Trump, More Independent of West Wing Advisers, Relies on Cabinet
As President Trump approaches the 18th month of his presidency, he is growing more independent of his top advisers in the West Wing and increasingly reliant on his cabinet.
As President Trump approaches the 18th month of his presidency, he is growing more independent of his top advisers in the West Wing and increasingly reliant on his cabinet.
Beijing retaliated against planned U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods by targeting high-value American exports, stepping up the potential for a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
At the Trump Organization, the future president appreciated Michael Cohen’s loyalty but doubted his professional abilities and judgment—so much so that he once cut the lawyer’s $400,000 salary roughly in half and sometimes reassigned his projects to others.
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Robert Wilkie, acting Department of Veterans Affairs secretary, is a Washington insider and, after two outsiders faced difficulties in reshaping the department, is President Trump’s presumptive nominee.
Harvard University and the organization accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants each say race plays a role in admissions decisions, but disagree about whether that constitutes illegal bias.
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