President Donald Trump is expected to spend much of the next two months outside of Washington, in part for lengthly holiday visits to his private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago. As he weighs a shakeup of his administration and faces new developments in the Russia investigation after Tuesday’s election, the trips give him more time to bounce ideas off outside allies and friends without the regimentation of his loose daily White House schedule. “He’s more free and liberated there,” a former White House official said. “… He doesn’t have the same guardrails.” [POLITICO]
Topping the news: Democratic House candidate Ben McAdam nudged his lead upward on Thursday after new votes were tallied up, but the race for Congressional District 4 is still too close to call.