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Court Says White House Must Comply With Impeachment

November 26, 2019 3:14 pm

Donald Trump’s top aides must comply with subpoenas to appear in the impeachment investigation against the president, a US appeals court judge ruled.

In a case involving former White House counsel Don McGahn, who was subpoenaed in May by the House Judiciary Committee, judge Ketanji Jackson ruled Monday that administration officials cannot claim absolute immunity from testifying based on their closeness to the US leader.

While Jackson ruled specifically on McGahn’s case, she said it had broad application to all current and former presidential aides.

“Presidents are not kings,” Jackson wrote

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White House Picks Thomas Storch As New Senior Trade Adviser

November 1, 2019 8:28 am

The White House on Thursday named Thomas Storch as a new senior trade adviser, taking on the position just as the United States attempts to conclude a trade deal with China.

Storch, who was part of a high-level delegation to Bahrain for Middle East talks earlier this year, fills the role left open by Kelly Ann Shaw, the G7 and senior trade adviser whose departure was announced last week.

As head of the international division of the White House National Economic Council, Storch will report to President Donald Trump’s senior economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, head of the NEC.

Storch was

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IPMAN Demand Inclusion In Operation White, Other Committee

October 15, 2019 1:52 pm

The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria IPMAN has called for all-inclusive and expanded membership of operation white inter-agency committee on downstream automation with full recognition of independent marketers in the membership.

IPMAN Chairman, Kano unit, comprises Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi and Yobe, Alh. Bashir DanMallam made the demand on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Kano.

DanMallam who applauded the recent launch of the automation of the downstream sector by Federal government and inauguration of the interagency committee in Lagos regretted the noninclusion of some major stakeholders, including IPMAN.

The IPMAN boss who stressed the importance of automation of the sector …

Democrats Subpoena White House; Escalates Impeachment

October 5, 2019 4:44 am

House Democrats on Friday issued a subpoena to the White House for documents related to Ukraine, ratcheting up the Democratic impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

The subpoena came after the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry separately sent a letter Friday seeking documents from Vice President Mike Pence as part of their investigation into Trump and his conversation with the President of Ukraine.

The subpoena from House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings to the White House includes a request for a host of documents and communications tied to the President’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the holding

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Trump escalates war on social media at White House ‘summit’

July 11, 2019 11:35 am

Escalating his attacks on Silicon Valley, President Donald Trump hinted Thursday at new regulations on social media as he gathered critics of major online platforms at a White House “summit.”Trump invited conservative activists who have been curbed or banned on social media to press his argument that big social networks are discriminating against conservatives, notwithstanding his large online following.“A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies. We will not let them get away with it much longer,” Trump tweeted.

The comments stoked fears that

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US White House Lawyer Emmet Flood quits

June 1, 2019 9:49 pm

President Trump on Saturday announced the departure of top White House attorney Emmet Flood, who represented the administration during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month Russia probe.

Trump tweeted that Flood will step down on June 14.

“Emmet Flood, who came to the White House to help me with the Mueller Report, will be leaving service on June 14th.

“He has done an outstanding job – NO COLLUSION – NO OBSTRUCTION! Case Closed! Emmet is my friend, and I thank him for the GREAT JOB he has done,” Trump wrote.

Flood, …

White House to unveil new Trump's immigration plan

White House to unveil Trump’s new immigration plan

May 16, 2019 9:45 am

The White House is preparing to release a broad outline of proposed immigration reforms aimed at unifying congressional Republicans on the issue, following months of discussions between senior adviser Jared Kushner and dozens of conservative groups, senior administration officials tell CNN.

But the proposal is short of concrete details and omits discussion of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that Democrats have repeatedly said they want resolved.

President Donald Trump is slated to unveil the plan Thursday, the administration officials said. The White House is selling the plan as addressing border security and moving toward a merit-based immigration

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