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Vance Tries to Find New Aides for Hegseth

JD Vance is helping with Pentagon's job search

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles are trying to help Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fill job openings in his inner circle after at least three people dropped out of consideration. The high-ranking positions available included chief of staff, as well as several senior adviser...

Deaf Nonprofit Sues White House Over MIA Interpreters

National Association of the Deaf says WH should make sign language available once more for events

(Newser) - A deaf advocacy nonprofit has filed a complaint against the White House over the latter's sudden removal of sign language interpreters at press conferences and other public events since President Trump once again assumed the Oval Office in January. "Defendants are now denying hundreds of thousands of deaf...

Someone Has Been Impersonating Trump's Chief of Staff: Report

Sources say FBI is investigating calls, texts from somebody claiming to be Susie Wiles

(Newser) - Somebody has reportedly been impersonating one of the most powerful women in America. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that prominent Republicans and business leaders have been receiving calls and text messages from somebody claiming to be White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, one of President Trump's closest...

Biden: Yes, I Think I Could Have Won
Biden:
I Think
I Could
Have Won
Jan 8, 2025 6:04 AM CST

Biden: I Think I Could Have Won

But president acknowledges to USA Today he's not sure if his health would have held out

(Newser) - President Biden has begun giving exit interviews ahead of his departure from the White House, and in one with Susan Page of USA Today , the president suggests he could have beaten Donald Trump had he stayed in the race.
  • "It's presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,
...

Susie Wiles: 'Grandma Is a Ninja'
Susie Wiles: 'Grandma Is a Ninja'
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Nov 16, 2024 2:13 PM CST

Susie Wiles: 'Grandma Is a Ninja'

A Politico profile recounts the rise of the influential Susie Wiles, Trump's incoming chief of staff

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's selection of Susie Wiles to be his chief of staff has drawn renewed attention to a lengthy Politico profile of her written in April. No wonder: For all of her formidable clout—and the story by Michael Kruse makes clear that she has it—the 67-year-old keeps...

Trump's 'Ice Maiden' Has Spent a Long Time in the Background
Trump's New Chief of Staff
Known as the 'Ice Maiden'
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Nov 8, 2024 11:23 AM CST

Trump's New Chief of Staff Known as the 'Ice Maiden'

Susie Wiles helped oversee Trump's political comeback after 2020

(Newser) - In a profile earlier this year, Politico described Susie Wiles as "the most feared and least known political operative in America." But Wiles, co-chair of Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, is about to get a much higher profile: Trump has named the 67-year-old as his White House chief...

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