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Security Probe Targets Trump’s Russia Adviser
A White House adviser on Europe and Russia issues has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, two people with knowledge of his exit said Sunday.
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Independent Audit Says Trump Freeze on Ukraine Aid Was Illegal
A federal watchdog concluded Thursday that the White House broke the law by allowing President Donald Trump to freeze U.S. aid to Ukraine so that he could put his own policy priorities before congressional ones.
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Arlene Delgado sued the Trump campaign, Sean Spicer, Reince Priebus and Stephen Bannon in federal court for breach of contract and discrimination, claiming they refused to hire her for a proffered White House job after they learned she was pregnant by her supervisor, Jason Miller.
Read more‘Clear and Present Danger,’ Dems Say of Trump’s Election Cheating
Calling out the White House’s conspicuous absence from a hearing to make the case for impeachment, Representative Jerry Nadler asserted Monday that President Donald Trump may have spurned the proceedings for lack of a defense.
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Trump Campaign Pulls Press Credentials for Bloomberg News Reporters
The Trump campaign Monday revoked press credentials for Bloomberg News reporters after the news organization stood by its decision not to investigate its namesake founder, Mike Bloomberg, or other Democratic candidates running against the incumbent Republican president in 2020.
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House Committee Blasts White House Agency for Ukraine Funds Abuse
Nearly two months after a Democratic-led House committee initiated an investigation into the White House Office of Management and Budget’s hold-up of security assistance to Ukraine, the panel reported the documents they received show a pattern of abuse in the apportionment process.
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Bolton Lawyer Reinforces Impeachment-Probe Pushback
The lawyer for John Bolton denied Tuesday that a federal judge’s stinging rebuke of immunity for top White House aides has any bearing on his client’s refusal to comply with impeachment investigators.
Read moreOfficial Breaks With White House, Will Testify in Impeachment Probe
Breaking from Trump’s orders to not comply with the impeachment inquiry, White House budget official Mark Sandy indicated Thursday he will testify before the House Intelligence Committee at a closed hearing on Saturday.
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In Impeachment’s Shadow, Trump and Erdoğan Share ‘Deep State’ Fixation
When the U.S. House of Representatives launches open hearings into its impeachment inquiry on Wednesday, President Donald Trump will be hosting a head of state who shares his obsession about the so-called “deep state.”
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Acting White House Chief of Staff Moves to Join Lawsuit Over House Subpoena
After refusing to comply with a subpoena and skipping out on scheduled testimony earlier in the day, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney Friday night filed a motion to intervene in a pending lawsuit asking a court to determine whether the president’s advisers are required to testify in the House impeachment probe.
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Impeachment Investigators Grill Ex-Trump Adviser on Quid Pro Quo Concerns
House lawmakers conducting the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump met Thursday with the first White House political appointee to testify, a day after the official resigned as the president’s national-security adviser on Russia and Europe.
Read moreWhite House Upgrade: First Lady’s Done a Lot With the Place
She’s done a lot with the place. Like anyone who has ever spruced up their home, Melania Trump will have a few new touches to showcase Friday when guests visit the White House for only the second state dinner of the Trump presidency.
Read moreWhite House Orders 2 Former Aides to Defy House Subpoenas
The White House has instructed two former aides to President Donald Trump not to appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, saying Rick Dearborn and Rob Porter are “absolutely immune” from testifying at what the panel is calling its first impeachment hearing.
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Judge Orders White House to Reinstate Reporter’s Pass
The White House is bristling Wednesday after a federal judge reinstate press access to a Playboy reporter whose clash with a former adviser to the president went viral this summer.
Read moreReporter Pushes Judge to Reinstate White House Press Pass
A federal judge said Tuesday he hopes to rule within the next week on the press-pass challenge brought by a Playboy reporter whose confrontation with a former Trump administration official at the White House went viral.
Read morePlayboy Writer Sues Trump Over Revoked White House Pass
A senior correspondent for Playboy claims in a federal complaint that the White House suspended his press pass because he lacked “decorum” and “professionalism” when conservative social-media influencers shouted at him during a Rose Garden event last month.
Read moreHouse Democrats Haul McGahn to Court to Enforce Subpoena
Ramping up pressure on the White House and a key figure in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, House Democrats asked a federal judge Wednesday to order former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before Congress.
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First Lady Spokeswoman Named White House Press Secretary
Melania Trump announced Tuesday that Stephanie Grisham, her longtime spokeswoman and confidante, will succeed Sarah Sanders as White House press secretary. Grisham is jumping right into her new role by accompanying President Donald Trump on a trip to Asia starting Wednesday.
Read moreHicks Won’t Talk About Trump White House in Interview
Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks is refusing to answer questions related to her time in the White House in an interview with the House Judiciary Committee, dimming Democrats’ chances of obtaining new or substantive information about President Donald Trump as part of their investigation into obstruction of justice.
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