Susie Wiles' reward for steering Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign will be the toughest job in Washington.

NBC News' messy hiring and firing of former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel puts a spotlight on television's practice of paying on-air political contributors.

The Biden administration has named former Rep. Joe Kennedy III as America's special envoy to Northern Ireland.

The House Jan. 6 committee has interviewed former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and is in negotiations to talk to several other former members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet.

As Donald Trump considers another White House run, polls show he's the most popular figure in the Republican Party.

Members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are holding their first prime-time hearing to share what they have uncovered about then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

CBS' hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney and MSNBC's discussions about bringing on White House press secretary Jen Psaki after she's left the Biden administration have troubled some journalists at the networks.

Former President Donald Trump remains the most popular figure with the GOP base as he considers another bid for the White House.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to a former Justice Department lawyer who positioned himself as an ally of Donald Trump and aided the Republican president’s efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

The latest round of subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection may help uncover the degree to which former President Donald Trump, his campaign and White House were involved in planning the rally that preceded the riot.

Hiring at the Kansas City site remains well below the roughly 550 high-paying jobs local leaders had anticipated. However, he said those frustrations have dealt more with reports published by other USDA agencies, and that some farmers may be confusing them. For example, a two-year research project on pollinators such as honeybees was shelved because the entire team working on it left the agency rather than move to Kansas City. In October 2016 — before Trump's first year in office — ERS had 318 permanent employees, according to USDA data. “And here in the United States, what we do with groups like that — we can’t send them to Siberia, so we send them to Kansas City.”

President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Rohit Chopra as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tapping a progressive ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to helm the agency whose creation she championed. Gensler, a former Goldman Sachs banker, tightened oversight of the complex financial transactions that helped cause the Great Recession. Consumer and investor advocate groups praised the selections of Gensler and Chopra. Mulvaney had been a vocal critic of the consumer agency and made deep changes to it, softening regulations on payday loans, for example, and pulling back on enforcement efforts. As one of two Democratic commissioners on the five-member Federal Trade Commission, Chopra has been an outspoken critic of practices by big companies, especially tech giant Facebook.

It said that if any former employees or independent contractors for the campaign took part, “they did not do so at the direction of the Trump campaign.”At least one was working for the Trump campaign this month. The AP’s review found at least three of the Trump campaign aides named on the permit rushed to obscure their connections to the demonstration. Between mid-March and mid-November, Donald J. Trump for President Inc. paid Wren $20,000 a month, according to Federal Election Commission records. Maggie Mulvaney, a niece of former top Trump aide Mick Mulvaney, is listed on the permit attachment as the “VIP Lead.” She worked as director of finance operations for the Trump campaign, according to her LinkedIn profile. Trump’s presidential campaign paid Event Strategies $1.3 million in 2020 for “audio visual services,” according to the campaign finance records.

Biden said he was just fine with that, calling it “one of the few things we have ever agreed on." “Donald Trump doesn’t want to be in Washington as the second-fiddle loser standing on stage with Joe Biden,” he said. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump said in a tweet. White House counsel Pat Cipollone has repeatedly warned Trump that he could be deemed responsible for inciting Wednesday’s violence. On Capitol Hill, Democrats laid plans to impeach Trump a second time, with articles of impeachment expected to be introduced on Monday.

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Phoenix International Academy in Phoenix. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Thursday became the highest-ranking administration officials to resign over the pro-Trump insurrection. Neither impeachment nor ouster under the 25th Amendment was considered probable with less than two weeks left in Trump's presidency. Yet many White House aides, both senior officials and lower-level staff, were struggling with whether or when to exit, according to two people familiar with internal deliberations at the White House. “They’re all going to have their historic revisionism, they’re all going to have their own imaginary heroism,” Wilson said.

WASHINGTON – With 13 days left in his term, President Donald Trump finally bent to reality Thursday amid growing talk of trying to force him out early, acknowledging he’ll peacefully leave after Congress affirmed his defeat. Trump led off a video from the White House by condemning the violence carried out in his name a day earlier at the Capitol. Deprived of that social media lifeblood, Trump remained silent and ensconced in the executive mansion until Thursday evening. Staff-level discussions on the matter took place across multiple departments and even in parts of the White House, according to two people briefed on the talks. Few aides had any sense of the president’s plans, with some wondering if Trump would largely remain out of sight until he left the White House.

The U.S. Capitol Police says an officer who was injured after responding to riots at the Capitol has died. ___7:20 p.m.President Donald Trump is conceding to President-elect Joe Biden and condemning the violent supporters of his who stormed the nation’s Capitol. He was a web developer and founder of Trumparoo, a social media site for supporters of President Donald Trump. ___2:35 p.m.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s seeking the resignation of Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund a day after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol. ___2:30 p.m.Canadian-based e-commerce company Shopify Inc. has removed online stores affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying his actions have violated the company’s policies.

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump, who defied political gravity with his extraordinary rise from reality star and businessman to the presidency, has fallen back to earth. “Even in defeat, Donald Trump has exceeded expectations and helped other Republicans do the same,” said GOP consultant Michael Steel, who has worked on Capitol Hill and for campaigns. “When Donald Trump loses there will never be a peaceful transition to power,” said Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer-turned-critic Michael Cohen. Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has become a particular favorite with the president’s loyal supporters on the campaign trail, meaning the Trump name could endure. Many of Trump’s supporters see his influence continuing.

Former Obama NOAA chief Jane Lubchenco, a scientist at Oregon State University, said in an email that high level officials put politics and their own jobs above public safety. By the time the two tweets were posted, Alabama was no longer in the hurricane centers warning cone, although it had been in previous days. Jacobs said things went crazy in the middle of the night.Then-NOAA communications chief Julie Kay Roberts told the inspector generals office that Walsh told her there are jobs on the line. The report said there was no credible evidence found to say that jobs were threatened. The Inspector General instead selectively quotes from interviews, takes facts out of context.The White House declined comment.

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump walk toward Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The Trumps are heading to Florida to spend the weekend at their Mar-a-Lago estate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON, D.C. – A top aide to President Donald Trump complained Friday that the news media doesn't pay enough attention to the president's loving relationship with his 13-year-old son, Barron. The first lady's office has requested that the media respect the privacy of the youngest of the president's five children and discourages writing about him. Her office declined to comment on Mulvaney's remarks.

WASHINGTON, DC – The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday. Capitol Hill Democrats seized on the report as evidence of a lawless White House. “The OMB, the White House, the administration broke — I'm saying this — broke the law," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.Democrats want Mulvaney, who is still officially the OMB director, to be subpoenaed as a witness in Trump's impeachment trial. OMB uses its apportionment authority to ensure taxpayer dollars are properly spent consistent with the President's priorities and with the law," said OMB spokeswoman Rachel Semmel. The impoundment control law is rigorously adhered to by career officials in agency budget offices, who can face severe trouble for violating it.

(CNN) - Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney refused to comply with House impeachment investigators' subpoena for a closed-door deposition Friday, citing "absolute immunity" from testifying. The subpoena came Thursday night following House investigators' request on Tuesday that Mulvaney testify on Capitol Hill, ratcheting up their investigation to target the President's top aide. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment. The acting White House chief of staff didn't exactly get a ringing endorsement from Trump on Sunday, who was asked if he still has confidence in Mulvaney. But more recently, White House sources have said it is unlikely that Mulvaney is going to be fired.

House impeachment investigators have requested acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney testify on Capitol Hill on Friday,ratcheting up their investigation to target the President's top aide. Distributed by LAKANA. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(CNN) - House impeachment investigators have requested acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney testify on Capitol Hill on Friday, ratcheting up their investigation to target the President's top aide. The House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees sent Mulvaney a letter Tuesday requesting he appear for a closed-door deposition as part of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine. "We believe that you possess substantial first-hand knowledge and information relevant to the House's impeachment inquiry," the Democratic chairs wrote. It appears unlikely that Mulvaney will comply with the request. Mulvaney and the White House have already failed to respond to a subpoena from the Democrats for documents, and White House counsel Pat Cipollone sent House Democrats a lengthy letter arguing that the impeachment inquiry was illegitimate.

A top aide to White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Robert Blair, has refused to testify in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump after the White House directed him not to appear for his scheduled deposition. Blair -- who was on the line during Trump's July call with Ukraine's President -- was requested to testify about White House policy toward Ukraine. An assistant to the PresidentBlair, who was associate director for national security programs in the Office of Management and Budget, followed Mulvaney in January to the White House when Mulvaney became acting chief of staff. Blair's hiring allowed Mulvaney to have a hand in national security issues without having to go through former White House national security adviser John Bolton. The phone call was part of a whistleblower's complaint that alleged Trump sought "to solicit interference" from Ukraine in the upcoming 2020 election, and that the White House took steps to cover it up.

Copyright 2019 CNNWASHINGTON (CNN) - A top aide to White House Chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Robert Blair, has refused to testify in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump after the White House directed him not to appear for his scheduled deposition, his attorney told CNN. "In light of the clear direction he has been given by the executive branch, Mr. Blair has respectfully declined to appear and testify. Blair has not yet received a subpoena, but Ellerman said Blair will still refuse to testify if he is subpoenaed. "The direction from the White House, and the advice from (Department of Justice) on which it is based, covers subpoenas," he said. Before joining the Trump administration, Blair served as staff director on the House Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations.

(CNN) - The House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump are seeking testimony from Robert Blair, an assistant to the president and senior adviser to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, a source familiar with the request told CNN. The committees investigating Trump have requested Blair who was on the line during Trump's July call with Ukraine's President come testify about White House policy toward Ukraine. The committees are still in talks with Blair and it is not clear if he will agree to testify voluntarily. House committees have already issued subpoenas to current and former administration officials because of White House efforts to block their testimony. The White House did not immediately respond to CNN requests for comment.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment for this story. National security adviser John Bolton was fired the day before Trump changed his mind, and White House officials had recently been made aware of a whistleblower complaint that had been filed concerning Trump's behavior toward Ukraine. Bipartisan groups of lawmakers began peppering the White House with letters pressing Trump to lift the hold on the funds. That same week, Mulvaney and other top White House officials first learned about the whistleblower complaint. While White House lawyers had known about the complaint for weeks, news of its existence was starting to spread within the West Wing.

House Republicans gather to speak at a press conference organized by Rep. Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), on Capitol Hill on October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. But their efforts come as the President publicly and privately is pushing congressional Republicans to toughen up their defense of him as the Democratic impeachment process marches forward. "Thank you to House Republicans for being tough, smart, and understanding in detail the greatest Witch Hunt in American History," Trump tweeted. Graham said at a news conference Thursday on the resolution that White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney acknowledged the White House needs help with impeachment messaging. But the White House message, or lack of one, has also unsettled Republicans in that chamber, senators acknowledged.

Asked by CNN's Erin Burnett on Monday night whether those around the President were essentially forced to lie in order to defend Trump, Amash replied, "Yeah, and it's a shame." Amash left the Republican Party this past summer and became an independent after he became the sole GOP lawmaker to publicly argue that Trump had engaged in impeachable conduct. "I think they know better and I think, deep down, they wish they weren't, you know, trapped in this position," Amash said on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront." I hear them talk about how they wish they weren't doing this." "Anyone working in this administration is going to have a hard time explaining what's going on," Amash told Burnett.

(CNN) - Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney earned a show of support from his colleagues on Monday after facing days of withering criticism over his fraught attempts to walk back last week's stunning admission to a quid pro quo involving security aid to Ukraine. During a senior staff meeting early Monday, Mulvaney brought up the press coverage he has faced and acknowledged that it was a "tough week," two senior White House officials said. The staff meeting came amid reports that President Donald Trump and some of his allies are increasingly frustrated with Mulvaney, putting the acting chief of staff in a precarious position a little over a month after unrelated frustrations with Mulvaney had already sent top White House aides scouring for potential Mulvaney replacements. Mulvaney was present for a lunchtime Cabinet meeting, where the President ignored shouted questions about Mulvaney's future in the administration. White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement to CNN over the weekend that Mulvaney "is still the acting chief of staff and has the President's confidence."

POOL via CNN(CNN) - President Donald Trump will convene his Cabinet Monday morning for the first time since July, the first such meeting since House Democrats announced an impeachment inquiry. Trump has faced unprecedented turnover in his administration and there are currently a few vacancies in his Cabinet. In addition to a full-time chief of staff, Trump has yet to nominate a Homeland Security Secretary, Energy Secretary or Director of National Intelligence. Trump nominated Jovita Carranza to head the Small Business Administration in April, replacing Linda McMahon, but she has not yet been confirmed. Behind Vice President Mike Pence, DeVos is the longest-serving Trump Cabinet member.

CNN(CNN) - Rep. Francis Rooney, a Florida Republican who appears open to impeaching President Donald Trump, said Sunday that what he's seen so far in the ongoing Trump-Ukraine scandal is "quite troubling." CNN's Jake Tapper asked Rooney on "State of the Union" if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hypothetically called a vote tomorrow to launch an impeachment inquiry, "How do you think you'd go?" Rooney said he wasn't "100% sure right this second." The congressman said last week that Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, confirmed Thursday what Trump had denied -- that the President engaged in a quid pro quo with Ukraine. Mulvaney later sought to walk back his remarks, but Rooney said Sunday that "I don't see how you walk back something that is clear."

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says he and President Donald Trump never discussed his potential resignation following a defiant press conference last week in which the aide admitted a quid pro quo between the US and Ukraine. (CNN) - Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday aggressively denied that he admitted last week a quid pro quo between President Donald Trump and Ukraine, saying again that he was misunderstood and that no such agreement occurred. On Thursday evening, Mulvaney attempted to claim that he did not admit to the quid pro quo despite clearly being asked if the Trump administration withheld funding for Ukraine for an investigation into the DNC server and answering affirmatively. "Reporters will use their language all the time (but) my language never said quid pro quo," Mulvaney said. But I never said it was a quid pro because there isn't," Mulvaney said.

(CNN) - Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says he and President Donald Trump never discussed his potential resignation following a defiant press conference last week in which the aide admitted a quid pro quo between the US and Ukraine. "After the briefing and all the blowback and the criticism, did you ever offer or think to offer the President your resignation?" Fox News' Chris Wallace asked Mulvaney on "Fox News Sunday." "Did I have the perfect press conference? Mulvaney had faced internal efforts to oust him before House Democrats moved ahead with their impeachment inquiry against the President, multiple sources told CNN.

(CNN) - Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney faced internal efforts to oust him before House Democrats moved ahead with their impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, multiple sources tell CNN. In a statement, the White House said Mulvaney's "standing in the White House has not changed." His comments undercut denials by the President of a quid pro quo, and stunned White House staffers who questioned his strategy. Since the impeachment inquiry began, Mulvaney has been locked in a feud with White House counsel Pat Cipollone. Mulvaney and the impeachment inquiryMulvaney, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, remains central to the White House response to the impeachment inquiry.

White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is walking back his words that President Trump held back aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation. (CNN) - President Donald Trump will attend a criminal justice forum in South Carolina next week along with several of his 2020 Democratic challengers, the White House confirmed to CNN. Trump will speak on Oct. 25, while the Democrats are slated to speak at various times throughout the day on Oct. 26 and 27, according to the event schedule. The forum will be held at the historically black Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. Trump has also previously cast himself as the best leader for African Americans, despite securing only 8% of the black vote in 2016 and frequently stoking racial tensions.

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admits to using a quid pro quo strategy with Ukraine aid as key details emerge. (CNN) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNN Friday that acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney made a "confession" when he told reporters the White House held up military aid to Ukraine until that country agreed to investigate Democrats and that President Donald Trump's critics should "get over it." Pelosi said Mulvaney's comments are an example of the White House trying to normalize lawlessness. "What he said was, of course, a confession, but it's also a cavalier attitude of get over it," she added. Mulvaney later tried to walk back his comments, issuing a statement that there was no quid pro quo with the Ukrainian government.

They're also zeroing in on why US security aid to Ukraine had been frozen and whether that was conditioned on Ukraine investigating Trump's 2020 political opponent in a quid pro quo. They hope they can wrap up the interviews in the next few weeks before voting on articles of impeachment by Thanksgiving. Asked if he found Trump's ask for Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, Mast said: "To investigate every level of corruption? Other State Department officials who might have critical evidence have been hampered by the Trump administration's hardline against turning over documents to the House. But acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney's public comments Thursday may have helped Democrats make that connection.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The White House has settled on its defense for President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani's actions on Ukraine: It's all about 2016, not 2020. Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff, articulated the strategy on Thursday during an exchange with reporters, saying that aid to Ukraine was in fact tied to Trump's wish for an investigation into the 2016 election. Mulvaney's attempt to test drive the administration's defense ran into a ditch almost immediately with that mention of the Justice Department. In an unusual statement expressing public distance from the White House, a senior Justice Department official responded: "If the White House was withholding aid in regards to the cooperation of any investigation at the Department of Justice, that is news to us." So far, witnesses in the congressional impeachment inquiry are willing to talk about Trump's order to push for a Ukrainian investigation of 2016 election interference.

White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is walking back his words that President Trump held back aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Donald Trump is not pleased with acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's press briefing and his acknowledgment on Thursday of a quid pro quo, according to a source close to the President. Mulvaney later denied that he had admitted to the quid pro quo in a written statement. A White House official blamed much of Trump's anger on the press, saying the President believes the media "intentionally misinterpreted" Mulvaney's comments. Trump approved of Mulvaney briefing reporters on the Doral site selection and understood that Mulvaney would also take questions on Ukraine. A source familiar with discussions by Trump's legal team said the President's personal attorneys were baffled by Mulvaney's performance and Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said Trump's legal team "was not involved in the Acting Chief of Staff's press briefing."

It was the first time the White House acknowledged a link between the withheld aid and probes that Trump sought. "You don't hold up foreign aid that we had previously appropriated for a political initiative," said GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Republican Rep. Francis Rooney of Florida called Mulvaney's acknowledgment about withholding Ukraine aid "troubling," saying it is "not a good thing" to do that in connection "with threatening foreign leaders." Over the past few weeks, Republicans on Capitol Hill have defended the President, claiming there was no quid pro quo between Trump and Ukraine. "To date, every single witness, every single fact has not supported any pause or holdup on foreign aid being attached to any conditions," he said.

"That's why we held up the money," Mulvaney said after listing the 2016-related investigation and Trump's broader concerns about corruption in Ukraine. After weeks during which Trump denied the existence of any political quid pro quo in his withholding of security aid to Ukraine, Mulvaney confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo and offered this retort: "Get over it." Taylor raised concerns that a quid pro quo was afoot: withholding a White House visit for the Ukrainian president and security aid until Ukraine committed to carrying out investigations. That includes Hill, the top Russia adviser at the White House, acting at the direction of her boss, Bolton. The request was dated July 10, according to a senior White House official, the same day of that White House meeting that sparked concerns.

White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney made a stunning admission Thursday by confirming that President Donald Trump froze nearly $400 million in US security aid to Ukraine in part to pressure that country into investigating Democrats.

Earlier in the summer, most members and aides hadn't raised a red flag on Ukraine aid. And, it was after that fight was over, members began to wonder why military aid to Ukraine still had not gone out. At the end of August, Politico reported millions in military aid to Ukraine was still being slow-walked. Ukraine military aid was a rare, foreign policy issue that united members of both parties. Graham announced the Trump administration had finally released the military aid for Ukraine.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is on shaky ground in the wake of a bad week for President Trump, according to multiple sources with knowledge of discussions surrounding the whistleblower fallout. The sources say the President is not upset with Mulvaney for the White House releasing the summary of his July 25 call with Ukraine's leader or the whistleblower complaint because he had been convinced that it was necessary. The sources say Mulvaney is taking the heat for that. The White House did not immediately provide a comment when reached by CNN on Saturday. Sources caution that despite Mulvaney not being in a good place right now, the President may not be eager to fire Mulvaney anytime soon given the amount of tumult, even for a White House used to that.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Donald Trump told his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to put a hold on almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before his July phone call with the Ukrainian president where he pressured the country to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son, the Washington Post reported Monday. According to the paper, administration officials were told to tell lawmakers that the delay in aid was the result of an "interagency process" without giving more information. News of Trump's order to withhold aid to the Ukraine ahead of his July 25 call may trigger questions -- and speculation -- about the President's motive in doing so. On Friday, CNN reported Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the call to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, according to a person familiar with the situation. That call was part of the whistleblower complaint submitted to the Intelligence Community Inspector General, another person familiar with the situation told CNN.

The New York Times reports acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney instructed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to pressure NOAA officials into backing up the president's tweet about Hurricane Dorian potentially affecting Alabama. The Times previously reported that Ross threatened to fire top NOAA employees if they didn't disavow the tweet. A White House official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday that Mulvaney spoke with Ross about NOAA's handling of the NWS tweet that contradicted Trump. The Times report did not say Trump told his acting chief of staff to tell Ross to contact NOAA about the tweet. A White House official also told CNN that the President did not ask his chief of staff to tell Ross to pressure NOAA about the tweet.