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Vice President JD Vance on Friday publicly hinted at breaking with President Donald Trump over the Iran war, signaling a split at the White House as the conflict approaches the eight-month mark.Vance made the comments during an interview on the Sean Spicer Show, when he was pressed on media personality... Read more

President Donald Trump may have just had his worst week in Washington of his second term.White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is out after mere days on the job, making first-term Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s 11 days in his post look like a Robert Byrd-length tenure by comparison.This comes... Read more

The Kremlin is nodding along with President Donald Trump’s recent campaign calling for new Ukrainian leadership, assuring the White House they “fully agree” with his frustrations as they seek to use the U.S. midterm elections to their advantage.Trump repeatedly expressed his contempt for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, calling... Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that waived the sweeping Russian sanctions and tariffs enacted by the bill championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law last month, but he decided to put the legislation on... Read more

President Donald Trump promised there will be severe punishment for California election officials who intentionally count ballots cast by alleged noncitizens in the midterm elections.“They will all go to jail for a long period of time,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday. Beneath his brief message was... Read more

Vice President JD Vance spoke highly of the men and women who serve in Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but he acknowledged that officers who “screw up” need to be held accountable by the Trump administration.“Most of them are amazing people who are patriots and they want to do a good... Read more

The White House announced Zacharia would “transition” out of the job on Friday, less than one week after she stepped into the role as Karoline Leavitt’s replacement. Zacharia’s departure from Washington comes after she faced intense scrutiny during her short tenure as press secretary for President Donald Trump. Critics mocked... Read more

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t know who ordered Starshield to be throttled in Ukraine, a move which temporarily wrought havoc.Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, Trump was asked who ordered Starshield, SpaceX‘s military service, to be shut down. The president said he wasn’t sure, but that it... Read more

A GOP strategist with ties to the administration told the Washington Examiner that the move was made because Zacharia had become a distraction for the White House, with questions swirling about her background and camera readiness.“They don’t like to be surprised,” said the strategist. “Nobody else can be a distraction... Read more

President Donald Trump made two pieces of White House personnel news on Friday, by transitioning Katie Zacharia’s out of her newly-entered press secretary role and throwing his support behind chief of staff Susie Wiles.Trump, however, suggested that he is open to replacing his fledgling press secretary on Friday afternoon. “I... Read more

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is playing defense to explain her legal background with multiple appearances on Fox News, during which hosts grilled her on her resume and first press briefing.Zacharia has come under fire in recent days over her legal credentials, as she refers to herself as a... Read more

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