND JEREMY HERB Career diplomat George Kent told congressional investigators in his closed-door testimony this week that Rudy Giuliani asked the State Department and the White House to grant a visa to the former Ukrainian official who Joe Biden had pushed to have removed when he was vice president, according to four people familiar with Kent's testimony. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Democratic voters concentrate on candidates, not impeachment BY THOMAS BEAUMONT and ALEXANDRA JAFFE In the liberal strongholds of Des Moines’ west side and the Iowa State University campus in Ames, not once was South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg asked by voters recently about the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: ‘Get the hell out of Syria. It’s sand and blood and death’ – Inside America’s chaotic retreat BY DION NISSENBAUM, ISABEL COLES AND NANCY A. YOUSSEF America’s humiliating exit from the war in Vietnam was marked by chaotic images of people struggling to board the last helicopters leaving the rooftop of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. The U.S. didn’t want to leave Syria in similar fashion. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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