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“There are a lot of people who are tired of talking about and tired of hearing about Donald Trump nonstop,” said Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster.  FBI agent Peter Strzok had his moment on an extremely hot seat Thursday morning in a contentious hearing that quickly devolved into angry yelling, interjections and parliamentary maneuvering.  As President Trump landed in Britain, protesters have been in battle-preparation mode, with demonstrations planned for every stage of his visit.

“There are a lot of people who are tired of talking about and tired of hearing about Donald Trump nonstop,” said Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster.  FBI agent Peter Strzok had his moment on an extremely hot seat Thursday morning in a contentious hearing that quickly devolved into angry yelling, interjections and parliamentary maneuvering.  As President Trump landed in Britain, protesters have been in battle-preparation mode, with demonstrations planned for every stage of his visit.

Special counsel MORE.  The request was made in a filing on Wednesday. The subpoenas would require their recipients to testify in the U.S.

on Wednesday that NATO members immediately increase their defense spending to meet a 10-year goal years ahead of the alliance's stated deadline. "What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars for gas and energy? Why are there only 5 out of 29 countries that have met their commitment?" Trump tweeted shortly after he scorned allies for not spending more on their own defense and relying too heavily on the U.S.

MORE’s relationship with German Chancellor Angela Merkel seemingly couldn’t get any colder. The two have been at odds since before his presidency began. Trump ripped Merkel during the campaign and didn't shake her hand the first time she visited Washington after his inauguration. Merkel, who enjoyed a strong relationship with President Obama, has responded in kind. Her office released a now-famous photo after the G-7 summit in Canada earlier this year that appeared to depict her staring down Trump.

House Republicans are sharpening their knives for Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the counterintelligence agent and former FBI lawyer who exchanged a series of anti-Trump text messages during the 2016 campaign. Two powerful committees — Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform — will publicly grill Strzok on Thursday. And conservatives have given Page 48 hours to comply with a subpoena that she flouted on Wednesday morning, either by appearing behind closed doors on Friday or alongside Strzok in public on Thursday. The fight over Strzok and Page has become increasingly acrimonious.

Business groups and congressional Republicans expressed increasing frustration on Wednesday with MORE’s escalating trade fight with China.  They say it’s time for the U.S. and China to get back to the negotiating table and hammer out a deal that would stop the steady stream of tit-for-tat steep tariffs.  A final decision on the tariffs will be made sometime after Aug. 30. The latest list of targeted Chinese imports, which was released by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Tuesday night, comes on the heels of the U.S.

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The TAKE with Rick Klein Washington has gotten used to President Donald Trump as a disruptor, with political instincts that push him toward division and conflict. Now comes a legacy-defining week that will test those instincts, at home and abroad. Trump's NATO ambassador, Kay Bailey Hutchison, is promising a NATO summit that will emphasize the alliance's "strength and unity." It will be up to the president to make good on that theme, at a