In his final hours in office, President Donald Trump granted pardons and commuted sentences for 143 people early Wednesday, including a pre-emptive pardon to former White House strategist Steve Bannon. Trump did not pre-emptively pardon himself or his family members. Other prominent recipients of clemency were former Uber and Google …
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Olivia Troye, the homeland-security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who served as Pence’s deputy on the White House coronavirus task force and went public last week with the allegation that President Trump never took the pandemic seriously except insofar as it affected his re-election chances, this week found herself …
Read More »Key Words: White House adviser who said it’s ‘scary to go to work’ doesn’t seem afraid of what’s next for the economy
“ ‘I think definitely you’re looking at a very strong third quarter, a very strong fourth quarter and probably a great next year. So I guess I disagree that it’s going to take all the way through the end of 2021.’ ” That’s White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett taking …
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