Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, with your guide to who is up and who is down this week. Your usual scribe, Rob Crilly, is traversing the plains of Kansas today, so this is Chris Irvine pinch-hitting. As usual, we run the rule over the president’s week.If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE.

Is President Donald Trump’s ramped-up travel schedule a sign the White House is in damage limitation mode with a month to go until the midterm elections?