White House chief of staff John Kelly made some jokes about his role at the White House during a Department of Homeland Security event. Kelly served as secretary of the department before he moved to the West Wing. “I did something wrong and God punished me, I guess,” Kelly joked. White House chief of staff […]
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What You Need to Know About Hilton’s Transition From Citi to Amex
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Mueller investigation obtains thousands of Trump transition emails
Government-related emails are once again prompting a very public dispute — albeit under very different circumstances than a year earlier. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has confirmed an Axios report that it obtained thousands of Trump transition emails from the General Services Administration as part of its investigation into the President’s team. The move was […]
Designated Survivor Boss Breaks Down Latest Tragedy (How Random Was It?), Previews Difficult Transition Ahead
The following contains spoilers from the Designated Survivor midseason finale. ABC’s Designated Survivor closed the first half of its sophomore season by dealing President Tom Kirkman his most devastating, soul-crushing blow to date, in a tragic twist that has been on the books since last spring. RELATEDWhen Will Your Favorite Shows Return From the Holidays? […]
Top Trump transition official in private email: Russia ‘has just thrown’ the election to Trump
Drew Angerer/Getty Images KT McFarland, a top official on President Donald Trump’s transition team, said in an email last December that they should reassure Russia, which she said had just “thrown the U.S.A. election” to Trump. The email, obtained by The New York Times, sheds new light on McFarland’s role in coordinating the transition team’s […]
Ivanka Trump reportedly took over one of Chris Christie’s transition team meetings and asked Michael Flynn what job he wanted
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune Ivanka Trump once “took over” one of Chris Christie’s transition team meetings last fall and essentially told Michael Flynn that he could have whatever job he wanted because of his “amazing loyalty” to her father, President Donald Trump, The New Yorker reported Monday in an extensive profile of Vice President Mike […]
Khloé Kardashian Says She Regrets Airing Kim's Robbery And Caitlyn's Transition On “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”
“We aren’t ever like, ‘Oooh! Let’s do this for season nine,’” Khloé continued. “This is our life, and these are the things that happen. And it’s funny—when we decide not to shoot things, people feel slighted. But when we film too much, they’re like, ‘Oh, you never should have filmed that.’ It’s a catch-22.” Let’s […]
Intel’s next generation chip plans: Ice Lake and a slow 10nm transition
Enlarge / A Kaby Lake desktop CPU, not that you can tell the difference in a press shot. This is built using Intel’s 14nm+ process. (credit: Intel) Intel has given an unusual insight into the road ahead for its mainstream desktop and laptop processors, confirming the existence of a new processor family called Ice Lake. […]
As hurricane season begins, NOAA told to slow its transition to better models
Enlarge / Hurricane Matthew is seen in 2016, closing in on Florida. (credit: NOAA) It’s a lousy time to be a US weather forecaster. Even as the Atlantic Ocean heats up, wind shear falls, and the potential for an active hurricane season looms, vacancies have been mounting at the National Hurricane Center in Miami and at National […]
REPORT: Trump’s transition team knew Mike Flynn was being investigated before Trump hired him
Thomson Reuters Former national security adviser Mike Flynn reportedly told Donald Trump’s transition team that he was under federal investigation, weeks before Trump took office, according to a New York Times report published Wednesday. Two individuals cited in The Times’ report said Flynn had explained to Trump’s team on January 4 that he was being […]