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Is the New York Times vs. the Washington Post vs. Trump the last great newspaper war?
I. Leaks and Geeks It was wheels-up at Joint Base Andrews as Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, settled into the Air Force One press cabin on May 19 at the start of a presidential flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Then his cell phone rang with a heads-up from […]
Obama’s response to Charlottesville violence becomes most “‘liked” tweet in the history of Twitter
Barack Obama’s response to violence in Charlottesville has now become the most “liked” tweet in the history of Twitter. Following a white nationalist protest that led to three deaths, the former president tweeted a quote from Nelson Mandela’s 1994 autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom” that said, “No one is born hating another person because of […]
Why General John Kelly is Trump’s last hope
To the men and women of the Trump White House–the curious, the hopeful, the desperate and the dubious–the all-hands summons was a little out of the ordinary. It invited everyone to a meeting the next day in an unusual place: not a room in the cramped West Wing or the much larger South Court […]
Trump dumps Bannon, who returns to conservative website
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, the blunt-spoken and divisive strategist who went from Donald Trump’s victorious campaign to a top White House post, has been pushed out by the president, capping a turbulent seven months that witnessed the departure of much of Trump’s original senior staff. A favorite on the farther-right flank of the Republican […]