“For Trump’s club, it appeared, saying no to the Secret Service had made it a better customer. The agency was paying for rooms on nights when Trump wasn’t even visiting — to be ready just in case Trump decided to go, one former Trump administration official said.” WaPo: Room rentals, resort fees and furniture removal: How Trump’s company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000.

+ This is just the latest in a series of pieces spearheaded by WaPo’s Pulitzer Prize-winning David A. Fahrenthold. The reaction from the White House: “Please be advised that we are building up a very large ‘dossier’ on the many false David Fahrenthold and others stories as they are a disgrace to journalism and the American people.” [Sic] and [Sick]