John Kelly lets loose
WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff John Kelly had a few things to get off his chest. He’s not quitting or getting fired (at least not today). He’s not frustrated in his position. The viral photos...
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CIA chief emerges as front-runner for Foggy Bottom
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has turned his daily intelligence briefing — a routine that in previous administrations has been a dry, formal affair — into a free-flowing conversation during which...
View ArticleJohn Kelly’s losing battle with Trump’s Twitter feed
When John Kelly accepted the position of White House chief of staff last July, he framed his main function as imposing order, including instituting a formal process for the documents and news articles...
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Trump White House caught off guard by Flynn plea
No one in the White House was prepared. Friday began with the now-routine flurry of tweets from President Donald Trump — two about the acquittal of an undocumented immigrant accused of a 2015 killing...
View ArticleKushner upbeat, undeterred in first public remarks on Middle East peace process
Shorter Jared Kushner: I’m still here. On Sunday, the president’s son-in-law used his first-ever public remarks on the Middle East peace process to make a case for his own continued relevance in the...
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Kushner bets he can have it both ways on Jerusalem move
Jared Kushner is betting the house on a risky strategy that Middle East experts worry will derail any future Israeli-Palestinian peace deal — as well as what remains of the powerful son-in-law’s...
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White House aides already anxious about 2018
President Donald Trump returned to Washington from his sunny holiday break in Florida in an upbeat mood, relaxed and rested — but many of his top aides are dreading what’s to come in 2018. After ending...
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Washington’s growing obsession: Trump’s mental health
Lawmakers concerned about President Donald Trump’s mental state summoned Yale University psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee to Capitol Hill last month for two days of briefings about his recent...
View ArticleThe Mooch’s gift to Trump staff: A taxpayer-funded stylist
She may be the most lasting legacy of Anthony Scaramucci’s 11-day stint in the White House. Professional stylist Katie Price, who previously worked as a hair and makeup artist for Russia Today and CNN,...
View ArticleBannon finds his regrets aren’t good enough for Trump
Steve Bannon, like his onetime brother-in-arms President Donald Trump, is known as someone whose instinct is to double down, not kiss up. That made his belated attempt on Sunday to de-escalate mounting...
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Ivanka tries to have it both ways: Trump’s daughter and #MeToo supporter
Days after her father’s inauguration last January, new-to-Washington Ivanka Trump tweeted a picture of herself clad in a $5,000 silver Carolina Herrera gown, en route to a black-tie dinner. After she...
View ArticleDemoralized Trump aides grapple with ‘shithole’-gate
White House aides were demoralized on Thursday night, watching the word “shithole” slink across the cable news chyrons. In the wake of the administration’s tax reform coup, Fiat Chrysler had just...
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The real reason Robert Mueller hasn’t called Ivanka Trump
She was in Bedminster, New Jersey, with U.S. President Donald Trump the rainy May 2017 weekend when he decided to fire FBI Director James Comey. She was a passenger on the plane flying home from the...
View ArticleTrump’s fixers revolt
Looking the part has always mattered to President Donald Trump. The president’s preference for people who look like they came from “central casting” has become a well-known part of how Trump makes...
View ArticleGiuliani falls back in line
After Rudy Giuliani called Jared Kushner “disposable” in his off-the-rails interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity earlier this week, the president’s son-in-law watched the clip himself to see what all...
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Silence on Melania stokes conspiracy theories
She’s left the White House and moved back to New York City. She’s cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller. She’s holed up with the Obamas, working on a tell-all book about her husband — unless...
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Meet the guys who taped Trump’s papers back together
Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building, standing over a desk with scraps of paper spread out in front of him. Lartey, who...
View ArticleThe day Trump caved
In the face of protests at airports across the country opposing his restrictive travel ban last year, President Donald Trump defended the executive order as a necessary protection from terrorists. When...
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Hasty immigration order gives way to West Wing tensions
Facing an unprecedented outpouring of public outrage this week over the separation of migrant families at the border, President Donald Trump did what he usually does when he wants a quick fix: Asked...
View ArticleWhite House says Trump to meet Putin one-on-one
President Donald Trump will initially meet one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month, senior administration officials said Thursday, a risky approach to dealing with the...
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