Frustrated industry groups see Biden’s pandemic czar as obstacle to reopening...
WASHINGTON — The White House is resisting lifting U.S. travel bans on a broad swath of foreign countries, despite a rising chorus of voices both inside and outside the administration questioning...
View ArticleTrump made Twitter the White House’s spiked-ball cudgel. Ron Klain wants to...
After four years in which the White House used Twitter as a tool to batter the media and knife political opponents, the Biden administration is trying a softer touch. Officials are using the social...
View ArticleOne of Trump’s final acts will allow former aides to profit from foreign ties
President Donald Trump’s last-minute move to scrap his administration’s own ethics rules will make it easier for his former aides to lobby on behalf of foreign interests — the same line of work behind...
View ArticleBiden announces all-female White House communications team
President-elect Joe Biden turned to two Obama administration veterans on Sunday to head up his White House’s communications strategy and serve as its public face. Kate Bedingfield, who served as...
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‘America first’ meets ‘Hungary first’
When Donald Trump became U.S. president, Europe’s fiercest anti-immigration leader saw an opportunity to garner international legitimacy for his policies. But for over two years, Hungarian Prime...
View ArticleTrump-connected lobby firms cash in with foreign governments
Zimbabwe, shunned by the international community during the years it was ruled by dictator Robert Mugabe, hadn’t retained a Washington lobbying firm in more than a decade. But after Mugabe was deposed...
View ArticleTrump’s wealthiest Cabinet members earned millions in 2017
President Donald Trump’s three wealthiest Cabinet members took in tens of millions of dollars last year, including from divesting holdings to avoid conflicts of interest, according to disclosure...
View ArticleDiplomatic crisis spotlights Saudi Arabia’s spending in Washington
The growing diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi is shining a spotlight on just how integral the country — and its cash — have become to Washington, with...
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The worst job in American politics
Almost no one in Illinois had more resources to devote to running for governor than J.B. Pritzker. At 53, Pritzker is the billionaire scion of the state’s wealthiest family. His sister, Penny, served...
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‘Betrayed’ Paul Manafort stares down ex-partner Rick Gates
As Rick Gates testified to a packed courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, he carefully avoided making eye contact with his former business partner and mentor, Paul Manafort. But as Gates...
View ArticleNew Manafort docs appear to contradict own lobbying claims
New documents filed in court by Paul Manafort’s lawyers appear to contradict his legal team’s own claims that the former Trump campaign chairman’s team only lobbied on behalf of the Ukrainian...
View ArticleManafort associate proposed hiring German, Spanish politicians to lobby on...
WASHINGTON — An associate of Paul Manafort in 2012 proposed recruiting former politicians from Belgium, Germany and Spain for a covert lobbying effort on behalf of the Ukrainian government, according...
View ArticleMueller probe appears to link Manafort, European PR firm
Individuals connected to a now-defunct European public affairs firm appear to have been the targets of what prosecutors contend was a witness-tampering effort by former Trump campaign chairman Paul...
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Inside the lobbying campaign that caught Mueller’s attention
The lobbyists hired by Paul Manafort launched a lobbying blitz barely a week after the Senate began weighing a resolution to publicly condemn the man who was effectively their client, Ukrainian...
View ArticleFormer Austrian chancellor appears to have lobbied as part of Manafort scheme
New filings made public by special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday shed fresh light on the Washington lobbying campaign orchestrated by Paul Manafort on behalf of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych...
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Why the Russia probe demolished one lobbying firm but spared another
The indictment of Paul Manafort last year on charges including breaking the foreign lobbying law thrust two prominent Washington lobbying firms into the spotlight. One of them, the Podesta Group,...
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Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony count of lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russia’s ambassador last year, bringing the special...
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Trump falls short on ‘drain the swamp’ promises
WASHINGTON — Shortly before Election Day last year, Donald Trump rolled out a package of ethics reforms that he promised to implement as president, using for the first time a now-famous phrase: “drain...
View ArticleMay: Not ‘helpful’ for Trump to speculate on London attack
British Prime Minister Theresa May expressed irritation with President Donald Trump’s tweet after an attack on the London underground on Friday claiming “a loser terrorist” who was “in the sights of...
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Lobbyists cash in on dispute between Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Washington lobbyists are looking to cash in on the standoff between Qatar and a Saudi Arabia-led bloc of countries as the two sides scramble for influence with Congress and the Trump administration....
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