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New "enhanced" video of Brown University shooting suspect released; White House chief of staff Susie Wiles gives candid interview on Trump administration.
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New "enhanced" video of Brown University shooting suspect released; White House chief of staff Susie Wiles gives candid interview on Trump administration.
Even Trump’s chief of staff was ‘aghast’ at Elon Musk’s deadly USAID cuts
Throughout the year, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple interviewed some of the people closest to President Trump. We speak with Whipple about his talks with White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
Chief of staff candidly assesses the president and his team to Vanity Fair, saying Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality,” Bondi “whiffed” on the Epstein files and Vance’s pro-Trump makeover was “political.”
Wiles, in the rare, candid interviews, described Trump's "reciprocal" tariff policy as "so much thinking out loud."
Some staff at the Heritage Foundation revolted over the defense its president, Kevin Roberts, gave of Tucker Carlson’s interview with antisemite Nick Fuentes.
A report obtained by The Post says the U.S. Forest Service’s trails are deteriorating rapidly due to staff cuts under the Trump administration, posing risks to visitors.
The move could make it easier to lay off federal employees and is likely illegal, experts say.
In the interview, Wiles describes Donald Trump as having an "alcoholic's personality" and JD Vance as having been a "conspiracy theorist" for a decade.
Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles dishes on Elon Musk's time at DOGE