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Levin Report White House Celebrates “American Dream Week” in the Worst Way Possible Including insulting the Statue of Liberty. Three people who are presumably on Lady Liberty’s sh*t list. By Zach Gibson/Pool/Getty Images. This week, the latest in a series of themed “weeks” that are reportedly a running joke within the West Wing, is “American…
START “MORE ON” SINGLE STORY BOX v. 2 END “MORE ON” SINGLE STORY BOX v. 2 Imagine, if you will, that there is a shadow government. The actual government, the administration of Donald Trump, is coming off the worst week of his presidency, although there haven’t been any smooth weeks. Trump’s top legislative priority, repealing…
Spicer at a June 2 press briefing at the White House. In a few short months he became the most famous White House press secretary in history. Was it worth it? (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) So what does happen when you tie your career to Donald Trump? In the case of Sean Spicer it meant…
A Wall Street Journal spokesperson said the paper is “proud of the on-the-record interview we conducted with President Donald Trump, which produced multiple, newsworthy articles.” Full transcript: Trump’s Wall Street Journal interview The president sat down with the Journal’s editor-in-chief Gerard Baker in the Oval Office on July 25. President Donald Trump called his son-in-law…
The Mooch may be gone, but he is not forgotten. Misty water-colored memories… From AP/REX/Shutterstock. On Friday, July 21, 2017, the Trump administration named Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci as the next White House communications director. On Monday, July 31, 2017, Scaramucci, a.k.a. “the Mooch,” was canned by newly sworn-in Chief of Staff John Kelly….
close story-meta WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday removed Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director, the White House announced, ousting him just days after Mr. Scaramucci unloaded a crude verbal tirade against other senior members of the president’s senior staff. “Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director,” Sarah…
President Trump is so unhappy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he has raised the possibility of bringing back Rudolph Giuliani to head the Justice Department, according to West Wing confidants. In internal conversations, Trump has recently pondered the idea of nominating Giuliani, a stalwart of his campaign. Even before last week’s blast at Sessions in a…
Donald Trump’s first six months in office have been a spectacular failure. Friday marks his sixth month in office. The White House had planned a week devoted to products that were Made in America (somewhat ironic given the First Family’s penchant for making things abroad), but Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moranscuttled that Monday evening when they announced…
WASHINGTON — The Republican health care bill, at least for now, is dead. So what happens next? Senate Republicans have already announced plans to pivot to legislation that would repeal much of the Affordable Care Act without spelling out a replacement plan, after two additional GOP senators defected from the party’s controversial plan to simultaneously…
U.S. troops are sworn in as naturalized citizens on Nov. 2, 2012, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (State Department) Frustrated by delayed promises from the U.S. military for citizenship, and in fear of the Islamic State if he were deported back to Iraq, Ranj Rafeeq has given up the American Dream for a Canadian one. Rafeeq…