The Trump Administration has had an adversarial relationship with the press, but the State Department has taken a different approach, avoidance. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has avoided interviews and questions and the State Department held its first briefing of the administration this week. In addition, when Secretary Tillerson embarks […]
The State Department is planning on holding a press conference on Tuesday. The press conference will be their first since January 19, then-President Barack Obama’s last full day in office. Acting spokesman Mark Toner said in February that briefings would resume on March 6. However, Monday’s briefing was cancelled as […]
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have signed with Penguin Random House for the publication of their next respective books. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Financial Times reported that the bidding for the rights surpassed $60 million. The current record […]
Senator Tom Udall suggested on Monday that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch be confirmed to the Court along with former President Barack Obama’s pick, Judge Merrick Garland. Garland was nominated by President Obama in the aftermath of Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, but his nomination never progressed […]
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer drew the ire of the Washington press corps on Friday after he held a gaggle with reporters and prohibited the New York Times and CNN from attending. The White House did not hold a formal briefing today because of President Trump’s speech at the […]
