The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• The Trump administration is being criticized over the decision to demolish the East Wing of the White House to build a new ballroom 
• Governor Greg Abbott’s sweep of homeless camps in Austin has other cities wondering when they’ll receive assistance with their own homeless problems 
• Protesters are taking to the streets after a recent decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that the Trump administration can deploy Oregon National Guard Troops to Portland

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