Trump State Department in Chaos as Advisers Lose It at Each OtherTensions inside the Trump administration are heating up, and the president’s appointees are at each other’s throats. Deputy Secretary of State Chirstopher Landau and State Department special envoy Paolo Zampolli have been trading insults and allegations for nearly a year, according to messages obtained by Politico . Zampolli, a former modeling agent who…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →Security
Trump Calls Off Livestream of Firing Squad Execution After BacklashPresident Trump is backing down from plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. “I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die,…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →Security
Trump’s New Press Secretary Tries to Backtrack on Her China AnswerKatie Zacharia’s latest approach to handling the scandal around her boosted legal credentials involves pretending the whole thing never happened. The new White House press secretary told The New York Times Wednesday that she had misinterpreted a reporter’s question earlier this week about where she passed the bar exam. At the time, Zacharia answered :…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →EducationSecurity
Trump’s Sick Plan for Ilhan Omar ExposedPresident Donald Trump wants to build a case to strip Representative Ilhan Omar of her citizenship and deport her. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the federal government is investigating how Omar got her citizenship after she arrived in the U.S. from Somalia as a child, focusing on how her late father filled out her forms. Her Washington,…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurity
Trump’s Boast About Rallies Backfires as Humiliating New GOP Leaks HitEarlier this week, Donald Trump made some audacious claims. He insisted at length that his rallies are having a “tremendously positive impact” on Republicans’ chances in the midterms because it causes their support to “go up.” He also insisted costs are plummeting. But on Wednesday, the new consumer price index report demolished that claim by showing…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →GovernmentCommerce
