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Trump Transition
white house
June 24, 2019
What We Learned From Leaked Trump Transition Vetting Documents
Many would-be appointees had “red flags,” but they were hired anyway.
By
Adam K. Raymond
russia investigation
June 10, 2018
Top Brexit Backer Passed Trump Transition Team Info to Russians
A trove of leaked emails have exposed the extensive Russian ties of two top Brexit supporters in the U.K. who later threw their weight behind Trump.
By
Chas Danner
July 18, 2017
Trump Dropped Christie Over Cell-Phone Germs, or Maybe All the Other Problems
A new book claims Trump didn’t want to use the governor’s phone for his congratulatory call from Obama.
By
Margaret Hartmann
May 3, 2017
Lobbying Ban Be Damned, Trump Transition Staffers Have Migrated to K Street
At least nine vets of the team have registered as lobbyists,
Politico
reports.
By
Adam K. Raymond
trump transition
Feb. 26, 2017
Trump’s Pick for Navy Secretary Withdraws
Philip Bilden said he was unable to resolve potential conflicts of interest from his financial investments.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Feb. 23, 2017
Trump May Have Demoted NSC’s Military and Intelligence Leaders by Accident
They didn’t mean to make them lower than Steve Bannon, they just got confused while copying from the Bush organizational chart.
By
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Feb. 14, 2017
With 4 GOP Senators Undecided, Andrew Puzder Nomination Is in Jeopardy
Senators have watched a 1990 episode of
The Oprah Winfrey Show
in which Pudzer’s ex-wife appeared as a victim of domestic violence.
By
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Feb. 8, 2017
Following Bitter Battle, Senate Confirms Jeff Sessions As Attorney General
Elizabeth Warren said Democrats will keep a close eye on him, tweeting, “We won’t be silent. We will speak out. And we WILL persist.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 27, 2017
Trump Just Undermined Americans’ Access to Healthcare Out of Sheer Spite
Trump pulls ads alerting consumers to the Obamacare enrollment deadline — even though the spots have already been paid for.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 26, 2017
Trump Just Replaced the State Department’s Senior Management
Rex Tillerson will begin his tenure at the State Department with no one experienced at managing its bureaucracy to guide — or constrain — him.
By
Eric Levitz
trump transition
Jan. 24, 2017
Mike Pompeo Confirmed, Sworn in As CIA Director
Democrats raised concerns about his embrace of mass surveillance and comments he made about Muslims.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 21, 2017
Trump Can Legally Give His Son-in-Law a White House Job, Justice Department Says
Jared Kushner’s appointment as a senior White House adviser does not violate anti-nepotism laws, according to the Office of Legal Counsel.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 21, 2017
Trump’s Pick to Enforce Civil Rights Is an Expert at Defending GOP Voting Laws
John Gore has defended Republican redistricting plans and voting-roll purges against allegations of civil-rights violations.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 20, 2017
Someone Finally Took Away Donald Trump’s Phone
But he’s still able to tweet.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 19, 2017
Mnuchin’s Hearing Sparks Arguments About Tax Havens, Foreclosures, and Valium
Key moments from the confirmation hearing of Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary.
By
Eric Levitz
it begins
Jan. 19, 2017
Donald Trump Goes to D.C. on Inauguration Eve, Will Spend It at the Blair House
In keeping with tradition.
By
Jen Kirby
Jan. 19, 2017
Rick Perry Regrets Pledging to Abolish the Department He’s About to Run
After reading up on the subject, Perry says he no longer wants to get rid of the agency that monitors the safety of America’s nuclear arsenal.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 19, 2017
Report: Trump Team Preparing $10.5 Trillion in Budget Cuts
Funding for renewable energy, preventing domestic violence, the arts and humanities, and civil-rights enforcement would all be slashed or eliminated.
By
Eric Levitz
trump transition
Jan. 19, 2017
New York
Times
: Energy Secretary Nominee Rick Perry Didn’t Understand the Job
The report claims he didn’t know it mostly involves maintaining the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile — but he’s learning!
By
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Jan. 19, 2017
Is the Trump Team Ready to Run the Government?
The transition has been dogged by reports of infighting, and hundreds of positions remain unfilled.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 19, 2017
Trump’s Cabinet Is Set to Be the First in 30 Years With No Latino Member
He’s selected former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue to lead the Department of Agriculture.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 18, 2017
President Obama Uses Final Press Conference to Defend Press Freedom
“You’re not supposed to be sycophants — you’re supposed to be skeptics,” Obama told reporters, in an implicit rebuke of his successor.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 18, 2017
Chris Christie Says He’d Be Working for Trump If Not for His Wife
Mary Pat Christie refused to move to D.C., so her husband refused to take a job there.
By
Adam K. Raymond
trump transition
Jan. 18, 2017
Does Betsy DeVos Really Believe in Public Schools?
The would-be secretary of Education is committed to eroding accountability for the use of taxpayers’ education funding.
By
Ed Kilgore
trump transition
Jan. 18, 2017
6 Testy Moments From Trump Education Pick Betsy DeVos’s Confirmation Hearing
She would not promise not to privatize public schools and said schools may need guns on campus to fend off grizzly bears.
By
Margaret Hartmann
international intrigue
Jan. 17, 2017
Putin Defends Trump, Extols Russia’s Sex Workers As ‘Best in the World’
“I find it hard to believe that he rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world.”
By
Jen Kirby
trump transition
Jan. 17, 2017
Trump Health Plan Is So Top Secret HHS Pick Reportedly Doesn’t Know What’s in It
If the Trump team keeps him in the dark, he can’t ruin the surprise at his confirmation hearing.
By
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Jan. 16, 2017
Trump Labor Pick Andy Puzder May Be ‘Bailing’ on Nomination: Report
He pushed back with a brief tweet saying he’s looking forward to his confirmation hearing.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 16, 2017
Tom Price Introduced Bill to Help Company After Buying Stock
Trump’s pick for Health Secretary later received money from the company’s PAC, too.
By
Adam K. Raymond
and
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Jan. 15, 2017
Trump May Kick the White House Press Corps Out of the White House
One official says it’s because the press is now “the opposition party” while others say it’s just about moving to a bigger space.
By
Chas Danner
Jan. 13, 2017
Rex Tillerson Basically Promised the Senate That He Would Start a War With China
This week, Trump’s pick for top diplomat vowed to block China’s access to its islands in the South China Sea. That would require military force.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 12, 2017
‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Is Sane Enough to Sail Through the Senate
At his confirmation hearing, the ex-general broke with Trump on Putin, NATO, and the Iran deal.
By
Eric Levitz
neighborly disputes
Jan. 12, 2017
Once Again, Mexico Reminds Trump That It Won’t Be Paying for That Border Wall
“Of course” not, said that country’s president after Trump’s press conference.
By
Jen Kirby
Jan. 11, 2017
Trump Taps Another Goldman Employee and First Obama Administration Holdover
Dina Powell, who led Goldman’s philanthropy, will serve as senior adviser to Trump. Obama appointee David Shulkin is Trump’s pick to lead the VA.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Jan. 11, 2017
At His First News Conference As President-elect, Trump Owns the Press
A disaster for America, but a resounding win for Donald Trump.
By
Gabriel Sherman
Jan. 11, 2017
It Will Cost NYC $37 Million to Protect Trump Till Inauguration Day
Fifth Avenue businesses also estimate that they’ve lost about $40 million.
By
Jen Kirby
trump transition
Jan. 11, 2017
Republicans Delay Confirmation Hearings for Trump Picks Amid Vetting Concerns
Three more Trump picks had their hearings delayed following complaints that their ethics reviews weren’t complete.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 10, 2017
Jeff Sessions Makes the Case That He Is Not Too Racist to Be Attorney General
The Alabama senator argues that his prosecution of black activists for voter fraud was a testament to his commitment to voting rights.
By
Eric Levitz
trump transition
Jan. 10, 2017
Hearing Delayed for Trump Pick Betsy DeVos, Whose Ethics Report Is Not Finished
The announcement did not mention complaints that the rushed confirmation process leaves no time for proper vetting.
By
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Jan. 10, 2017
Cory Booker to Testify Against Fellow Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
It will be the first time a senator has testified against a colleague in a confirmation hearing.
By
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Jan. 9, 2017
Trump National-Security Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Ph.D. Dissertation Too
The transition previously dismissed reports showing more than 50 instances of plagiarism in her book as a “politically motivated attack.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 9, 2017
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight
Republicans need 50 senators to repeal the law. They don’t have the votes.
By
Jonathan Chait
Jan. 9, 2017
Chuck Schumer Recycles Mitch McConnell’s 2009 Demands on Cabinet Nominations
Schumer threatens to slow the confirmation process until Trump’s picks complete their ethics reviews, echoing McConnell’s own demand from 2009.
By
Eric Levitz
trump transition
Jan. 9, 2017
McConnell to Democrats Who Want More Time to Vet Trump Cabinet: ‘Grow Up’
Eight years ago, he felt ethics disclosures should be completed before hearings were scheduled.
By
Margaret Hartmann
trump transition
Jan. 7, 2017
Report: Trump Adviser Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her 2012 Best Seller
CNN has found more than 50 instances in which she lifted passages or phrases from other sources.
By
Chas Danner
ethics
Jan. 7, 2017
Ethics Office Struggling to Vet Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Warns Against GOP Rush
The head of the Office of Government Ethics says GOP lawmakers are pushing ahead with hearings before the required background checks can be completed.
By
Chas Danner
Jan. 6, 2017
After Intelligence Briefing, Trump Promises to Prioritize Cybersecurity
But he did not concede Russia’s culpability in the hack of the DNC, and insisted cyberattacks had “no effect on the outcome of the election.”
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 6, 2017
Former CIA Director Resigns From Trump’s Transition Team
And he isn’t the only one who’s finding the job of “relatively sane national security adviser to Donald Trump” to be a challenging one.
By
Eric Levitz
trump transition
Jan. 5, 2017
Trump Adviser Carl Icahn Is a Supernova of Conflicts of Interest
The billionaire investor is the de facto deregulation czar. He seems especially interested in trimming rules that apply to his own companies.
By
Michelle Celarier
Jan. 5, 2017
Florida AG Who Dropped Case Against Trump Is Expected to Get White House Job
Pam Bondi dropped a lawsuit against Trump University after successfully soliciting a campaign donation from the mogul.
By
Eric Levitz
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