Trump news - LIVE: White House refuses to rule out Manafort pardon as Pelosi suggests impeachment 'too divisive'

Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is reportedly set to receive funding until the end of September, according to The Hill.

The special counsel is expected to deliver his report to the desk of attorney-general William Barr soon and it was not addressed in the president's new budget proposal. 

But the Treasury will continue to bankroll the investigation on behalf of the Justice Department until the autumn.

“The special counsel is funded by the Independent Counsel appropriation, a permanent indefinite appropriation established in the Department’s 1988 Appropriations Act,” a spokesman explained. 

Some qualification on the president's climate change tweet:

The Associated Press reported that President Trump's 2020 budget proposal will include $100M for Ivanka Trump, his daughter, to spearhead a global women's fund.

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib grilled the president on Twitter for failing on his promise to not cut Medicaid and Medicaire, and then awarding Lockheed Martin nearly $1bn for the Saudi missile system deal.

2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders slammed the president's budget proposal for cutting millions from college affordability programs and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

President Donald Trump asked then-chief-of-staff John Kelly to remove his daughter, Ivanka Trump, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, from the White House since he believed his children "didn't know how to play the game," according to revelations in a new book authored by journalist Vicky Ward.

The White House dismissed those claims.

From the Independent: 

"Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on planes that are "too complicated" to fly after a Boeing 737 crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday.

'Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT,' Mr Trump tweeted. 'I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better.'

'Split second decisions are needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!'"

The New York attorney general's office will be investigating Trump Organisation projects. The New York Times reported the office issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank AG and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of Trump Organization projects and an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the Buffalo Bills football team.

Speaking with conservative site Breitbart, the president said his administration is very close to designating Mexican cartels as a terrorist organisation.

HuffPost reported that the president has not come up with a list of construction projects for his border wall despite declaring an emergency order to build it over a month ago.