Friday News Roundup

Friday News Roundup

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There are winners and losers of the GOP budget proposal, a Montana Republican roughs up a reporter and new developments arise in the Russia probe. Also, a bombing in Manchester and President Trump steps onto the foreign stage with a week of meetings and photo opportunities. Two panels of journalists join 1A guest host Indira Lakshmanan to discuss the week’s top news stories. Covering domestic news is Greg Ip, chief economics commentator for The Wall Street Journal, Jessica Taylor, lead digital political reporter at NPR and Olivier Knox, chief Washington correspondent for Yahoo! News. Covering international news is Shane Harris, senior writer at The Wall Street Journal, Yeganeh Torbati, reporter covering foreign policy for Reuters and Paul Danahar, Washington bureau chief of the BBC.