Updated Day 333

Author: mkiser

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 6/ **Trump has been telling people close to him that he expects Robert Mueller to clear him soon**. His allies, meanwhile, are worried he's not taking the threat of the probe seriously enough. ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/politics/trump-russia-investigation/index.html))
 
-7/ **The Trump administration ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop using "diversity," "fetus," "transgender," "vulnerable," "entitlement," "science-based," and "evidence-based"** in their 2018 budget documents. "Certain words" CDC's budget drafts have been sent back to the agency for correction. ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html))
+7/ **Trump unveiled his "America First" foreign policy**, presenting both Russia and China as "revisionist powers" who "want to shape a world antithetical to US values and interests." Trump's strategy has four organizing principles: protect the American homeland, protect American prosperity, preserve peace through strength, and advance US influence. Trump attacked past administrations on immigration, the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris climate accord, trade pacts, and more. ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sets-out-national-security-strategy-of-principled-realism-and-global-competition/2017/12/18/7edcb0be-e412-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/politics/trump-national-security-strategy/index.html))
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+8/ **The Trump administration ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop using "diversity," "fetus," "transgender," "vulnerable," "entitlement," "science-based," and "evidence-based"** in their 2018 budget documents. "Certain words" CDC's budget drafts have been sent back to the agency for correction. ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html))
 
 poll/ **50% of voters prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress**, while 39% want Republicans in charge. Democrats hold a 48-point lead in congressional preference among voters under 35 years old (69% to 21%) and a 20-point lead among female voters (54% to 34%). ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/democrats-hold-biggest-lead-congressional-preference-2008-n830436))
 
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 ### 🔮 Looking ahead.
 
-1. **Trump will present his first national security strategy later today**. The comprehensive plan "describes a world that was on a three-decade holiday from superpower rivalry, and suggests that holiday is over" as the US will confront China and Russia. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/politics/trump-security-strategy-china-russia.html))
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-2. **Congressional Republicans will try to pass both their tax reform bill and a budget plan by Friday in order to avoid a government shutdown**. "GOP leaders hope to hold tax votes early in the week before moving to the budget bill. They need Democrats’ help to pass the budget measure through the Senate, and thus far they have made little progress bringing them aboard amid disagreements over spending levels, protection from deportation for certain undocumented immigrants and a federal health insurance program for low-income children." ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gop-faces-5-day-scramble-to-pass-tax-bill-avoid-government-shutdown/2017/12/17/e3292264-e363-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html))
+1. **Congressional Republicans will try to pass both their tax reform bill and a budget plan by Friday in order to avoid a government shutdown**. "GOP leaders hope to hold tax votes early in the week before moving to the budget bill. They need Democrats’ help to pass the budget measure through the Senate, and thus far they have made little progress bringing them aboard amid disagreements over spending levels, protection from deportation for certain undocumented immigrants and a federal health insurance program for low-income children." ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gop-faces-5-day-scramble-to-pass-tax-bill-avoid-government-shutdown/2017/12/17/e3292264-e363-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html))