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Trump Announces 4 More White House Appointments

Top campaign advisors will serve as senior staffers

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's White House team is going to look a lot like his campaign team. In a statement Wednesday, Trump said "four top advisors from his historic presidential campaign" will serve as senior White House staffers.
  • Dan Scavino, who served as White House deputy chief of staff for
...

Stephen Miller Lands His Job in the White House

Trump appoints longtime adviser as his deputy chief of policy

(Newser) - Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration, reports the AP . Vice President-elect JD Vance posted a message of congratulations on Monday to Miller on X and said, "This is another fantastic pick by the...

Group Accuses Kellogg of 'Sexualizing' Products

Conservative group is also targeting cereal-maker's diversity programs

(Newser) - A conservative legal group run by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller has taken aim at Target and Kellogg, which it accuses of breaking the law with its diversity programs—and of "sexualizing" its products. In a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, America First Legal said policies...

Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 10 More Trump Aides

House investigators want to know 'every detail of what went on in the White House'

(Newser) - House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency, in an effort to find out more about what the president was doing and saying as his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6. The subpoenas, including...

Lou Dobbs to Stephen Miller: 'Why Don't You Answer Me?"

Fox hosts presses Trump adviser on why allies aren't supporting the president more strongly

(Newser) - Things got a little heated on Lou Dobbs' Fox show Monday night, but the target of his wrath is the surprise. Dobbs, a staunch supporter of President Trump, lit into top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, reports the Hill . Dobbs was questioning Miller on why Republicans and White House officials weren'...

Trump Aide Stephen Miller Tests Positive

His wife, a Pence aide, has already had virus

(Newser) - Stephen Miller, President Trump’s senior adviser and speechwriter, tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday. A senior administration official said Miller had previously tested negative amid a White House outbreak that has infected Trump, the first lady, and more than a dozen other aides and associates. Miller is an architect...

Latest to Test Positive Has Close Ties to Pence, Trump

VP spokesperson Katie Miller is married to top Trump adviser Stephen Miller

(Newser) - The latest White House staffer to test positive for COVID-19 has been identified, and it's bad news not only for the person but for Mike Pence and President Trump. The staffer is Pence spokesperson Katie Miller, meaning she has been in close proximity to the vice president, reports CBS...

Trump Toasts, Teases Stephen Miller at His Wedding

To VP Mike Pence's press secretary, Katie Waldman

(Newser) - White House senior adviser Stephen Miller's relationship has made headlines before, but now instead of " dating Stephen Miller ," Katie Waldman—Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary—has married Stephen Miller, the New York Post reports. The two wed Sunday night at DC's Trump International Hotel...

Stephen Miller Under Fire Over Leaked Emails

Southern Poverty Law Center accuses him of pushing white nationalist narrative

(Newser) - Stephen Miller is weathering the biggest controversy of his tenure as a top adviser to President Trump, thanks to a stash of leaked emails he sent to a reporter for Breitbart News in the runup to the 2016 election. Hatewatch , affiliated with the Southern Poverty Law Center, has begun a...

'Dating Stephen Miller' Trending for a Reason

Girlfriend Katie Waldman is the vice president's new press chief

(Newser) - Mike Pence named a new press secretary this week, news that might not have made much of a splash save for one thing: Katie Waldman just happens to be the girlfriend of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, tweeted Nick Miroff of the Washington Post. That explains why "Dating...

After White House Shakeup, All Eyes on Stephen Miller

Influence of immigration hardliner appears to be on the rise again

(Newser) - The exodus of US security officials, including Kirstjen Nielsen and the Secret Service chief , has put renewed attention on White House senior aide Stephen Miller. The 33-year-old is widely seen a big reason President Trump is moving to toughen his immigration and border policies, reports the Hill . In fact, the...

Report: Kirstjen Nielsen Was Forced to Step Down
Report: Kirstjen Nielsen
Was Forced to Step Down
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 8, 2019 6:50 AM CDT

Report: Kirstjen Nielsen Was Forced to Step Down

Sources say hardliners are demanding DHS shakeup

(Newser) - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's abrupt resignation Sunday wasn't her idea, reports the Washington Post , which cites "two senior administration officials." The sources say Nielsen wasn't planning to resign when she went to a meeting with President Trump on Sunday, two days after...

Trump Administration 'Absolutely' Prepared to Force Shutdown

Schumer says Trump won't 'get the wall in any form'

(Newser) - Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide $5 billion to build a wall along the US-Mexico border despite lawmaker resistance from both parties, the AP reports. Without a resolution, parts of the federal government will shut down at midnight...

Teacher Who Said Stephen Miller Ate Glue Is Suspended

California's Nikki Fiske spilled some details about her former 'loner' 3rd-grade student

(Newser) - Some found a recent story about White House senior aide Stephen Miller hilarious ; others condemn it as "reprehensible." The Los Angeles Times reports the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, meanwhile, is trying to figure out exactly what it's going to do about Nikki Fiske, a longtime teacher...

Stephen Miller's Uncle Writes Scathing Op-Ed About Him

Immigration policies of White House would have prevented their family from arriving in US

(Newser) - If the policies of the Trump White House are known for resulting in testy family get-togethers, we now know that Stephen Miller's own family is not immune. In a biting essay at Politico , the uncle of the top Trump adviser calls his nephew a hypocrite for pushing tough immigration...

Did Huckabee Sanders Deserve It? 2 Opposing Views
Did Huckabee Sanders Deserve
It? 2 Opposing Views
OPINION
Jun 25, 2018 11:00 AM CDT

Did Huckabee Sanders Deserve It? 2 Opposing Views

'Washington Post' says Trump officials should be able to 'eat in peace.' A columnist disagrees

(Newser) - Did a Virginia restaurateur go too far by asking Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave her establishment? The incident came after the Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen and top Trump aide Stephen Miller were publicly heckled at DC restaurants. Below are two different views on whether this kind of thing is...

Republican Demands Trump Fire Aide Behind 'Human Rights Mess'
GOP Rep: Fire Stephen Miller
Jun 22, 2018 7:53 AM CDT

GOP Rep: Fire Stephen Miller

Meanwhile, mentor says Trump aide is victim of a 'lynching'

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker who earlier this week offered to introduce a Democratic bill barring the separation of immigrant families crossing the US-Mexico border is now out for blood. "I'm glad the President ended the border separation policy," but he "should fire Stephen Miller now," Rep....

Government Shutdown Stretches Into Monday
GOP Senator Blames
Trump Aide for Impasse
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 22, 2018 6:21 AM CST

GOP Senator Blames Trump Aide for Impasse

Government shutdown stretches into Monday

(Newser) - A deal to end the government shutdown before the beginning of the workweek failed Sunday night, meaning the first shutdown since 2013 will stretch into Monday—and possibly much longer. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Sunday night that a vote on a deal to fund the government through Feb....

Stephen Bannon Regrets Comments About Trump Jr.
Stephen Bannon Apologizes
Jan 7, 2018 12:09 PM CST

Stephen Bannon Apologizes

He says his comments about Donald Trump Jr. were the result of "inaccurate" reporting

(Newser) - Stephen Bannon expressed regret Sunday for the explosive statements he made about Donald Trump Jr. that were quoted in the just-released book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Reversing a comment he made in Michael Wolff's book that Trump Jr.'s 2016 meeting with Russians was...

WH Aide: 'Garbage' Book Is 'Poorly Written Fiction'

Stephen Miller bashes Bannon, CNN interviewer in contentious interview

(Newser) - White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller is the latest from Team Trump to trash the tell-all book by Michael Wolff, telling CNN's State of the Union on Sunday that "the book is best understood as a work of very poorly written fiction...The author is a garbage author...

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