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The executive branch personnel (White House) including the president, the cabinet and advisors.
Trump’s Dangerous Expansion of Executive War Powers
“For decades, Congress has relinquished its constitutional role in declaring war. But Trump is taking it to new extremes.” More.
Trump Adding Former Lobbyists to Swamp, Giving Them Ethics Waivers
“As a candidate, Trump regularly railed against lobbyists and led crowds in chants of “Drain the swamp!” But as president, Trump last month signed an executive order that weakened significant aspects of the Obama ethics policy, including scrapping a ban on lobbyists joining agencies they had recently lobbied.” More.
Trump Condos Worth $250 Million Pose Potential Conflict
“President Trump’s companies own more than 400 condo units and home lots whose sale could steer millions of dollars to Trump, a USA TODAY investigation has found. The volume of real estate creates an extraordinary and unprecedented potential for people, corporations or foreign interests to try to influence a president. Anyone who wanted to court favor with the president could snap up multiple properties or purposefully overpay. They could buy in the name of a shell company, making it impossible for the public to know who was behind the sales.” More.
Why the Trump Administration Has So Many Vacancies
“The process is bogged down by the involvement of top White House officials, turf wars and an inexperienced and overworked staff.” More.
Trump’s Ethics Lobbying Ban Up in Smoke; Mr. Peacock Flies Coop for Business Roundtable
“Senior White House budget adviser Marcus Peacock is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration to become the second in command at a high-profile business lobby group in Washington that’s looking to increase its influence…When he joined the Trump administration, Peacock signed an ethics pledge required by the president that would’ve banned him from lobbying his former office for five years. The White House granted him a waiver from that commitment.” More,,,
Carter Page: ‘Something may have come up in a conversation’ with Russians About Lifting US Sanctions
“Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, said that when he was in Moscow last summer, ‘something may have come up in a conversation’ with Russians about lifting U.S. sanctions. Page traveled to the Russian capital in July 2016 to give a speech at the New Economic School.” More.
FBI Monitored Former Trump Campaign Adviser Carter Page on Russia
“The FBI obtained a warrant to monitor President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser, Carter Page, last summer on suspicions he knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of Moscow.” More.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump Again Out of His Lane on Auto Jobs
“President Donald Trump claimed direct credit for Toyota’s new investment in a Kentucky plant, calling it new evidence of economic improvement in a White House discussion with CEOs. The company says the move was planned long before Trump even announced he was running for president.” More.
Trump’s EPA Scott Pruitt Requests 24/7 Security Detail Amid Massive Budget Cuts
“The Trump administration has proposed whacking the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly a third, eliminating thousands of employees and scrapping dozens of programs, including climate-change research and cleanup efforts in the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. But a detailed budget plan includes a request to add positions within the agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance ‘to provide 24/7 security detail’ for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.” More.