BY NICHOLAS LOFFREDO ON 2/19/17 AT 4:30 PM A Trump administration official has been fired for remarks made behind closed doors that were critical of President Donald Trump’s policies and advisers, reports say. Craig Deare, who was appointed to head the National Security Council’s (NSC) Western Hemisphere division, was escorted out of the Executive Office Building in […]
By MEGAN TWOHEY and SCOTT SHANE FEB. 19, 2017 A week before Michael T. Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Trump to lift sanctions against Russia. Mr. Flynn is gone, having been caught lying about his own discussion of sanctions with the Russian ambassador. But the […]
By BEN HUBBARD, ERIC LIPTON, DAN LEVIN and RICHARD C. PADDOCK FEB. 18, 2017 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The well-heeled guests strolled up red carpeted steps and through lines of smiling young women to reach the newest outpost in President Trump’s international business empire. At the Saturday night opening of the clubhouse of the Trump International Golf Club, Dubai, guests […]
By Joseph Menn | SAN FRANCISCO Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:30 pm The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing at least three separate probes relating to alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential elections, according to five current and former government officials with direct knowledge of the situation. While the fact that the FBI is investigating had been […]
By MICHAEL BIESECKER The Associated Press Updated February 17, 2017 at 11:11 pm WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the strong objections of environmental groups, the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, giving President Donald Trump an eager partner to fulfill his campaign pledge to increase the use of planet-warming fossil fuels. CLICK IMAGE […]
by PHIL McCAUSLAND FEB 16 2017, 9:26 PM ET On the eve of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s confirmation vote to be head of the Environmental Protection Agency, a judge from the Sooner State ordered the release of thousands of emails between his office and fossil fuel companies. CLICK IMAGES for link to story & video. Oklahoma […]
By Des Bieler February 15 at 10:30 PM Reports emerged last week that Jeffrey Loria had a “handshake agreement” to sell the Miami Marlins to the family of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a White House adviser. However, news Wednesday that Loria is being “pushed” by another senior White House official for the position of ambassador to France […]
By Jim Sciutto and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) Ret. Vice Admiral Bob Harward has turned down President Donald Trump’s offer to be national security adviser, sources told CNN Thursday. A friend of Harward’s said he was reluctant to take the job because the White House seems so chaotic. Harward called the offer a “s*** sandwich,” the friend said. […]
RUSSELL BERMAN FEB 13, 2017 Every odd-numbered year since 2011, Republicans in the House have tried to kill the Election Assistance Commission—the tiny federal agency responsible for helping states improve their voting systems. None of their previous efforts made it very far, and with Barack Obama in the White House, the 15-year-old commission had little to […]
By Sari Horwitz and Adam Entous February 16 at 4:37 PM Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn denied to FBI agents in an interview last month that he had discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador to the United States before President Trump took office, contradicting the contents of intercepted communications collected by intelligence agencies, current and […]
