1/ Trump admitted that he’d “want to hear� from foreign governments with damaging information about his political opponents. Trump claimed “there isn’t anything wrong with listening� to a foreign government if they contacted him and said “we have information on your opponent.� Trump also rejected the notion that accepting damaging information from a foreign government would constitute election interference, saying “It’s not an interference, they have information – I think I’d take it.� FBI Director Christopher Wray during congressional testimony last month told lawmakers that “the FBI would want to know about� any foreign election meddling. Trump, however, said he might alert the FBI “if I thought there was something wrong,� but then said “The FBI director is wrong, because frankly it doesn’t happen like that in life.� (ABC News / Associated Press / NBC News / New York Times / Bloomberg)

2/ Nancy Pelosi: “Everybody in the country should be totally appalled� by Trump’s comments and that he “gave us evidence once again he does not know right from wrong.� Pelosi added that Trump is giving Russia “the green light� to again interfere in the presidential election. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, meanwhile, called Trump’s remarks “disgraceful� and “shocking,� saying that “it’s as if the president had learned absolutely nothing in the past two years� from Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Washington Post / Associated Press / ABC News / CNBC / CNN / Wall Street Journal)

3/ Trump tried to defend and recast his comments about accepting information about his rivals from foreign governments, tweeting that he talks to foreign leaders every day and asking: “Should I immediately call the FBI about these calls and meetings? How ridiculous!� Trump then argued that his comments were taken out of...