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'Every Cabinet member is sick of him': Trump official heaps dirt on Elon Musk

It isn't just American voters who are growing tired of X owner Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. The Washington Post reports that several Trump White House officials are also sick of Musk throwing his weight around and unilaterally shutting down agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. However, …

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8 months ago

Biden Cabinet official visits Long Beach to tout port’s $1.5-billion ‘green’ overhaul

LA Times

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, middle, steps off a railcar pulled by a PHL Joule Zero-Emission Engine to attend the groundbreaking for “America’s Green Gateway,” at the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility in Long Beach. A member of President Biden’s Cabinet joined local officials Thursday to tout a $1.5-billion rail yard project at the Port of Long Beach, which …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Lebanon’s top court suspends arrest warrants for 2 former cabinet ministers in port blast case

Associated Press

BEIRUT — A judge at Lebanon’s highest court suspended the arrest warrants against two former cabinet ministers in the 2020 Beirut port blast case, officials said Tuesday. Judge Sabbouh Suleiman of the Court of Cassation lifted the warrants against former public works minister, Youssef Fenianos, as well as former finance minister and current member of parliament Ali Hassan Khalil, judicial …

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5 years ago

Philippine President to be tested for virus, palace cleaned

The Hindu

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would be tested for the new coronavirus Thursday after he met with Cabinet officials who were exposed to infected people and have now self-quarantined, official said Thursday. Mr. Duterte has no symptoms of COVID-19 but wanted to make sure he is healthy and could continue to engage with the public, said Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, …

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6 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s temporary Cabinet and vacancy-riddled government

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story originally published in January 2019. Washington CNN — The departure this week of President Donald Trump’s acting defense secretary – who was subsequently replaced with another acting defense secretary – has underscored again the temporary nature of Trump’s cabinet. Inside the White House, Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is also serving in …

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6 years, 5 months ago

Bihar bans mobile phones at high-level meetings to ‘avoid distractions’

Hindustan Times

Patna: After the Union cabinet and Karnataka, Bihar government has prohibited carrying of cell phones at ‘high-level’ meetings. Bihar has now banned carrying of mobile phones art high-level meetings An order issued by principal secretary, general administration department, Aamir Subhani on Thursday asked all principal secretaries and police officials to desist from using mobile phones while attending meetings. It said …

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6 years, 5 months ago

Trump’s most trusted national security adviser? Himself.

CNN

Washington CNN — Earlier this summer, National Security Council experts were working to implement harsh penalties against Chinese technology behemoth ZTE when President Donald Trump caught them off-guard with a tweet about making deals with the foreign company. Defense Secretary James Mattis is quoted saying Trump’s understanding matches that of “a fifth- or sixth-grader.” Mattis later said the quotes attributed …

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7 years, 5 months ago

Rex Tillerson should quit now (Opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer is a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University and the author of “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.” He’s also the co-host of the “Politics & Polls” podcast. Story highlights Julian Zelizer: Secretary of state can exert significant influence in only one way Resign on …

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7 years, 7 months ago

Tillerson attempts to play good cop amid mixed messaging on North Korea

CNN

Story highlights This is not the first time Tillerson and other Cabinet officials have had to clarify or work around a presidential outburst Tillerson is already familiar with presidential pronouncements complicating his work Washington CNN — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s unofficial job title could be translator-in-chief. Defense Secretary James Mattis issued a statement Wednesday warning that North Korea “should …

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