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Tuesday, Jan 16 2018

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Doctor Reports Trump Is In 'Excellent Health,' Though More Details Expected Today

President Donald Trump's first physical exam in office came amid renewed chatter about his cognitive health.

President Trump is in excellent health, his doctor said on Friday after his first comprehensive physical exam since he was elected. 鈥淭he president鈥檚 physical exam today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center went exceptionally well,鈥 Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy and the White House physician, said in a statement. 鈥淭he president is in excellent health.鈥 (Shear and Altman, 1/12)

Trump spent about three hours at the medical facility in Bethesda, Md., outside Washington, for the Friday afternoon checkup, his first as president, before departing for Florida for the weekend. The fairly routine exam for previous presidents has taken on outsized importance in the age of Trump, given the tone of some of his tweets, comments attributed to some of his close advisors and Trump's recent slurring of words on national TV. (1/12)

A fuller readout of President Donald Trump鈥檚 health following his first medical check-up is expected later Tuesday. ... White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Jackson will attend her briefing Tuesday to provide a more complete readout on Trump鈥檚 physical health. (1/15)

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