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\nWASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local) : 3: 20 p.m. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer claims that \u00ab\u00a0a small group of people know exactly\u00a0\u00bb what President Donald Trump meant when Trump posted a seemingly unintelligible tweet early Wednesday morning. Trump tweeted shortly before 1 a.m. that \u00ab\u00a0Despite the constant negative press covfefe.\u00a0\u00bb The tweet ended there. The president seemed to make a joke about the incident several hours later, tweeting: \u00ab\u00a0Who can figure out the true meaning of \u00ab\u00a0covfefe\u00a0\u00bb??? Enjoy!\u00a0\u00bb Spicer tells reporters when asked about the tweet: \u00ab\u00a0I think the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.\u00a0\u00bb ___ 12: 05 p.m. Melania Trump says it was \u00ab\u00a0simply wrong\u00a0\u00bb for celebrity Kathy Griffin to appear in a video holding what looked like President Donald Trump’s bloody, severed head. In a statement released Wednesday, the first lady says that \u00ab\u00a0as a mother, a wife and a human being, that photo is very disturbing.\u00a0\u00bb She adds: \u00ab\u00a0When you consider some of the atrocities happening in the world today, a photo opportunity like this is simply wrong and makes you wonder about the mental health of the person who did it.\u00a0\u00bb Griffin has apologized, saying that the brief video was \u00ab\u00a0too disturbing\u00a0\u00bb and wasn’t funny. \u00ab\u00a0I went too far, \u00a0\u00bb she said in a second video. \u00ab\u00a0I sincerely apologize.\u00a0\u00bb Griffin is a stand-up comedian who co-hosted CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage. ___ 9: 30 a.m. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager says he’d be willing to join the White House staff if \u00ab\u00a0the right role is there.\u00a0\u00bb But Corey Lewandowski is declined to say whether he’s been contacted by Trump or anyone else about a return engagement as the president considers an overhaul of his communications team. Trump wants to respond more aggressively to allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and questions about investigations of possible ties between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. Lewandowski tells \u00ab\u00a0Fox & Friends\u00a0\u00bb that he wants to help promote Trump’s agenda whether he’s inside the White House or not. He says Trump is best served by having staff around him who know him well. ___ 7: 15 a.m. President Donald Trump says celebrity Kathy Griffin \u00ab\u00a0should be ashamed of herself\u00a0\u00bb for appearing in a video holding what looked like Trump’s bloody, severed head. In a post on his Twitter account Wednesday morning, Trump said, \u00ab\u00a0My children, especially my 11-year-old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!\u00a0\u00bb Griffin, who helped with CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage, has apologized, saying that the brief video was \u00ab\u00a0too disturbing\u00a0\u00bb and wasn’t funny. \u00ab\u00a0I went too far, \u00a0\u00bb she said in a second video. \u00ab\u00a0I sincerely apologize.\u00a0\u00bb Many people online called for Griffin to be jailed. ___ 6: 30 a.m. A midnight tweet from President Donald Trump has social media trying to find a meaning in the mysterious term \u00ab\u00a0covfefe.\u00a0\u00bb Trump tweeted just after midnight Eastern time on Wednesday: \u00ab\u00a0Despite the constant negative press covfefe.\u00a0\u00bb The tweet immediately went viral and became one of the president’s more popular posts. Trump poked fun at the typo, tweeting around 6 a.m., \u00ab\u00a0Who can figure out the true meaning of \u00ab\u00a0covfefe\u00a0\u00bb??? Enjoy!\u00a0\u00bb Many on Twitter have supplied tongue-in-cheek meanings. One user joked that \u00ab\u00a0covfefe\u00a0\u00bb is already a popular name for babies in states that voted for Trump. Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster checked in with an eye-rolling tweet about people looking up \u00ab\u00a0covfefe\u00a0\u00bb on its website. Dozens of definitions have been submitted to the Urban Dictionary website, which crowdsources meanings for slang terms. ___ 3: 16 a.m. A top communications aide to President Donald Trump has resigned, in what many inside and outside the White House see as the first shoe to drop before a wider overhaul. Fresh off Trump’s first official trip abroad, his administration is looking for ways to respond more aggressively to allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and revelations of possible ties between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. White House communications director Michael Dubke announced his resignation Tuesday, saying it had been an honor to serve Trump. However, Trump has privately and publicly pinned much of the blame for his administration’s woes on the communications effort. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n

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