Eliana Johnson
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Opinion | The Real Reason Republicans Want to Oust Liz Cheney
The problem isn’t her views on Donald Trump. It’s her relationships with fellow Republicans. → Read More
POLITICO Playbook: Inside the GOP’s week from hell
And Democrats plot an impeachment strategy. → Read More
Ted Cruz will oppose Trump's judicial nominee
Sen. Ted Cruz will oppose President Donald Trump’s nominee for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden, a major setback for the embattled nomination. Cruz (R-Texas) has informed the White House and colleagues this week that he will oppose Ozerden, according to three people familiar with the Judiciary Committee’s internal dynamics. That conservative opposition places in… → Read More
Why Trump and Bolton parted ways
The president says he fired his national security adviser. Bolton says he resigned. Either way, their conflict was deep — and irreconcilable. → Read More
State Department announces new head of policy planning
The announcement came in an internal email to State Department officials. → Read More
House Judiciary Committee to subpoena ex-White House aide Rob Porter
The former staff secretary was with the president’s during several episodes of potential obstruction. → Read More
Trump resists aides’ pressure to back Hong Kong protesters
The president is singularly focused on cutting a trade deal with Xi Jinping, officials say. → Read More
Trump aside, Washington grows alarmed over Hong Kong unrest
The escalating events in Hong Kong have laid bare some of the challenges the U.S. faces in dealing with China. → Read More
Trump’s vision meets growing global chaos
The president’s ambitions as a peacemaker are crashing against harsh world realities. → Read More
Top State Department adviser fired over 'abusive' management style
Kiron Skinner, the director of the Policy Planning Staff, was told on Thursday that she was being dismissed. → Read More
Trump to sanction Russia over chemical weapons use
Trump has been loath to antagonize Russian president Vladimir Putin, but was moved to action by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. → Read More
Trump to disappoint Iran hawks with more nuclear waivers
The administration’s Iran policy is taking a softer tone despite a push from some GOP lawmakers to expand its maximum pressure campaign. → Read More
Trump’s good week
For a few days, at least, the president was on top of the world. → Read More
'Euphoria': White House, GOP exult after a flat Mueller performance
West Wing aides were spiking the proverbial football even before the former special counsel had finished testifying. → Read More
Trump met with Nunes to talk intel chief replacements
The president's get-together with the top House Intelligence Republican has fueled more chatter that Dan Coats may be on his way out. → Read More
DOJ tells Mueller to limit testimony to his report, sources say
The former special counsel has said previously that he doesn't plan to go beyond his report. → Read More
Trump taps Rand Paul as secret backchannel to Iran
The senator pitched the idea during a recent round of golf with the president. → Read More
Acosta’s 72-hour failure to win back Trump
The prosecution scandal hit a labor secretary who had a lukewarm relationship with the president and was already on thin ice with many members of the White House staff. → Read More
Why Pence spiked a Trump judge
The rare split between the president and his loyal sidekick offers a window into the vice president’s independent political ambitions. → Read More
Mulvaney presses Trump to dump Acosta amid mounting outrage
The acting White House chief of staff has clashed with the Labor secretary, who is under fire for cutting a deal with billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2008. → Read More