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Administration Lawyer Chosen to Lead Panel Considering Trump Construction Projects

26 août 2026 à 19:12
Mark Paoletta, also a close associate of Justice Clarence Thomas’s, has been named by President Trump to lead the National Capital Planning Commission.

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As the chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, Mark Paoletta will be tasked with vetting President Trump’s planned arch and other construction projects.

At Trump’s IndyCar Race, a V.I.P. Invitation Became a Diplomatic Snub

25 août 2026 à 19:24
Foreign ambassadors were promised free food and drinks, misting fans and shaded seats during the event. Then some of them were uninvited.

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White House staff members watch the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the National Mall last week. Some ambassadors were uninvited.

Senate Health Panel Chairman Voices Strong Reservations About F.D.A. Nominee

20 août 2026 à 10:32
Senator Bill Cassidy said Dr. Heidi Overton’s role in President Trump’s executive order on vaccines last week was “almost disqualifying.”

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Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, is the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The committee must vote to advance nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

University of Michigan Names President After Prior Pick Faced Brain Cancer

18 août 2026 à 17:26
The university chose a Vanderbilt academic, Cybele Raver, after a previous candidate for the role had to step down because of a brain cancer diagnosis.

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The University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.

Trump Fired His Inspectors General. Their Replacements Have a Different Mission.

18 août 2026 à 15:04
President Trump is installing his allies in the offices of inspector general, which are meant to provide independent government oversight.

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President Trump has inserted a conservative operative to take over the inspector general’s office in charge of any internal investigation into his botched repairs of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

A California County Eyes a New Hire: Tina Peters, the Election Denier

17 août 2026 à 22:41
The top elections official in Shasta County offered a job to Ms. Peters, a Trump supporter who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in Colorado.

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Tina Peters at a candidate debate in Hudson, Colo., in 2023.

Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Strategy of Picking U.S. Attorneys

17 août 2026 à 18:37
It was the second federal appellate decision to take issue with the administration’s custom of leaving interim prosecutors in place to lead U.S. attorney’s offices to circumvent congressional approval.

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The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington.
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  • Who Is the New White House Counsel?
    President Trump appointed his former personal lawyer Will Scharf as White House counsel. Maggie Haberman, our White House correspondent, explains how Scharf might help the president avoid congressional oversight at a critical time.
     

Who Is the New White House Counsel?

17 août 2026 à 05:03
President Trump appointed his former personal lawyer Will Scharf as White House counsel. Maggie Haberman, our White House correspondent, explains how Scharf might help the president avoid congressional oversight at a critical time.

Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General

17 août 2026 à 08:48
The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche has said President Trump has never asked him to do something illegal.

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s White House Press Secretary, Is Leaving the Role

12 août 2026 à 16:03
President Trump said that Ms. Leavitt, who recently gave birth to her second child, would be leaving to spend time with her family.

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Karoline Leavitt in the Oval Office last week.

Trump Picks Project 2025 Co-Author for Role That Would Oversee Any Reflecting Pool Review

11 août 2026 à 09:46
Dennis Kirk, a former adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, is President Trump’s nominee for inspector general for the Interior Department.

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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Trump Names Will Scharf as White House Counsel

9 août 2026 à 21:44
The president said Mr. Scharf, a deeply conservative lawyer and the current staff secretary, would replace David Warrington in early September.

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As White House staff secretary, Will Scharf has embraced some of the most extreme elements of President Trump’s agenda, but also pushed back against suspending due process rights for undocumented immigrants.

Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post

10 août 2026 à 07:37
The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei, a longtime military commander, to a top security post suggests that the country’s establishment is consolidating power.

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Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, attending a funeral ceremony for Mr. Khamenei’s father and predecessor, in Tehran last month.

In Confirming Blanche, Senators Endorse a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway

8 août 2026 à 12:28
Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes President Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.

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Todd Blanche testifying last month before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be attorney general.
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