TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The White House kicked off ‘Made in America Week’ on Monday [7-17-17] and it didn’t take long for the administration to come under fire for criticism that products made by President Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump’s eponymous brands are made elsewhere. The first daughter, who serves as a White House adviser, took […]
Category: A- Trump Family
7/17/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one Don jr attended in order to get info on an opponent. That’s politics!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 17, 2017 09:07am […]
7/16/2017
SPORTS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/WOMEN: “President Trump unleashed a new fusillade of tweets on Sunday [7-16-17] morning, defending his son Donald Trump Jr., slashing the news media and tarring his long-vanquished opponent, Hillary Clinton. After a leisurely Saturday afternoon spent at a women’s golf tournament at his club here, where he waved to the crowd from a […]
7/16/2017
RUSSIA/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president’s son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign. Donald Trump Jr. has acknowledged that he met in New York with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya after he was […]
7/15/2017
CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump’s campaign paid $50,000 to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. a little more than a week before news surfaced of an unreported meeting with a Russian attorney that has prompted new accusations of collusion. The payment to the Law Offices of Alan S. Futerfas, dated June 27, was […]
7/14/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “One of the high-powered lawyers representing senior White House adviser Jared Kushner in the ongoing Russia investigation, Jamie Gorelick, is stepping back from the case, and Abbe Lowell, another attorney representing Kushner, will now be in charge of the inquiry. Gorelick ‘will continue to work on the matters for which we were […]
7/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “President @EmmanuelMacron, Thank you for inviting Melania and myself to such a historic celebration in France. #BastilleDay #14juillet https://t.co/KZjJQOo0H1” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2017 05:39pm […]
7/14/2017
BUSINESS/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Prominent technology-industry leaders and venture capitalists gathered in the White House’s state dining room last month to discuss tech policy with President Donald Trump in an event that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, helped organize. Seated at the rectangular table alongside the corporate luminaries, university presidents and senior White […]
7/14/2017
LOBBYING/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “A lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated last year in a meeting with senior aides to U.S. President Donald Trump, including his son, and a Russian lawyer, NBC News reported on Friday [7-14-17], adding to allegations of possible connections between Moscow and the November election. NBC News, which did […]
7/13/2017
ETHICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida introduced a pair of amendments aimed at stripping White House senior adviser Jared Kushner of his security clearance into a 2018 appropriations bill that were voted down Thursday [7-13-17]. The amendments came as Kushner found himself under renewed scrutiny after his participation in a […]
7/13/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/GOP/TRUMP FAMILY: “One Republican congressman has some advice for President Donald Trump: get your kids out of the White House. Following the series of emails released by Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday, Rep. Bill Flores, who represents Texas’s 17th Congressional District, said he thinks the President’s best move is to remove all of […]
7/13/2017
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Just landed in Paris, France with @FLOTUS Melania. https://t.co/knULGOQF1K” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2017 03:06am […]
7/13/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s eldest son has been invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee — and the panel’s chairman says he’s willing to subpoena him if necessary. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told reporters Thursday [7-13-17] he was sending Donald Trump Jr. a letter asking him to testify and hoped […]
7/13/2017
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania and I were thrilled to join the dedicated men and women of the @USEmbassyFrance, members of the U.S. Military and their families. https://t.co/ZSdsJ0Bsbl” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2017 07:50am […]
7/12/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “After initially holding back, President Trump jumped to the defense of his son on Wednesday morning, denouncing reports about Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer to gain incriminating information about Hillary Clinton as part of ‘the greatest witch hunt in political history.’ The president fired off posts on […]
7/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [7-12-17] he did not fault his son Donald Trump Jr. for meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign and that he was unaware of the meeting until a few days ago. Asked if he knew that his son […]
7/12/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “While President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., finds himself at the center of a political firestorm stemming from his controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer last summer, questions are also beginning to swirl around the involvement of another Trump family member who was present for the rendezvous: Jared Kushner. […]
7/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The Kremlin said Wednesday [7-12-17] the release of an email chain by Donald Trump Jr. was part of a ‘long-running TV drama,’ dismissing an alleged Russian government offer to pass on information to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. ‘There is nothing to investigate,’ said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according […]
7/12/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Former ethics lawyers for presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both think Donald Trump Jr. broke the law when he met with a Russian lawyer to get purported damaging information on Hillary Clinton. In an editorial penned Tuesday [7-11-17] night in the New York Times, the two called Trump Jr.’s defense […]
7/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a lawyer characterized as representing the Russian government, as the president fumes against his enemies and senior aides circle one another with suspicion, according to top White House officials […]
7/12/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “My son Donald did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 05:19am […]
7/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “If President Trump emerged from his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last week hoping he had begun to ‘move forward’ from the controversy over the Kremlin’s election meddling, as advisers put it, his flight home the next day made clear just how overly optimistic that was. […]
7/11/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “My son, Donald, will be interviewed by @seanhannity tonight at 10:00 P.M. He is a great person who loves our country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2017 07:24pm […]
7/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “For months, the hope in President Donald Trump’s world—sometimes realistic, sometimes strained—was that the story of Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election would quickly shrivel up and blow away. That dream died on Tuesday [7-11-17]. Whatever else the stunning email chain released by Donald Trump Jr. did or didn’t show, […]
7/11/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who had incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton that could help his father’s presidential campaign could lead investigators to probe whether he violated U.S. election law, experts said. Trump Jr. met the woman, lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, […]
7/11/2017
CRIME/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Hillary Clinton’s former running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, said Donald Trump Jr. may have committed treason when he agreed to meet with a Russian lawyer under the pretense of getting dirt on Clinton. ‘We are now beyond obstruction of justice,’ the Virginia Democrat told CNN Tuesday [7-11-17]. ‘This is moving into perjury, […]
7/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “The president’s eldest son and senior campaign aides attended a meeting last year to discuss allegedly incriminating information about Hillary Clinton they were told was being offered by the Russian government in support of Donald Trump’s candidacy, according to emails Donald Trump Jr. released Tuesday [7-11-17]. The release of […]
7/10/2017
2016 ELECTION/ETHICS/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son on Monday [7-10-17] offered to talk to a Senate committee investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, after he acknowledged meeting a Russian lawyer during the campaign. ‘Happy to work with the committee to pass on what I know,’ Donald Trump Jr. wrote […]
7/10/2017
2016 ELECTION/ETHICS/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. is in a legal danger zone following his acknowledgment that he met during the heat of the 2016 presidential campaign with a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties who offered to deliver damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Democratic and Republican lawyers and political operatives alike say explanations about the […]
7/10/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday [7-10-17] morning to defend his daughter Ivanka, who faced criticism this weekend as she briefly took his seat at the Group of 20 Summit. ‘When I left Conference Room for short meetings with Japan and other countries, I asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very […]
7/10/2017
ETHICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s eldest son arranged a June 2016 meeting between top campaign aides and a Russian lawyer who has been linked to the Kremlin after being told she ‘might have information helpful to the campaign.’ In a statement Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. said he didn’t know the lawyer’s name before the […]
7/10/2017
ETHICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The Kremlin on Monday [7-10-17] said it was unaware of a 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer purported to have information that could potentially damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. President Trump’s eldest son said Sunday that Natalia Veselnitskaya, who represents business executives close to the Russian government had […]
7/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “When I left Conference Room for short meetings with Japan and other countries, I asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very standard. Angela M agrees!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2017 06:31am […]
7/8/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “When President Donald Trump left a session at the Group of 20 summit on Saturday [7-10-17], the White House official who slipped into the chair he had just vacated was his daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump. It was a reminder of the role that his family plays in his […]
7/6/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump split off from the group traveling with President Donald Trump in Warsaw to pay tribute Thursday to Polish Holocaust heroes. Ahead of the President’s speech, Trump, who serves as an adviser to the President, laid a wreath at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes and toured the POLIN Museum of the […]
7/6/2017
SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “A Bronx man tried to get into Trump Tower to see first daughter Ivanka Trump Thursday [7-6-17], but was stopped by Secret Service agents who noticed he was wearing a bulletproof vest, police said. Adames Benitez, 52, had the ballistic gear on under his shirt when he arrived at the Midtown building […]
7/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “On behalf of @FLOTUS Melania and myself, thank you Poland!???? #ICYMI, watch here➡️ https://t.co/COpVXnn8YG #POTUSinPoland https://t.co/ylU3wLZV2H” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2017 09:02am […]
7/5/2017
LABOR/TRUMP FAMILY/WOMEN/IVANKA: “First daughter and presidential adviser Ivanka Trump penned a response to a Wall Street Journal editorial titled ‘The Ivanka Entitlement’ that called her paid leave plan messy, arguing in her letter that the plan would benefit women nationwide. In the letter, published Tuesday [7-4-17] in the Journal, Trump defended the plan and argued that […]
6/30/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, doesn’t always take after his father. He finds little joy in wandering gilded rooms. He would rather go hunting than play a round of golf. He has little interest in becoming a politician. He has, however, inherited his father’s affection for Twitter as a weapon […]
6/29/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “It can’t be overlooked that being President won’t stop Donald Trump from being a Twitter troll and yet his wife wants to make combating cyberbullying a focus of her time in the White House. The President managed to shock, yet again, with his tweets when he directed his graphic online ire […]
6/28/2017
CHINA/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Three men detained while investigating working conditions at factories that make shoes for Ivanka Trump’s brand have been released on bail. The men — Su Heng, Li Zhao and Hua Haifeng — were detained in late May while working on a report for China Labor Watch. Chinese authorities have said little about their […]
6/28/2017
CHINA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “A worker with blood dripping from his head marked a low point in the tense, grinding life at a southeastern China factory used by Ivanka Trump and other fashion brands. An angry manager had hit him with the sharp end of a high-heeled shoe. Workers from the factory, including one current and […]
6/27/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump, who serves as a top adviser to President Donald Trump, used her platform Tuesday [6-27-17] to shine a light on human trafficking, which she called an ‘ugly stain on civilization.’ ‘Combating this crime here in the United States as well as around the globe is in both our moral and our […]
6/22/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “.@FLOTUS & I were honored to host our first WH Congressional Picnic. A wonderful evening & tradition. @MarineBand:… https://t.co/h5L4myWmam” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2017 09:33pm […]
6/26/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump offered high praise for President Donald Trump in an interview on Fox and Friends that aired Monday [6-26-17], giving her father ‘an A, of course’ for his performance as President while in office. ‘I think he’s doing an amazing job. I think he’s doing an unbelievable job,’ the first […]
6/25/2017
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “One month before Election Day, Jared Kushner’s real estate company finalized a $285 million loan as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square in Manhattan. The loan came at a critical moment. Kushner was playing a key role in the presidential campaign of his father-in-law, Donald Trump. […]
6/25/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump must give a deposition in a lawsuit by an Italian shoemaker claiming her fashion label copied its designs, a federal judge has ruled. Aquazurra Italia filed the suit against Ivanka Trump and her company in June 2016. It claims the brand has produced cheaper knockoffs of Aquazurra’s ‘coveted’ and highly publicized […]
6/23/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump announced Friday [6-23-17] the hiring of Timothy Harleth for the role of chief usher, a key position in the executive residence. The search for the new chief usher didn’t stray far from the White House; Harleth was until recently the director of rooms at the Trump International Hotel […]
6/22/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner should ‘absolutely’ have his security clearance suspended, Rep. Mike Quigley told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview Wednesday [6-21-17] afternoon. Appearing on ‘The Situation Room,’ the Illinois Democrat said Kushner ‘shouldn’t have clearance at this point,’ echoing a letter from House oversight committee […]
6/21/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Insurance startup Oscar Insurance Corp. said it plans to expand its offerings in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, as insurers face a federal deadline Wednesday [6-21-17] for initial filings to participate in the health law’s exchanges next year. Oscar, which has been under a spotlight partly because of its tie to the […]
6/20/2017
TAXES/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump met privately Tuesday [6-20-17] morning with Sen. Marco Rubio and other lawmakers on the Capitol Hill to discuss ‘pro-family’ tax reform. Members of Congress have been invited to join the new duo over the coming weeks to talk about Trump’s proposal for a federal paid family leave program, which would grant […]
6/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, plans to travel to the Middle East this week to try to advance U.S. efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, a White House official said Sunday [6-18-17]. The trip marks the White House’s first major follow up to Mr. […]
6/16/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump’s campaign, as the congressional and federal probes dig into any possible connections between the Trump digital operation and Russian operatives, congressional sources said this week. The House Russia investigation is planning to send […]
6/16/2017
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The business dealings of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and trusted aide Jared Kushner are being investigated by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing officials familiar with the matter. The news comes as the Justice Department continues its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election […]
6/14/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr., shortly after Rep. Steve Scalise, a Republican aide and security personnel were shot at a baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday [6-14-17], took to Twitter to connect the shooting to the recent controversy over a rendition of ‘Julius Caesar’ that features the assassination of a ruler that resembles Donald […]
6/12/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “With a single tweet on Sunday [6-11-17] evening, Melania Trump made it official: the White House is no longer operating with a first lady in absentia. FLOTUS has moved in. ‘Looking forward to the memories we’ll make in our new home! #Movingday,’ read the tweet, which featured a picture from inside the Executive […]
6/12/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand called off a deal with a major Japanese apparel company after learning that it was backed by the Japanese government, Ms. Trump’s company said in a letter made public on Monday [6-12-17]. The New York Times reported in December that Ms. Trump’s company was finalizing the agreement when Ms. […]
6/12/2017
CHINA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The Ivanka Trump brand is pushing to protect intellectual property in China, winning approvals for four more trademarks since April 20 despite repeated questions from lawmakers about whether she is using her position in the White House to help her company. On Monday, Democratic lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee said the […]
6/12/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump said Monday [6-12-17] she is surprised by the ‘viciousness’ of the media covering her father’s presidency, referring to the growing ‘cloud’ of distractions resulting from the Russia probe. President Donald Trump’s daughter and top adviser also said on ‘Fox & Friends’ that her father felt ‘vindicated’ by James Comey’s testimony last […]
6/11/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. on Saturday [6-10-17] seemed to back up former FBI Director James Comey’s claim that President Donald Trump asked him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. ‘When he tells you to do something, guess what? There’s no ambiguity in it,’ Trump Jr. said on Fox […]
6/7/2017
POLITICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/ERIC TRUMP: “Eric Trump said Democrats who support the probe into his father’s campaign and Russia are ‘not even people’ and he has ‘never seen hatred like this.’ He also shared harsh criticism of the Democratic Party as a whole. ‘They’re imploding,’ Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday [6-6-17] night, adding: ‘They have […]
6/6/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/ERIC TRUMP/UK: “President Donald Trump’s sons are defending their father’s attack against London’s mayor over his handling of the recent extremist attack. In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Donald Trump Jr. said London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan ‘should do something to fix the problem rather than just sit there and […]
6/6/2017
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/ERIC TRUMP: “President Trump’s adult sons denied that their visit from the FBI about an attempted cyberattack had any effect on James Comey’s firing the next day. FBI agents met with Eric and Donald Trump Jr. May 8 to discuss a botched hack on the Trump Organization, which the two sons run […]
6/5/2017
CHINA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The real estate company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to President Trump, is seeking $250 million to pay off its partners and lenders in a Jersey City apartment tower financed by Chinese investors through a program criticized as offering United States visas for sale. The family […]
5/31/2017
CELEBS/KATHY GRIFFIN/TRUMP FAMILY: “Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. My children, especially my 11 year old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2017 06:14am […]
5/31/2017
CHINA/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “A man has been arrested and two are missing in China after conducting an investigation into a Chinese company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes, China Labor Watch, a New York-based advocacy group, said on Wednesday [5-31-17]. Labor activist Hua Haifeng was arrested in Jiangxi province on suspicion of illegally using eavesdropping equipment, according to […]
5/30/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNR: “RT @foxandfriends: Jared Kushner didn’t suggest Russian communications channel in meeting, source says https://t.co/nF6bM1FEt1” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2017 09:01am […]
5/29/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, was looking for a direct line to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia — a search that in mid-December found him in a room with a Russian banker whose financial institution was deeply intertwined with Russian intelligence, and remains under sanction by the United […]
5/27/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Once the untouchable son-in-law in a White House where top aides jockey for the president’s ear, Jared Kushner has now been cast in a new role: reassuring people that he’s not going to resign, while colleagues question whether he can survive politically. Any victory lap Kushner hoped to enjoy after pulling off […]
5/26/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “On behalf of @FLOTUS Melania and myself, thank you for a wonderful dinner and evening, President Sergio Mattarella. #G7Taormina” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 26, 2017 03:39pm […]
5/26/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The FBI’s criminal probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is increasingly touching on the multiple roles of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on both the Trump campaign and the Trump transition team. Points of focus that pertain to Kushner include: the Trump campaign’s 2016 data analytics operation; his […]
5/25/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Just arrived in Taormina with @FLOTUS Melania. #G7Summit #USA?? https://t.co/l7aXolKBiK” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2017 05:44pm […]
5/28/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/ERIC TRUMP: “While President Donald Trump has been out of the country meeting with foreign leaders on his first official overseas trip, members of his family have been working back home to increase their engagement with the Republican party establishment. Two of Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, along with Eric’s wife, Lara, […]
5/25/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Thank u to Queen Fabiola University Hospital! Enjoyed creating paper flowers with amazing patients & getting a tour. #Brussels #Belgium” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2017 09:33am […]
5/21/2017
SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/WOMEN: “Just two days into President Donald Trump debut foreign trip, a member of his inner-circle has already reaped benefits to the tune of $100 million. In a sunlit ballroom Sunday [5-21-17] morning at the Tuwaiq Palace in Saudi Arabia, Ivanka Trump’s proposed Women Entrepreneurs Fund — a concept she first shared during […]
5/19/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “While most of the focus for the next nine days will be on President Donald Trump as he makes his first international trip as commander in chief, there will be plenty of eyes on first lady Melania Trump, also set to bow on the global stage. ‘I am very excited for the upcoming […]
5/19/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump will travel with the president to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Italy on his upcoming foreign trip, a White House official said. A senior adviser to President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump will be present for six days of the nine-day trip, which begins Friday [5-19-17], the official said. She’ll join her […]
5/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “On the afternoon of May 1, President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, welcomed a high-level delegation of Saudis to a gilded reception room next door to the White House and delivered a brisk pep talk: ‘Let’s get this done today.’ Mr. Kushner was referring to a $100 billion-plus arms deal that […]
5/18/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. , held a meeting earlier this week in Dubai with a billionaire longtime business partner of Trump Organization, who said the two men had discussed ‘new ideas.’ ‘It was great having my dear friend and business partner Donald Trump Jr. over for lunch,’ developer Hussain Sajwani […]
5/17/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump, amid building controversy and chaos in the West Wing, hosted an anti-human trafficking roundtable discussion at the White House Wednesday [5-17-17]. Trump previously organized a listening session on the topic that she attended with her father, President Donald Trump, in late February. The meeting came as questions surrounding Trump’s treatment of […]
5/14/2017
HOLIDAY/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Wishing @FLOTUS Melania and all of the great mothers out there a wonderful day ahead with family and friends! Happy #MothersDay” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 14, 2017 10:13am […]
5/12/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Today, @FLOTUS hosted a Military Mother’s Day Event in the East Room of the WH. It was an honor to stop by, say hello, & introduce Melania! https://t.co/wNVB0PYoef” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2017 04:09pm […]
5/8/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. took an Indiana victory lap Monday [5-8-17], speaking at the state Republican party’s spring dinner just more than one year after the state’s primary propelled his father toward the presidential nomination. The President’s eldest son issued a call to action to the Indiana Republicans, noting that recent victories like […]
5/8/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “It was the first major piece of legislation that President Trump signed into law, and buried on Page 734 was one sentence that brought a potential benefit to the president’s extended family: renewal of a program offering permanent residence in the United States to affluent foreigners investing money […]
5/8/2017
CHINA/CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “A company owned by Jared Kushner’s family is apologizing for mentioning the White House adviser at an investment conference in China. Kushner Companies said Monday [5-8-17] that the name drop at the event in Beijing on Saturday was not intended to be an ‘attempt to lure investors’ to one of […]
5/5/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/STATE/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “An official State Department Twitter account retweeted a tweet promoting Ivanka Trump’s new book, ‘Women Who Work,’ raising ethics questions. It has since been deleted. ‘Thank you to my beautiful sisters for the support of my #WomenWhoWorkBook!’ Ivanka Trump wrote in the initial tweet from her personal account, alongside photos of […]
5/3/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is currently in business with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and billionaires George Soros and Peter Thiel, according to people familiar with the matter and securities filings. The previously undisclosed business relationships with titans of the financial and technology worlds are through a real-estate tech […]
5/1/2017
BUDGET/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP FAMILY: “Congress would allocate more than $120 million to help cover the escalating costs of protecting the first family and Trump Tower under a bipartisan spending agreement that appears poised to pass this week. About half of the money, nearly $60 million, is earmarked for the Secret Service, with most of the funds […]
5/1/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The Office of Government Ethics raised concerns about Ivanka Trump’s status as an informal adviser to the president before she announced that she would be an employee of the White House. OGE Director Walter M. Shaub said in a letter to Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., that he contacted Trump’s […]
4/27/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome Argentina President @MauricioMacri and First Lady Juliana Awada to the @WhiteHouse today????” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 01:59pm […]
4/26/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHER: “It was the summer of 2012, and Jared Kushner was headed downtown. His family’s real estate firm, the Kushner Companies, would spend about $190 million over the next few months on dozens of apartment buildings in tony Lower Manhattan neighborhoods including the East Village, the West Village and SoHo. For […]
4/26/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our @FLOTUS, Melania! https://t.co/rYYp51mxDQ https://t.co/np7KYHglSv” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 26, 2017 09:53am […]
4/25/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Proud of @IvankaTrump for her leadership on these important issues. Looking forward to hearing her speak at the W20! https://t.co/e6Uajrm8zp” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2017 06:23am […]
4/24/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the White House last month may have been filled with awkward moments, but she left with one key takeaway — identifying the first daughter as her back-channel to President Donald Trump. The White House was broadly criticized for seating Ivanka Trump, who at the time held […]
4/25/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the White House last month may have been filled with awkward moments, but she left with one key takeaway — identifying the first daughter as her back-channel to President Donald Trump. The White House was broadly criticized for seating Ivanka Trump, who at the time held […]
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump is quietly staffing up, and she’s filling out her team in the West Wing with former officials from President George W. Bush’s administration. In addition to her close adviser Dina Powell, who served as chief of the personnel office in the Bush White House, the first daughter — who now serves […]
04/17/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “As President Donald Trump contemplates whether to make good on his campaign promise to yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord, an unlikely lobbying force is hoping to talk him out of it: oil and coal producers. A pro-Paris bloc within the administration has recruited energy companies […]
4/14/2017
HOLIDAY/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Looking forward to hosting the annual Easter Egg Roll at the @WhiteHouse on Monday! https://t.co/nz7vucugx9” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2017 04:46pm […]
04/12/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “U.S. first lady Melania Trump has accepted an apology and damages from the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper for reporting rumors about her time as a model, the two parties in the lawsuit said Wednesday. In a joint statement, the parties said the Mail retracted its false statements that Trump “provided services […]
04/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/IVANKA: “President Donald Trump has said that the horrific images from a chemical weapons attack in Syria compelled him to authorize a missile strike against an Assad-regime airbase last week. But according to his son, Eric Trump, another key White House voice may have also influenced his decision to use military […]