No Images? Click here President Donald Trump on Friday protested a decision to postpone his planned military parade, criticizing Washington city leaders and announcing that he’ll attend an Armistice Day parade in Paris in November.The Pentagon said Thursday that it would postpone Trump’s parade indefinitely because of ballooning costs. The Defense Department estimated the cost at $92 million, including $50 million for the Pentagon and $42 million for other government agencies, a Pentagon official told CNBC. The parade had been scheduled to coincide with Veteran’s Day this year.D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, responded to Trump’s broadside in a tweet that referenced the “realities” of the parade’s estimated $21.6 million cost to the city.“Sad,” the mayor remarked.WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?Trump is trying to "stifle free speech," former intelligence officials say. The rare rebuke comes after the president revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.Melania Trump is planning to address a cyberbullying summit. The announcement comes days after her husband tweeted that his former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman is a “dog,” a “crying low life,” a “loser” and “wacky."Republicans are using an unprecedented partisan vetting process to rush Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. It won’t be as thorough, and it’s being run by a group of George W. Bush lawyers.ICYMI
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