Final vote on Esper as defense secretary likely within days Senate leaders want a vote on Thursday but may have to wait a few more days. By: Leo Shane III and Joe Gould 12 hours ago
GSA gets a new deputy chief of staff The new deputy chief of staff has a history of experience within the General Services Administration. By: Chloe Rogers 1 day ago
Pentagon nominee Esper, a former Raytheon lobbyist, must extend recusal, says Warren President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary must “take additional steps” to wall himself off from his previous role as the top lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren. By: Joe Gould 1 day ago
Pentagon in its longest-ever stretch of leadership limbo When he resigned as defense secretary last December, Jim Mattis thought it might take two months to install a successor. That seemed terribly long at the time. By: Robert Burns, The Associated Press 2 days ago
Labor Secretary Acosta resigning amid Epstein deal scrutiny Labor Secretary Alex Acosta faced criticism over his handling of a 2008 plea deal for financier Jeffrey Esptein amid sexual assault charges. By: Darlene Superville, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press 4 days ago
Biden promises to end ‘forever wars’ as president Joe Biden promised on Thursday his White House would end “forever wars” and reassert American leadership to combat authoritarianism and global instability, which he says are proliferating under President Donald Trump. By: Bill Barrow, The Associated Press 5 days ago
Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional A three-judge federal appeals court panel agreed with a lower court judge who said President Donald Trump violates the First Amendment when he blocks critics on his Twitter account. By: Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press July 9
CMS official tapped for new leadership post at HHS Deputy chief of staff for policy is one of two new leadership positions at the Department of Health and Human Services. By: Jessie Bur July 5
Senior EPA official steps down amid House ethics probe Ethics questions have dogged EPA Assistant Administrator Bill Wehrum since his 2017 nomination by President Donald Trump. He long represented the fossil fuels and chemical industries as a Washington lawyer. By: Michael Biesecker, The Associated Press June 26
First lady’s spokeswoman to be White House press secretary She will also take on the role of White House communications director, a strategic and forward-looking role that has been vacant since March. By: The Associated Press June 25
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