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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

gton seemed to be holding its breath. On the evening before Trump was sworn in, Bob Corker, the Republican senator from Tennessee and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opened his remarks as the featured speaker at a gathering at the Jefferson Hotel with the existential question, “Where are things going?” He paused

ning behind the scenes. He said he connected Giuliani with a top aide to the new Ukrainian president because he hoped it would smooth the way for a White House meeting and improved bilateral ties. Eager to defend his own reputation, Volker was adamant that he never personally witnessed or participated in i

ague: The official White House Twitter account attacked a current White House official in the middle of that official's testimony before Congress: The White House's director of social media also attacked Vindman from his government account, prompting this observation from a Post colleague: The president's son

. ... The Trump administration has insisted the arms sales are crucial to protect the region against a growing threat from Iran. The vetoes come as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to vote Thursday on two competing bipartisan bills to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia." -- A Navy SEAL platoon was kicked out of Iraq for c

ve three-way arms race between China, Russia, and the United States and looked forward to progress on upcoming arms control negotiations in Vienna," White House spokesperson Judd Deere said. US Accuses Russia Of Testing Anti-Satellite Weapon In Space. The AP <https://apnews.corn/091b05982eaffb5e7b876834025b

Cheney, 4.29M) reports that on Thursday, Lisa Kenna, Secretary of State Pompeo's executive secretary, and "gatekeeper of sorts to his office," told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "2019 contacts between Pompeo and...Rudy Giuliani — which ultimately led to the ouster of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch --" wer

ad in the U.S. it's hard to tell if there are more incidences of post-viral complications than other diseases like the flu." Gottlieb also "defended the White House's slow response to the pandemic, saying the U.S.'s broad initial failure was not the fault of `just one person.' Scientists Investigating How SARS-Co

succeeding Mr. Blinken as Mr. Obama's deputy national security adviser. She, too, is a former aide to Mr. Biden, serving as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2007 to 2008 while Mr. Biden was chairman. Ms. Haines also served as counsel to Mt Obama's National Security Council, helping him navigate leg

d in the U.S. it's hard to tell if there are more incidences of post-viral complications than other diseases like the flu." Gottlieb also "defended the White House's slow response to the pandemic, saying the U.S.'s broad initial failure was not the fault of 'just one person." Scientists Investigating How SARS-Co

succeeding Mr. Blinken as Mr. Obama's deputy national security adviser. She, too, is a former aide to Mr. Biden, serving as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2007 to 2008 while Mr. Biden was chairman. Ms. Haines also served as counsel to Mr. Obama's National Security Council, helping him navigate le

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

rop Resistance To State Dept. Nominees. Bloomberg (7/10, Wadhams, Flatley, 4.73M) reports Secretary of State Pompeo "is refusing to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unless it holds hearings on five senior State Department nominees, including the administration's new ambassador to Ukraine, in what Democrats call

297 put it before the negotiations began on Tuesday: "We need to move towards a trust-building road map with the Westerners." Such sweet talk— and the White House's strong desire to avoid a confrontation with Tehran— could result in a dangerous deal that would lift international sanctions on Iran without ensurin

shown a willingness to overrule the administration in the past. In late 2011, for instance, New Jersey Democrat Robert Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, worked with Illinois Republican Mark Kirk to impose crushing sanctions on the Iranian central bank despite strong opposition from the administrati