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virtual policy, it has also been more open to the media than any White House in recent memory. In the beginning, I sought a level of formal access to this White House, something of a fly-on- the-wall status. The president himself encouraged this idea. But, given the many fiefdoms in the Trump White House that came

heeding Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s prescription that “this president will sign whatever is put in front of him,” while also taking advantage of the White House’s lack of political and legislative experience and outsourcing as much policy as possible to Capitol Hill. In the early weeks of the administration, P

om he had never met before, for positions whose importance Trump did not particularly understand. Ailes, a veteran of the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush 41 White Houses, was growing worried by the president-elect’s lack of immediate focus on a White House structure that could serve and protect him. He tried to impres

cific ideas about how to turn his themes and vitriol into policy, nor a team that could reasonably unite behind him. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019969 In most White Houses, policy and action flow down, with staff trying to implement what the president wants—or, at the very least, what the chief of staff says the preside

d prime-time ceremony, an upbeat and confident President Trump announced the nomination of federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch was a perfect combination of impeccable conservative standing, admirable probity, and gold-standard legal and judicial credentials. The nomination no

31, in an efficiently choreographed prime-time ceremony, an upbeat and confident President Trump announced the nomination of federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch was a perfect combination of impeccable conservative standing, admirable probity, and gold-standard legal and judicial

y how the nomination was received, especially by how little fault the media could find with it, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019948 Trump would shortly become a Gorsuch fan. But before settling on Gorsuch, he wondered why the job wasn’t going to a friend and loyalist. In the Trump view, it was rather a waste to give

th, 6.14M) reports that as President-elect Joe Biden outlines "more details of his transition plan," Democrats in the House "sent letters Tuesday to the White House and federal agencies directing them to preserve documents related to congressional subpoenas and investigations." Committee chairs wrote, "You are o

ey Graham (R., S.C.) to interview former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe regarding the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. However, Whitehouse criticized the Republicans on the committee for not looking into other allegations of wrongdoing involving the FBI and Justice Department. 'We have

iden's Justice Department Expected To Ramp Up White-Collar Probes. • Plaintiffs In Epstein Case Miss Deadlines For Keeping Testimony Secret. • Sen. Whitehouse Criticizes FBI For Lack Of Transparency In Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Probe. • Ailing New York Mobster Wins Compassionate Release From Prison. OTHER

cated on Tuesday that they would reject attempts by Republicans and the Trump administration to kill the Affordable Care Act," while Justices Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas "seemed poised to vote to strike down the law." Politico (11/10, Luthi, 4.29M) says that "many legal observers believed this c

oday (7/9, Phillips, Johnson, 10.31M) says the testimony "is certain to raise additional questions about the Justice Department's independence from a White House that has purged watchdogs, whistleblowers and others seen as disloyal." Michael Cohen Returns To Prison. ABC World News Tonight (7/9, story 3, 0:

s, foreign intelligence, human trafficking, and background checks. The bill funds the Department of Justice (DOJ) at $33.2 billion, an increase over the White House's requested $31.7 billion.° Media Analyses: Court Rulings Likely To Shield Trump Tax Records For Foreseeable Future. Media coverage of Thursday's pai

USA Today (7/9, Wolf, 10.31M) says "the 7-2 decision...written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Trump's two nominees, Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh," sends "the separation of powers dispute back to lower courts for further determination." The Washington Post (7/9, Barnes, 14

.2M) says "the question for the court was whether Congress officially eliminated the Creek Nation reservation when Oklahoma became a state in 1907." Gorsuch wrote, "If Congress wishes to withdraw its promises, it must say so. Unlawful acts, performed long enough and with sufficient vigor, are never enoug

th, 6.14M) reports that as President-elect Joe Biden outlines "more details of his transition plan," Democrats in the House "sent letters Tuesday to the White House and federal agencies directing them to preserve documents related to congressional subpoenas and investigations." Committee chairs wrote, "You are o

ey Graham (R., S.C.) to interview former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe regarding the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. However, Whitehouse criticized the Republicans on the committee for not looking into other allegations of wrongdoing involving the FBI and Justice Department. 'We have

iden's Justice Department Expected To Ramp Up White-Collar Probes. • Plaintiffs In Epstein Case Miss Deadlines For Keeping Testimony Secret. • Sen. Whitehouse Criticizes FBI For Lack Of Transparency In Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Probe. • Ailing New York Mobster Wins Compassionate Release From Prison. OTHER

cated on Tuesday that they would reject attempts by Republicans and the Trump administration to kill the Affordable Care Act," while Justices Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas "seemed poised to vote to strike down the law." Politico (11/10, Luthi, 4.29M) says that "many legal observers believed this c

sey Graham (R., S.C.) to interview former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe regarding the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. However, Whitehouse criticized the Republicans on the committee for not looking into other allegations of wrongdoing involving the FBI and Justice Department. 'We have

iden's Justice Department Expected To Ramp Up White-Collar Probes. • Plaintiffs In Epstein Case Miss Deadlines For Keeping Testimony Secret. • Sen. Whitehouse Criticizes FBI For Lack Of Transparency In Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Probe. • Ailing New York Mobster Wins Compassionate Release From Prison. Other

ated on Tuesday that they would reject attempts by Republicans and the Trump administration to kill the Affordable Care Act," while Justices Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas "seemed poised to vote to strike down the law." Politico <https://www.politico.cominews/2020/11/10/supreme-court-obamacare-kava

thirty, Ryan called the president to say he was short fifteen to twenty votes and needed to pull the vote. Bannon, backed by Mulvaney, who had become the White House’s Hill operative, continued to urge an immediate vote. A defeat here would be a major defeat for the Republican leadership. That suited Bannon just fin

ore and more seemed to be. Meanwhile, virtually everybody believed that a large measure of the fault lay in Reince Priebus, who had failed to create a White House that could protect the president from himself—or from Bannon or from his own children. At the same time, believing that the fundamental problem lay i

being taunted. When Schlapp asked the two men to enumerate the accomplishments of the last thirty days, Priebus floundered and then seized on Judge Gorsuch and the deregulation executive orders, all things, said Priebus, “that’—he paused, struggling—“eighty percent of Americans agree with.” After a brie

uits," Jacqueline Thomsen, March 05, 2020, 1:54 PM The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's ruling that the House can't sue to compel former White House counsel Donald McGahn's testimony is raising questions for both Capitol Hill and federal judges about the immediate effect it has on lawmakers's abi

never, never would do such a thing," Schumer said on the Senate floor amid calls from Republicans that he apologize for his comments about Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. [...] Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday condemned Schumer's comments, saying in a statement: "Justices know that criticis

Biden Is President. The Washington Post (2/22, Parker, Viser, 10.52M) reports that while White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield says the White House's "focus is entirely on President Biden's agenda, and Donald Trump doesn't factor in that for us," the "reality may prove more difficult." During a C

ylvania, refusing to take up a months-long dispute over extending the deadline in that state for receiving mail-in ballots." Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas "said it deserved the court's attention, even though the number of votes at issue would not call into question Biden's victory

death of George Floyd. Smith has "emerged as a de facto spokesman on criminal justice and one of the authors of an executive order on policing for a White House where there are no Black advisers in the president's inner circle." Waters: Trump, Supporters Believe It Is Their Right To Ensure Blacks Don't Have

hat EFTA00150721 during Trump's Tulsa campaign rally, he "ranked his Supreme Court appointments among his biggest achievements," touting Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. However, Baker added Trump "might not have felt so warmly on Thursday after" the justices "categorically dismissed his claim t

thereby "creat[ing] the perception of the military involved in domestic politics" (?-221 Trump and group of officials and advisors on the way from White House complex to St. John's Church Immigration Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter and contentious debate during the campaign.

Garland to fill the vacancy left by the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016, arguing that the seat should not be filled in an election year. Gorsuch was confirmed to the seat in 2017 in a mostly party-line vote of 54-45, after Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" (a historic change to Senate