President Donald Trump has long had two cherished American institutions standing beside him as he railed against athletes taking a knee during the national anthem: NASCAR and the NFL. This week, they both started to walk away. Bending to the cultural moment, NASCAR and the NFL in recent days reversed course on their approach to…
Trump to relax shelter-in–White-House routine
President Donald Trump plans to travel to Phoenix next Tuesday to visit a Honeywell facility that produces face masks, marking his first trip outside of Washington in a month. Trump’s visit is expected to highlight Honeywell’s investment in the production of critical medical equipment, as well as the addition of 500 manufacturing jobs in Arizona,…
NSC press aide Mike Martin to depart
Mike Martin, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, is leaving the White House later this month, according to a White House official. Martin worked under President Donald Trump’s last two national security advisors, John Bolton and Robert O’Brien. During that time, he played a lead role in crafting White House messaging for some of…
Virus threat prompts Supreme Court to set phone arguments
The Supreme Court is adapting to the threat of the coronavirus by taking the unprecedented step of holding arguments via telephone in some cases originally set to be argued this term. Among the cases chosen for the novel "telephone conference" arguments are fights over subpoenas for President Donald Trump’s financial records, the Trump administration’s policy…