Ivanka Meets Guaidó Aides, Announces $120 Million in US Aid for Displaced Venezuelans “Ivanka Trump met with aides to Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaidó in Colombia on Wednesday to underscore support for a ‘democratic transition in Venezuela’ and offer $120 million in U.S. assistance to neighboring countries under strain from a refugee crisis,” Michael Wilner reports for McClatchy DC. “President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter and senior adviser joined the USAID Administrator Mark Green and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan at a migrant shelter in Cúcuta, a Colombian city bordering Venezuela, to announce the new package, which brings total U.S. aid to Venezuelan refugees in the region to $376 million.” Click here to read more.

“Company payrolls surged by 195,000 in August, well above Wall Street estimates,” according to a new report from ADP and Moody’s Analytics, Jeff Cox reports for CNBC. “Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a gain of just 140,000 following July’s 142,000 . . . Companies with 50 to 499 employees were the largest growth sector.”

“The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it was awarding $1.8 billion in grants to help states and communities continue to battle the opioid epidemic, part of the administration’s broader effort to drive down overdose deaths and addiction,” Stephanie Armour writes in The Wall Street Journal. “My administration is determined to use every resource at our disposal to smash the grip of addiction,” President Trump said.

“Disgraced former FBI official and brand-new CNN contributor Andrew McCabe will headline a fundraiser later this month for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party,” Becket Adams writes in the Washington Examiner. “Remember: A Justice Department inspector general report released last year found McCabe leaked sensitive information about the Clinton email investigation to members of the press, then lied about it to investigators.” Adams adds that “this scheduled Democratic fundraiser just adds another layer to an already awkward situation for CNN.”

“A Honduran national in the United States illegally has been accused of raping his 15-year-old stepdaughter in suburban Maryland, the seventh such case in the area over the past five weeks,” Sam Dorman reports for Fox News. “Since July 25, Montgomery County Police have arrested at least seven confirmed undocumented immigrants for alleged rapes and sexual assaults. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich signed an executive order last month designating the county a ‘sanctuary’ jurisdiction.”