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  1. white house
    Trump Reportedly Offered John Kelly FBI Director Job If He Pledged LoyaltyA new book details how Trump tried to get John Kelly to swear personal allegiance to him, and how the DOJ limited the scope of the Mueller inquiry.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. white house
    John Kelly Criticizes Trump 14 Months After Leaving White HouseThe president’s former chief of staff claims he could have prevented some recent bad behavior.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  3. nikki haley
    Nikki Haley’s Skillful and Opportunistic MAGA Balancing ActOnce again, Nikki Haley has figured out how to keep herself in the news as a potential Trump-Pence successor while declaring her Trumpist loyalties.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. trump scandals
    Whistle-blower: White House Overturned Security-Clearance Denials for 25 PeopleHouse Democrats are probing the White House’s handling of security clearances for officials such as Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  5. the white house
    How John Kelly Failed to Tame the West WingWhat Trump’s new chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is walking into.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  6. white house
    The Search for Trump’s Next Chief of Staff Is Getting AbsurdNewt Gingrich is visiting the White House and Jose Canseco has submitted his résumé.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. the national interest
    Trump Boasts at Least 10 Americans Willing to Take Job As His Chief of StaffDouble figures! Well, low double figures.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. white house
    Trump Could Use Chief of Staff Appointment to Declare Total War on His EnemiesA top staffer like Mark Meadows would be confirmation that Trump’s strategy to defend against political and legal threats is maximum polarization.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. world view
    Unlawful, Alarming John Kelly Order Allows Use of Force by Troops at BorderThere is no such thing as a “Cabinet order,” and the White House chief of staff has no authority to command anyone except White House employees.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  10. turnover
    Report: Trump Is Desperate to Get Rid of DHS Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKansas’s Kris Kobach is among those who could replace her.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  11. the white house
    My Private Oval Office Press Conference With Trump, Pence, Pompeo, and KellyThe president really wanted to convince me that he isn’t going to fire his chief of staff, John Kelly. He didn’t — but, wow…
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  12. omarosa
    Omarosa Secretly Recorded John Kelly Firing HerWho could have predicted that a notoriously volatile reality-show contestant wouldn’t go quietly?
    By Benjamin Hart
  13. Glutton for Punishment John Kelly Promises Trump to Stay on Through 2020Some say he’s as miserable as he looks, while others think he’s defying Trump by refusing to quit, but either way, John Kelly’s endurance is weird.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. WH: John Kelly Wasn’t Cringing at Trump, He Was Grumpy About BreakfastThe White House Chief of Staff is not very skilled at hiding his displeasure.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. Nick Ayers and Mick Mulvaney Said to Be Trump’s Top Picks to Replace John KellyDespite reports that Trump would prefer to be his own chief of staff when Kelly finally makes his exit.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. John Kelly Doesn’t Care Enough to Save Trump From HimselfThe chief of staff seems indifferent to the president’s fate, and while he’d like to shield protégée Kirstjen Nielsen, he’s failed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. Leaks Suggest White House Plan to Purge Leakers Won’t Go As PlannedAccording to the latest White House leak, John Kelly now claims an aide’s quip about John McCain dying was a factual statement, not a joke.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. DHS Secretary Nielsen is Not MAGA Enough for Trump’s White HouseApparently minding her own business in 2016 makes Nielsen a member of Never Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. John Kelly: Undocumented ‘Don’t Have the Skills’ to Assimilate Into U.S“They’re overwhelmingly rural people. In the countries they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm.”
    By Eric Levitz
  20. Report: Kelly Calls Trump ‘Idiot,’ May Be on Way Out of White HouseOh, and he convinced the president not to pull all troops out of South Korea.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. Comey: John Kelly Called Trump ‘Dishonorable’ for Firing MeThe boss isn’t going to like this.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. Trump Sort of Goes to Bat for John Kelly After Negative ReportBut he didn’t say actually anything nice about his chief of staff.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. Report: Kelly Blew Up at Trump in Oval Office, May Have Threatened to QuitSuddenly, he’s relatable again.
    By Benjamin Hart
  24. the national interest
    Trump Staffers Are Freaking Out Even More Than Usual Right NowMore tales from the court of the Mad King.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. White House Says VA Secretary Shulkin Is Safe … for NowDavid Shulkin has been at war with the White House and political appointees the White House sent to him. You might call him “pre-fired.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Ben Carson Might Be Next on Trump’s Chopping BlockThe president is reportedly considering parting ways with his Housing Secretary, and multiple other high-ranking administration officials.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. the national interest
    John Kelly Probably Shouldn’t Buy Any Green BananasTrump apparently doesn’t want to have any chief of staff at all.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. the national interest
    ‘Trade Wars Are Good.’ Business Is Scared of Trump for the First Time.Trump has wandered off the reservation before, but this time he might not come back.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. family matters
    President Trump May Be Secretly Undermining Jared and Ivanka, TooHe reportedly asked his chief of staff to help push them out of the White House — a smart (yet bizarre) move.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. Report: H.R. McMaster to Be Fired — at Kelly and Mattis’s BehestThe White House is preparing to oust its national security adviser and replace him with an executive from Ford Motor Company, according to NBC News.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. John Kelly: Leaving DHS to Work in Trump’s White House Was Punishment From GodOnce Trump hears about this, Kelly may not be there much longer.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. A Brief Guide to Every 5-Alarm Fire Currently Engulfing the White HouseKushner is at war with Kelly. The world is at war with Kushner. The president is gunning for “Mr. Magoo.” A war over a trade war. Hope is lost.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. Jared Kushner’s White House Security Clearance DowngradedThis is going to make that Middle East peace push extra difficult.
    By Benjamin Hart
  34. Trump Reluctant to Overrule FBI, Give Kushner Security ClearanceThe president wants to give Kushner permanent access to state secrets (over the FBI’s objections), but he doesn’t want the bad press that would ensue.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. national security
    Kushner Still Has Security Clearance, Despite Additional Reported IssuesThe Justice Department warned the White House that significant issues remain unsettled regarding Kushner’s background.
    By Chas Danner
  36. Kushner Fights to Keep Access to Top Secret InfoTrump’s son-in-law can’t seem to pass an FBI background check. Now, John Kelly is poised to revoke his interim security clearance.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. insecurity
    Report: Kushner Requests More Intel Than Any Non-NSC Employee at White HouseThe president’s son-in-law has been undergoing an FBI background check for 13 months.
    By Chas Danner
  38. white house
    Kelly Orders Changes to Security Clearance Process at White HouseUnder the new policy, many staff members could have their access to classified information revoked as of next Friday.
    By Chas Danner
  39. the national circus
    It’s Time for John Kelly to GoThe White House chief of staff’s handling of the Rob Porter fiasco is making the Scaramucci interregnum look like a golden age.
    By Frank Rich
  40. the national interest
    White House Update: Everybody Continues to Lie to Everybody About EverythingWe can’t trust the president, nor can his aides, nor can they trust one another.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. The FBI Just Foiled John Kelly’s Cover-upThe Bureau reveals it completed Rob Porter’s background check months ago — and that the White House knew about the abuse allegations last summer.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. Kellyanne Conway Says Trump Has Full Confidence in John KellyBut others are offering differing accounts of what Kelly knew about Rob Porter and when he knew it.
    By Benjamin Hart
  43. John Kelly Told Trump He’s Willing to Resign: ReportThe president is considering replacing the current chief of staff with the chairman of the far-right Freedom Caucus, Mark Meadows.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. John Kelly’s Mission Was to End the Trump Drama. Now He’s at the Center of It.Trump is said to be so annoyed about Kelly’s handling of the Rob Porter abuse claims that he’s eyeing replacements, and complaining to Reince Priebus.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. Kelly ‘Shocked’ by Porter Abuse Claims, Which the White House Already Knew AboutThe White House chief of staff released a statement condemning domestic violence — but said he also stands by previous comments praising his aide.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. How Trump’s Immigration Proposal Could Be Trouble for DemocratsTurns out Americans are much more open to restrictions on legal immigration than they are to deporting Dreamers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Trump’s Surprise Immigration ProposalThe White House presented the outline of a deal — amnesty for Dreamers, but big asks — that might just make everyone mad.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Trump Got Us Into This Shutdown, GOP Doesn’t Want His Help Getting Out of ItWhite House aides and congressional leaders are reportedly encouraging him to stay on the sidelines, since he’s already caused enough chaos.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. Trump Disputes Chief of Staff, Says He Hasn’t ‘Evolved’ on Border Wall“The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it,” Trump tweeted.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  50. Ryan’s Strategy May Be Backfiring, Earning GOP Blame for a Government ShutdownIn trying to “jam” Senate Democrats with a GOP-only spending bill, Ryan may have given House conservatives the power to jam him.
    By Ed Kilgore
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