Updated Day 425

Author: mkiser

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 3/ **Paul Ryan says he received "assurances" that firing Robert Mueller is "not even under consideration."** The House Speaker did not elaborate on the assurances. Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, has yet to comment on Trump's Twitter attack on Mueller. In January, McConnell declined to take up proposed legislation to protect Mueller because he knew of no "official" White House effort to undermine him. ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/politics/paul-ryan-assurances-mueller-not-fired/index.html))
 
-4/ **Trump called Putin to congratulate him for his recent re-election**. The call comes days after the White House imposed sanctions on Russia for meddling in the 2016 election and "malicious cyberattacks." The Trump administration has also recently criticized Russia for its apparent role in a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/politics/trump-says-he-congratulated-putin-on-his-re-election-and-they-may-meet-soon.html))
+4/ **A former Playboy model, who alleges she had an affair with Trump, is suing to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence**. Karen McDougal is suing American Media Inc., the company that owns The National Enquirer, which paid her $150,000 to buy her story and bury it, a practice known as "catch and kill." David Pecker is the CEO of American Media Inc. and a friend of Trump's. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/ex-playboy-model-sues-to-break-silence-on-trump.html))
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+5/ **Trump called Putin to congratulate him for his recent re-election**. The call comes days after the White House imposed sanctions on Russia for meddling in the 2016 election and "malicious cyberattacks." The Trump administration has also recently criticized Russia for its apparent role in a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/politics/trump-says-he-congratulated-putin-on-his-re-election-and-they-may-meet-soon.html))
 
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