House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ' long-standing tensions with his party's left flank resurfaced this week after news broke of his meeting with President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Why it matters: Jeffries will have to make nice with the left next year if Democrats win back the House with only a narrow majority. Blowups like this are not helping. - The Democratic leader defended the meeting in a video posted to social media on Monday, saying that Kushner "asked for a meeting, and I took it, to discuss the affordability crisis." - Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Kushner, whose dealings with Saudi Arabia have drawn scrutiny from Democratic congressional investigators, remains a top oversight target. - "No one is going to get a…
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles runs a tight ship in the Trump administration, but White House aide Natalie Harp is making headlines this week over her alleged intimate letters to President Trump. Vanity Fair Contributing Writer Chris Whipple joins Alex Witt to share his take on developments in the White House.
Andy Burnham, Britain's prime minister, exchanged messages with someone pretending to be White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, a source told CNN. A White House official says the incident had "nothing to do" with Wiles' phone being hacked.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, the second known incident of a fraudster posing as Trump's top aide to reach senior officials. Burnham, who took office on July 20 after replacing former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, traded what officials described as "a few messages" […] The post Britain's new prime minister fell for a fake Susie Wiles — the second impersonation of Trump's chief of staff in months appeared first on American Almanac .
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, the second known incident of a fraudster posing as Trump's top aide to reach senior officials. Burnham, who took office on July 20 after replacing former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, traded what officials described as "a few messages" with an unidentified person pretending to be Wiles before growing suspicious and cutting off contact. CBS News reported that the exchange involved only written messages, no phone call or verbal conversation took place. Neither the date of the exchange nor the platform used has been disclosed. The incident, first reported Monday by POLITICO and confirmed by BBC News, drew immediate…Open
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham was tricked into exchanging messages with someone impersonating White House aide Susie Wiles.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged several messages with someone impersonating White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles before becoming suspicious that the contact was illegitimate, according to four officials. Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence, has refused to “comment on national security matters,” while one person briefed on the matter claimed the messages were of “no significance.” DETAIL: The British Embassy in Washington reportedly raised concerns about the incident with the White House, amid fears in the British government that Wiles’s phone may have been compromised. A White House official said the incident was unrelated to any hacking of her devices. The…Open
President Trump tapped 40-year-old Will Scharf, a former federal prosecutor and longtime legal ally, to serve as White House counsel starting September 1, a move that puts a tested litigator in the administration's top legal post heading into a consequential stretch. Trump announced the appointment on Truth Social, praising Scharf in characteristically direct terms. Scharf […] The post Will Scharf moves from staff secretary to White House counsel as Trump reshuffles legal team appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump tapped 40-year-old Will Scharf, a former federal prosecutor and longtime legal ally, to serve as White House counsel starting September 1, a move that puts a tested litigator in the administration's top legal post heading into a consequential stretch. Trump announced the appointment on Truth Social, praising Scharf in characteristically direct terms. Scharf will replace outgoing White House counsel David Warrington, who is leaving the administration for a private-sector role. The transition comes one day after the Senate confirmed Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal defense attorney, as U.S. attorney general, a pair of moves that amounts to a broad reset of the president's legal infrastructure at a critical moment. The…Open
At the White House’s request, senators tucked a change sought by the hemp industry into a crucial spending bill. It would benefit the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff.
President Trump has three go-to moves for GOP senators who frustrate him : persuade them when he can, ignore them when he must and bully them at will. Why it matters: The approach doesn't always produce results. But it almost always provides drama . Persuade: Trump dispatched two top deputies to the Senate GOP lunch on Wednesday to make the case, in person, for a third reconciliation bill with elements of the SAVE Act . - Then he sent in the big guns. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles huddled with the Senate GOP leaders shortly after their lunch. - When Trump faced a Senate rebuke over the Iran conflict last month, the White House aggressively lobbied wavering Republicans to flip their votes. Ignore: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche …
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is warning the Trump administration and other policymakers not to let "science fiction" fears about AI drive policy — arguing that overreaction could slow adoption and weaken America's competitive edge. Why it matters: Washington is navigating two AI minefields at once: how to manage increasingly advanced systems , and whether to restrict powerful open-source models emerging from China over alleged IP theft and security risks. Driving the news: Huang railed against AI doomerism in an interview with Axios' Mike Allen for our "Behind the Curtain" video series — implicitly challenging fellow tech CEOs who have emphasized the technology's potentially catastrophic risks. - "The fact that this is going to be the…
