House Democrats are demanding that key federal agencies and corporations retain their records after receiving a whistleblower report that the Trump administration is shredding records related to the president’s expensive, scandal-ridden construction projects around Washington, D.C. CNN reports that administration officials are rushing to shred key paperwork before Democrats take charge of…
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The White House Cabinet secretary, a high-ranking official who serves as a liaison between the president and the cabinet, is expected to soon depart the administration according to two current and one former White House official all familiar with the internal discussions.
Meghan Bauer’s exit comes as Trump implements staff changes he has said could be coming following the Republican party’s major losses in last week’s midterms.
Two additional sources familiar with the personnel changes, also granted anonymity to share sensitive details, tell MS NOW that Bauer will transition out of the White House around the turn of the year, staying on for a couple remaining months to help with the leadership transition.
According to two current White House officials Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Bauer over the past few months and the president has held discussions with senior staffers this week about her removal.
The cabinet secretary heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, working closely with the chief of staff coordinating between the president and the heads of each cabinet.
On Friday the president announced Susie Wiles would be replaced by Stephen Miller as chief of staff. Asked about his decision to replace Wiles and if he was unhappy with his team because of the midterm results Trump told reporters, “It’s just time, Sometimes you change. The election wasn’t my election. I wasn’t on the ballot. If I was on the ballot, you saw the rallies. They were the biggest, most powerful rallies in the history of the midterm elections.”
According to two sources familiar with Bauer’s departure, the responsibilities of her role could be consolidated under Miller and others in the West Wing.
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President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at a White House press briefing on Monday, attacking Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) following the lawmaker’s submission of articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Massie is “a sick, sick guy. There’s something wrong with him, actually,” Trump said during the presser. “Now he’s after Pete Hegseth. He doesn’t like…
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Amid a wave of high-level departures from the Department of Justice, a senior political official on Monday warned U.S. attorneys across the country to either get on a “wartime footing” for President Donald Trump’s final two years or consider leaving, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting.
The push for a more aggressive pursuit of Trump’s priorities comes amid a major DOJ shake-up that threatens the ability of the nation’s already weakened law enforcement agency to efficiently perform its work.
In the few short days since Democrats swept the midterm elections, the department has announced the exits of three presidentially appointed assistant attorneys general who oversee national security, civil rights and noncriminal cases. Four other senior political appointees have departed.
Most of them headed for the doors to secure private-sector jobs, but some were pushed out for failing to deliver what the president or White House were seeking, according to five sources familiar with the departures. The sources were granted anonymity to discuss internal personnel discussions.
A DOJ spokesperson disputed that the departures have weakened the department, saying the vacancies would quickly be filled.
During a Monday conference call with U.S. attorneys, Aakash Singh, a top lieutenant to Attorney General Todd Blanche, said Democrats’ coming control of Congress in 2027 has put the department on a wartime footing. He added that top prosecutors who do not want to aggressively tackle the president’s priority cases and projects should probably consider resigning, the two people said.
Leah Foley, Trump’s U.S. attorney in Massachusetts, told MS NOW that Singh’s message was not to be distracted by Democratic investigations and continue pushing Trump’s priorities.
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Israel might be coming closer to resolving its political impasse following last month’s elections, as Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog officially tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the main rival of Benjamin Netanyahu, with forming a government. Netanyahu, who ran with the hopes of staying in power, lost seven of the 54 seats won by the camp under his leadership. On Thursday, the Ashkenazi Haredi ultra…
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