White House dumps on Politico

By Pete Kasperowicz

Published May 5, 2017 6:02pm ET

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Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Sanders trashed Politico Friday, after it reported that President Trump was considering a huge cut to the Office of National Drug Control Policy in his first full budget proposal.

Politico reported that Trump was looking to cut about 95 percent of that office. It said the office got $388 million in 2017, but would get just $24 million in its proposed budget.

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