The White House had no immediate response to the Boy Scouts’ statement.
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Analysis: Finally, the White House takes a page from Management 101
What mattered wasn’t only that Anthony Scaramucci was shown the door, but that it was one of John Kelly’s first moves – a classic example of change management.
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Trump worked with Fox News on false story, lawsuit claims
Rod Wheeler, a Fox News contributor, claims Trump read the story about a slain Democratic staffer before it was published and wanted comments that Wheeler never made to be inserted.
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Maine police leaders say Trump’s advice to rough up suspects is ‘wrong message’
Officials say it’s illegal, hurts community relations, weakens criminal cases and violates their core values of professionalism.
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Priebus out as White House chief of staff; Homeland chief named as replacement
The announcement that John Kelly will replace Reince Priebus comes after a week of conflict between Priebus and the newly named communications director.
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Senate rejects ‘skinny’ repeal of ACA in major setback for Trump
The latest effort fails when Sen. John McCain votes with Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski against the president and Republican leaders.
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Alaska’s Murkowski unfazed by scornful Trump tweet
The senator says that her constituents come first and she doesn’t pay much attention to Twitter.
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Trump’s transgender troops ban divides veterans in Congress
According to a senior Republican aide, House leaders were taken by surprise by the president’s tweets.
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Mainers reserved about Trump’s politicized speech to Scouts
But some say the president’s remarks were inappropriate because they violated the Boy Scouts’ nonpartisan tradition and values.
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Sens. Collins and Reed on hot mic: Trump is ‘crazy,’ ‘I’m worried’
Maine’s senior senator laments the administration’s handling of the budget and pokes fun at a Texas congressman who challenged her to a duel.