The White House staff has decided not to attend this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner out of “‘solidarity’” with President Donald Trump, who announced he would not be attending the dinner. White House Correspondents Association President Jeff Mason of Reuters announced the decision in an email. “The WHCA board regrets […]
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 […]
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 […]
The average tenure for the National Security Adviser is 2.5 years. Michael Flynn resigned as President Donald Trump’s NSA after 24 days. The retired Lieutenant Governor stepped down as a result of calls with the Russian ambassador that discussed the sanctions placed on the Russian government by the Obama Administration. Flynn […]
