TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘Everything he touches,’ Fred Trump once said of his son, ‘turns to gold.’ That was in 1973. Things are … a little different now. Ronny Jackson is only the latest to join the ever-growing scrap heap of the Trump administration—people who volunteered or were summoned to serve, only to find themselves discarded and […]
Category: A- Trump People
4/26/2018
DEMS/EPA/GOP/HEARING/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is testifying on Capitol Hill on Thursday [4-26-18] afternoon, the second and final session in what’s turning out to be a daylong grilling over allegations of ethical infractions and lavish spending. The E.P.A. chief, whose job may be hanging by a thread, delivered […]
4/26/2018
DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When it comes to presidential nominations, the clock is working against the Trump administration and Senate Republicans in more ways than one. Frustrated over Democrats slow-walking many executive and judicial branch nominees and chewing up Senate floor time in the bargain, Republicans moved on Wednesday [4-25-18] toward shortening stringent time requirements that can […]
4/26/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday rejected a litany of ethics complaints against him as distortions intended to derail President Donald Trump’s agenda, and put much of the blame for any agency missteps on his staff.During two tense congressional hearings, Pruitt faced tough questions from Democrats and even some […]
4/26/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Trump distanced himself from his longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, on Thursday [4-26-18], saying that a federal criminal investigation was focused on Mr. Cohen’s business dealings and had nothing to do with his legal representation of the president. The president acknowledged that Mr. Cohen represents him in connection with […]
4/26/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The White House withdrew the nomination of Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician, to lead the Veterans Affairs Department on Thursday [4-26-18] after lawmakers went public with a torrent of accusations leveled against him by nearly two dozen current and former colleagues from the White House medical staff. In a statement […]
4/26/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Another day, another casualty. Or two. By the time the sun set Thursday [4-26-18], Dr. Ronny L. Jackson was a failed cabinet nominee whose life had been picked apart for public consumption, and Michael D. Cohen was back in court facing possible criminal prosecution. A ride on President Trump’s bullet train […]
4/26/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Dr. Ronny Jackson exuded confidence when he emerged from a Capitol Hill office Tuesday 4-24-18] evening, telling reporters that he looked forward to answering tough questions from lawmakers about his past. By Thursday [4-26-18] morning, Jackson was back in the White House basement, returning to his job as the President’s physician […]
4/26/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Jon Tester didn’t intend to play a central role in taking down President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Veterans Affairs Department. Yet that’s exactly what the Montana Democrat ended up doing And now, Trump is coming after him.The president is enraged over Tester’s work documenting allegations of malfeasance by Rear […]
4/26/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate on Thursday [4-26-18] confirmed Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of state, ending one of the most divisive confirmation battles for the nation’s top diplomatic job in recent memory. Mr. Pompeo was confirmed by a vote of 57-42 in the Republican-controlled Senate. Mr. Pompeo drew the support […]
4/26/2018
DEMS/EPA/ETHICS/GOP/HEARINGS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, yet another Trump administration official with his job on the line over ethical concerns, took heat from lawmakers Thursday [4-26-18] over his profligate spending and lobbyist ties and tried to divert responsibility to underlings. The EPA administrator said ‘twisted’ allegations against him were meant to undermine […]
4/26/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mike Pompeo says he’s ‘humbled by the responsibility’ of serving as secretary of state as he departs on his first trip as America’s top diplomat. Pompeo was sworn in Thursday [4-26-18] shortly after being confirmed by the Senate. He immediately headed to Andrews Air Force Base to fly to Brussels. […]
4/26/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Veterans Affairs department withdrew his candidacy Thursday morning, following the release of allegations that he wrecked a government vehicle while drunk and freely gave out prescription drugs without paperwork. Dr. Ronny Jackson, who is Mr. Trump’s White House physician, took himself out of the running after […]
4/26/2018
DEMS/EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, fought back Thursday [4-26-18] against Democratic criticism of his spending and policies, asserting that the attacks were driven by opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda. In a largely partisan hearing before a House subcommittee, Mr. Pruitt said he recognized the ‘very troubling reports’ […]
4/25/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani isn’t wasting time as Donald Trump’s newest lawyer. Hired late last week as the president’s top personal attorney, Giuliani held his first meeting on Tuesday 4-24-18] with special counsel Robert Mueller in a bid to jump-start talks on whether Trump will even be called in for an interview as part […]
4/25/2018
FRANCE/MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the end she played the part, donned the costume — and gave everyone something to chew on. Melania Trump, who orchestrated the first state dinner of the Trump administration, a.k.a. the most fancy ceremonial evening since the inauguration, stood next to her husband and welcomed President Emmanuel Macron of France and his […]
4/24/2018
NOMINATIONS/VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-24-18] that Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, is in serious trouble amid accusations that as the White House doctor he oversaw a hostile work environment, improperly dispensed prescription drugs and possibly drank on the job. Speaking at a midday news […]
4/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “For Senate Republicans, the question of the day is not if, but when, President Donald Trump pulls the plug on Ronny Jackson. GOP support for the Veterans Affairs nominee has cratered in the face of allegations of misconduct as White House physician. Jackson already faced serious doubts over his lack of management experience. […]
4/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former Donald Trump campaign aide with connections to Moscow is getting help to pay what he says are mounting legal fees tied to the Russia investigations. Associates of Michael Caputo have set up a new fund to help cover some of Caputo’s $125,000 in estimated costs connected to being a witness […]
4/25/2018
ARIZONA/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state’s current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year. Tuesday’s [4-24-18] narrow victory by Republican Debbie […]
4/25/2018
BEN CARSON/CONGRESS/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Millions of families living in federally subsidized public housing would have to pay more for rent under a Trump administration proposal. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is asking Congress to raise the rent paid by public housing residents to 35 percent of income from the current 30 percent. The plan […]
4/25/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican senators say they want President Donald Trump’s embattled environmental chief to address questions about ethics and spending decisions. But GOP lawmakers who have stood behind Scott Pruitt are stopping short of calling for him to step down, for now. They do say his answers at House hearings Thursday could prove crucial […]
4/25/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Ronny Jackson is fighting to salvage his imperiled nomination to be veterans affairs chief as more details emerge about accusations from his time as a top White House doctor, including repeated drunkenness and a ‘toxic’ work environment. President Donald Trump has suggested publicly that Jackson may want to withdraw, citing what Trump calls […]
4/25/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Don Blankenship, the coal executive recently released from federal prison and now running for US Senate in West Virginia, this week accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of having conflicts of interest in foreign relations because his father-in-law is ‘a wealthy Chinaperson.’ Blankenship, one of three GOP leading candidates in the May 8 […]
4/25/2018
SPAIN/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A woman in Spain has found unexpected fame on social media after many found she bore a striking resemblance to U.S. President Donald Trump. A journalist reporting on farming in northwestern Spain posted on Instagram a picture of Dolores Leis dressed in farm clothing with a hoe over her shoulder, prompting thousands […]
4/25/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “During an overseas trip in 2015, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee, according to four sources familiar with the allegation. The incident became so noisy, one source familiar with the allegation told CNN, that the Secret Service stopped […]
4/25/2018
ARIZONA/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Republican Debbie Lesko on her big win in the Special Election for Arizona House seat. Debbie will do a Great Job! Press is so silent.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 6:53 am […]
4/25/2018
BEN CARSON/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE: “HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday [4-25-18] unveiled a major overhaul of the rental-housing system, proposing to increase the share of rent that low-income households must pay without assistance and give public housing authorities the option to impose work requirements. The proposal reshaping the way HUD helps 4.5 million people meet their […]
4/24/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new regulation Tuesday [4-24-18] that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use when it develops policies, a move critics say will permanently weaken the agency’s ability to protect public health. Under the measure, the E.P.A. will require that the underlying data for […]
4/24/2018
ELECTION/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The conservative Christian coalition that helped usher President Trump into power in 2016 is planning its largest midterm election mobilization ever, with volunteers fanning out from the church pews to the streets to register voters, raise money and persuade conservatives that they cannot afford to be complacent this year. But the cumulative weight […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-24-18] that Ronny L. Jackson, his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, is in serious trouble amid allegations that he oversaw a hostile work environment as the White House doctor, allowed the overprescribing of drugs and possibly drank on the job. Speaking at a news conference […]
4/24/2018
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/EPA/MEDIA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The former Secret Service agent who leads the security detail for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, worked on assignments for the tabloid news publisher American Media Inc. during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to records and interviews. The security official, Pasquale Perrotta, had received a waiver […]
4/24/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “On an oven-hot day this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions strode into a hotel ballroom to preach Trump-era immigration gospel to cowboy-hatted sheriffs from 31 counties near the United States’ border with Mexico…Mr. Sessions has taken more abuse from President Trump than any other member of his high-churn cabinet […]
4/24/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department reiterated on Tuesday [4-24-18] that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was not overseeing any investigations related to the 2016 presidential election, following a report that Sessions has not recused himself from the inquiry into Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney…Sessions had declined to recuse himself from […]
4/24/2018
AMBASSADOR/AUSTRALIA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Adm. Harry Harris, the top US military official overseeing operations across Asia who had been tapped as ambassador to Australia, is likely to be named instead as US ambassador to South Korea, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Moving Harris, who currently serves as commander of US Pacific Command, […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Capitol Hill was once again flung into damage control mode Tuesday [4-24-18] as Republicans and Democrats attempted to understand the severity of allegations being made against Ronny Jackson, the President’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. It’s a scenario that some lawmakers argue has become all too familiar in the Trump […]
4/24/2018
DRUGS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “A top Senate Democrat says allegations against President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Veterans Affairs involve him being “repeatedly drunk” when he was a White House physician. Sen. Jon Tester of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is reviewing the allegations against Ronny Jackson, a White House doctor since 2006. He tells NPR the […]
4/24/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “When President Donald Trump named White House physician Ronny Jackson as his choice to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, it caught lots of people — inside and outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — by surprise. After all, Jackson had never run an agency even close to the […]
4/24/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said he was sending a delegation of his top economic advisers to Beijing next week to try to settle trade disputes that have upset U.S.-China relations and rattled markets world-wide…The members of the U.S. team will include Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, National Economic […]
4/24/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JimRenacci has worked so hard on Tax Reductions, Illegal Immigration, the Border and Crime. I need Jim very badly to help our agenda and to keep MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! He will be a fantastic Senator for the Great State of Ohio, and has my full endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/24/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JimRenacci has worked so hard on Tax Reductions, Illegal Immigration, the Border and Crime. I need Jim very badly to help our agenda and to keep MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! He will be a fantastic Senator for the Great State of Ohio, and has my full endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/24/2018
ARIZONA/CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Arizona, please get out today and vote @DebbieLesko for Congress in #AZ08. Strong on Border, Immigration and Crime. Great on the Military. Time is ticking down – get out and VOTE today. We need Debbie in Congress!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 1:02 pm […]
4/24/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @mike_pence: PROUD to support our friend @VoteMarsha for US Senate representing Tennessee. Marsha Blackburn is a rock-ribbed conservativ…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 5:42 am […]
4/23/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NOMINATIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a late pivot on [4-23-18] Monday evening, approved the confirmation of Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of state, after Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, bowed to pressure from President Trump and dropped his opposition. For days, the committee appeared ready to […]
4/23/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made overhauling the chronically backlogged immigration courts a top priority — but some of his moves seem to run counter to recommendations in a Justice Department-commissioned report made public on Monday [4-23-18]. While some of the recommendations, such as increasing staffing, have been part of his […]
4/23/2018
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two more Senate Democrats said Monday [4-23-18] they would support Mike Pompeo for secretary of state, giving him some breathing room in the full Senate despite his likely rejection by the Senate panel considering his nomination. Sens. Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia—both representing red-leaning states […]
4/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Only for embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could a half hour of tough questioning from U.S. Supreme Court justices be seen as a break from his stressful day job.That is what happened on Monday [4-23-18] for Rosenstein, who oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia and the 2016 U.S. […]
4/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Only for embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could a half hour of tough questioning from U.S. Supreme Court justices be seen as a break from his stressful day job.That is what happened on Monday [4-23-18] for Rosenstein, who oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia and the 2016 U.S. […]
4/23/2018
MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A U.S. Senate committee approved the nomination of President Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Monday [4-23-18] after a Republican senator who had been opposed threw his support behind the CIA director in the face of party pressure.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination on […]
4/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When you have the best known name in your congressional district and your younger brother is a heartbeat away from the presidency, it is difficult to run a stealth campaign. But Greg Pence is doing a pretty good job of it…Hardly the first candidate to run on a famous name, Mr. Pence, […]
4/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I can die happy now with Trump Job performance,” stated Mary Matalin. “A great overall President, stunning!” Thank you Mary.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2018 9:06 am […]
4/21/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Early in Scott Pruitt’s political career, as a state senator from Tulsa, he attended a gathering at the Oklahoma City home of an influential telecommunications lobbyist who was nearing retirement and about to move away. The lobbyist said that after the 2003 gathering, Mr. Pruitt — who had a modest legal practice […]
4/21/2018
FAKE NEWS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Washington Post said I refer to Jeff Sessions as ‘Mr. Magoo’ and Rod Rosenstein as ‘Mr. Peepers.’ This is ‘according to people with whom the president has spoken.’ There are no such people and don’t know these characters…just more Fake & Disgusting News to create ill will!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/20/2018
LEGAL/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “New York state lawmakers on Friday [4-20-18] introduced legislation to give the state’s attorney general and other local prosecutors the power to bring criminal charges against people pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.The bill is intended to close what New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called a loophole in state law […]
4/20/2018
CIA/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Central Intelligence Agency operatives have long run covert influence campaigns overseas. Now, the agency is mounting an unusually active, not very secret campaign in Washington. The C.I.A. is trying to ensure its deputy director, Gina Haspel, a career spy, is confirmed as its new director. Almost every detail of her life and work […]
4/19/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department’s internal watchdog referred its finding that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had misled investigators to federal prosecutors to determine whether he should be charged with a crime, according to people familiar with the matter. The inspector general concluded in a report released last week that Mr. McCabe […]
4/20/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One of embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s most trusted advisers sought to retroactively change her resignation date a day after the House oversight committee requested to interview her as part of its investigation. Samantha Dravis, Pruitt’s top policy adviser at the Environmental Protection Agency, is scheduled to depart the agency Friday [4-20-18]. […]
4/20/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani isn’t the only new addition to President Donald Trump’s legal team. Former federal prosecutors Jane and Marty Raskin have also joined the team, Jay Sekulow, a counsel to the president, announced on Thursday [4-19-18]. The Raskins are a husband-and-wife duo with a Florida-based law firm, Raskin […]
4/20/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Riding a van back to Mar-a-Lago after a news conference this week, White House officials told economic adviser Lawrence Kudlow that he had just said something bound to produce some unwanted headlines. Mr. Kudlow had suggested that Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, suffered ‘momentary confusion’ when she said […]
4/19/2018
ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House aides were worried enough about a visit last year by Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, under investigation by American prosecutors who say he embezzled $3.5 billion from a state investment fund, that he was denied the customary photo in the Oval Office with President Trump. But that did not stop […]
4/19/2018
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mike Pompeo came close on Thursday [4-19-18] to clinching confirmation as the nation’s 70th secretary of state when Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Democrat of North Dakota, announced her support. But before that triumph, he is expected to face a historic rebuke from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which most likely will not recommend […]
4/19/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and longtime friend of President Trump, will join the president’s legal team in an effort to ‘quickly’ resolve the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties to Trump associates. Mr. Trump will also bring on Jane Serene Raskin and […]
4/19/2018
DEMS/EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general will investigate agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s use of his official security detail on recent personal trips, the latest in a string of congressional, White House and internal probes into his spending on security and travel. The investigation comes at the request of Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, […]
4/19/2018
BORDER/CRIME/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@MarshaBlackburn is a wonderful woman who has always been there when we have needed her. Great on the Military, Border Security and Crime. Loves and works hard for the people of Tennessee. She has my full endorsement and I will be there to campaign with her!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 1:40 […]
4/19/2018
NIKKI HALEY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Public humiliation is a rite of passage for many top officials in the Trump administration. But when it was Nikki Haley’s turn this week, she fought back, defending herself in a way that reflects her unique status in the Trump administration. The US ambassador to the United Nations spent much of Tuesday […]
4/18/2018
JAPAN/MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “First lady Melania Trump is giving her Japanese counterpart a tour of a Palm Beach mansion. The first lady took Akie Abe to a Gilded Age mansion on Wednesday. The Whitehall mansion is a few miles north of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. President Trump is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe […]
4/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the span of 24 hours, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has done what none of her colleagues in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet have before: successfully telegraphed to her boss that she will not quietly suffer his public humiliations. Haley was initially blamed by White House aides for […]
4/18/2018
BEN CARSON/EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House will look into oversight reports on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said on Wednesday [4-18-18]…The White House will look into oversight reports on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and Housing […]
4/18/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A bipartisan group of House lawmakers worked Wednesday [4-18-18] to exert pressure on House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) to bring immigration legislation up for a vote. Rep. Jeff Denham (R., Calif.) said Wednesday that he had secured the support of 240 lawmakers, including 50 Republicans, for a bipartisan proposal […]
4/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A consensus emerged Tuesday [4-18-18] at the White House and Mar-a-Lago about how to clean up the administration’s suddenly muddled plans to crack down on Russia: Blame Nikki Haley. Several administration officials said the US ambassador to the United Nations got ahead of President Donald Trump’s decision-making when she hit […]
4/18/2018
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday [4-18-18] he will oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, making it unlikely he will have the committee’s backing before the full Senate votes. Senator Robert Menendez criticized the Trump administration, and […]
4/18/2018
GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The speakership is Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s to lose. But there is one person who could help him out. It’s been years in the making, but McCarthy’s early openness to Trump and his continued and steady relationship with President Donald Trump could be one of his best assets in his […]
4/17/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans are escalating their attacks on West Virginia Senate GOP candidate Don Blankenship, increasingly worried that the coal baron and ex-prisoner will blow a winnable race against Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. Republicans see West Virginia as a prime pickup opportunity in November, given President Donald Trump’s huge popularity there. But they say […]
4/17/2018
CIA/MIKE POMPEO/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nominees to lead the State Department and Central Intelligence Agency are encountering resistance in the Senate, where critics of President Donald Trump’s are prepared to make their confirmation battles a referendum on his foreign-policy positions. Mike Pompeo, the current CIA director and Mr. Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of state, […]
4/17/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The revelation that Sean Hannity was a client to President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney — and never disclosed the apparent conflict — is testing the Fox News host’s track record of skating through controversies, though the network is so far publicly supporting him. In a dramatic twist this week, Hannity was […]
4/17/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican chairman of a Senate oversight committee is pressing the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide details about his use of multiple government email addresses. Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso issued a letter asking EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to disclose all his email addresses and affirm […]
4/17/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley got ahead of herself in announcing new sanctions on Russia, a top aide to President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-17-18]. Still, National Economic Council chairman Larry Kudlow insisted there was no confusion within the administration about the sanctions issue…Haley announced on CBS’s ‘Face […]
4/17/2018
FBI/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Fox News said on Tuesday [4-17-18] it was putting its ‘full support’ behind television host Sean Hannity after it was revealed that he had an ‘informal relationship’ with U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen. Fox News said that it did not know about the relationship. The Federal Bureau of Investigation […]
4/16/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump rejected, for now at least, a fresh round of sanctions set to be imposed against Russia on Monday [4-16-18], a course change that underscored the schism between the president and his national security team. The president’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, had announced on Sunday […]
4/16/2018
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House says a decision on new economic sanctions against Russia will be made soon — not committing to an announcement Monday [4-16-2018] that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley had said to expect… Haley had said Sunday [4-15-18] that new sanctions were coming against Russia for enabling the government of Syrian […]
4/16/2018
MIKE PENCE/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican pollster who had planned to split time advising both Vice President Mike Pence and the United Nations ambassador, Nikki R. Haley, on national security issues withdrew from the dual role on Sunday [4-15-18] night, a White House official said. The move by the veteran strategist, Jon Lerner, who […]
4/16/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MIKE PENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A new national security aide to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stepped down on Sunday [4-15-18], only two days after being officially named to the job, after a behind-the-scenes White House argument hit the headlines, a White House official said. The appointment of Jon Lerner to Pence’s team […]
4/16/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration said Monday [4-16-18] that it is evaluating prospects for new sanctions against Russian entities and companies involved in Syria’s chemical-weapons program, a day after a top diplomat said Washington was ready to impose new punitive actions…On Sunday [4-15-18], the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said […]
4/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Tensions over who will succeed Speaker Paul Ryan are starting to torment House Republicans as they enter one of the most difficult midterm election cycles in years. Allies of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the current favorite for the job, are upset that Ryan insists on staying through the election. They think the […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Comey throws AG Lynch ‘under the bus!’ Why can’t we all find out what happened on the tarmac in the back of the plane with Wild Bill and Lynch? Was she promised a Supreme Court seat, or AG, in order to lay off Hillary. No golf and grandkids talk (give […]
4/14/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE : “RT @nikkihaley:” https://t.co/oO3wIKolMy -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2018 5:13 pm […]
4/13/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI deputy director, misled investigators multiple times about his role in a news media disclosure about Hillary Clinton just days before the 2016 presidential election and authorized the release of information to “advance his personal interests,” according to a Justice Department watchdog report. The report alleges […]
4/13/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the Oval Office on Tuesday [4-10-18], as fears of a trade war with China roiled markets and panicked American farmers and lawmakers, Larry Kudlow, President Trump’s new top economic adviser, scored what passes for a major coup in a White House whipsawed by angry presidential tweets. He helped get […]
4/13/2018
CIA/DICK CHENEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [4-13-18] he has pardoned a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby…Mr. Libby, now 67 years old, was convicted in 2007 of lying to a grand jury and obstructing justice in a case that involved the leaking of the identity […]
4/13/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s starting to look like Mike Pompeo might not get a favorable vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support his nomination as secretary of state, after three Democrats (and at least one Republican) on the panel have signaled they’ll vote against the current CIA director. Nominations can advance to full […]
4/13/2018
ETHICS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after consulting with a career ethics adviser at the Justice Department about his ability to oversee the Russia probe, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. For nearly a year, legal experts and journalists have […]
4/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The FBI raid of the office of President Donald Trump’s attorney caused the President’s team to back off presenting a proposal they were preparing for special counsel Robert Mueller about an interview with the President, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump’s legal team is now re-evaluating what, if […]
4/13/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday [4-13-18] that the criminal probe that led them to raid the offices of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is focused on the attorney’s ‘personal business dealings’ and has been going on for months. In the filing with a court […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump this week stepped up preparations to counter political and military challenges that could reshape his presidency, girding for a strike against Syria and pushing a campaign to discredit the Justice Department. Several aides described Mr. Trump seething over an FBI raid of his personal attorney’s files and […]
4/13/2018
HEALTHCARE/HHS/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is pursuing a significant shift toward a more conservative health-care agenda, expanding the use of civil-rights laws to defend health-industry workers who object to medical procedures on religious grounds. Roger Severino, an administration appointee to the Department of Health and Human Services, is heading a new division at […]
4/13/2018
BUDGET/GOP/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is ignoring warnings from worried Hill Republicans and moving ahead with plans to cut billions of dollars from the massive spending bill that Congress passed in late March, after President Donald Trump has spent weeks grousing about the legislation. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney — himself a […]
4/13/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are rushing to shore up congressional seats deep in the heart of Trump country as they come to an alarming realization: In this midterm election, few GOP lawmakers are safe. GOP leaders are pressing Republican lawmakers in conservative areas to get their sluggish campaigns in order. They’re pleading with major donors to […]
4/13/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/PAUL RYAN/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A six-month budget truce stitched together by Congress in March could unravel if Republican leaders vying to replace U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan indulge party conservatives who want to renege on critical parts of the pact. At issue is a resurgent move by conservative Republicans to rescind, or cut about […]
4/13/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, is “under criminal investigation,” the Justice Department said Friday [4-13-18]. In response to Cohen’s motion to restrain the evidence collected in Monday’s [4-9-18] raids of his home and office, the US attorney in New York asserted the raids were authorized by a […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo promised on Thursday [4-12-18] to rebuild the State Department that has been gutted by the departure of senior diplomats and has found itself sidelined in foreign policy decisions under the Trump administration. A reorganization and hiring freeze initiated by former Secretary of State Rex […]