Aug 15 Trump pressed to fire Steve Bannon and other White House staffers after Charlottesville By Errin Haines, Associated Press The leaders of four minority House caucus groups have written a letter to President Donald Trump calling for the removal of White House staff aides Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka. Continue reading
Aug 15 Furor over Charlottesville follows Trump home to Manhattan By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump is back in the New York skyscraper that bears his name as the furor over his reaction to race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend shows few signs of dying down. Continue reading
Aug 04 Complaint: Trump strategist may have improper PR arrangement By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press The Campaign Legal Center is complaining in a letter to the White House that a top adviser to President Donald Trump may be illegally accepting outside professional services. Continue reading
Aug 02 White House fires a top intelligence adviser By Associated Press The White House says one of President Donald Trump’s top intelligence directors has been fired from his role at the National Security Council. Ezra Cohen-Watnick is the latest in a string of shake-ups at the White House and NSC. He… Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 7:34 How Steve Bannon pulled one of the greatest upsets in American politics By PBS News Hour How did Steve Bannon become a prominent nationalist, conservative voice who helped create one of the biggest upsets in American politics? In his new book “Devil’s Bargain,” Joshua Green offers an inside look at the relationship and political partnership between… Continue watching
May 03 What’s on Steve Bannon’s policy white board? Now we know By Lisa Desjardins White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s fabled white board, filled with a list of policy goals, appeared to show up in the background of a photo posted Tuesday evening by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch What’s making President Trump shift views on domestic policies? By PBS News Hour President Trump has made a series of reversals in recent days. Despite a tough posture during his campaign, he now says he won't label China as a currency manipulator. And on tax reform, Fed chair Janet Yellen and the Export-Import… Continue watching
Apr 13 Is Bannon in peril? Trump comments worry his populist base By Julie Bykowicz and Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump has declared, "I am my own strategist." That would seem to bode poorly for his actual strategist, Steve Bannon. And Trump now appears to be publicly distancing himself. Continue reading
Apr 07 Photo: Who was in the room when Trump was briefed on the Syria strike? By Joshua Barajas, Vanessa Dennis The White House released a photo Friday, showing who was in the room last night when the national security team briefed President Donald Trump on the U.S. strike in Syria. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Bannon removed from National Security Council By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump removed chief political strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, whose appointment had drawn criticism. Also, the president said it's possible that former National Security Adviser Susan Rice may have committed a… Continue watching