Eddie Scarry

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Democratic leadership — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.Â —Â played no small part in driving the government toward shutdown over the weekend. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The media always knew Democrats were going to lose the shutdown

Eddie Scarry · January 23, 2018 2:42 am

Dana Bash told CNN anchor John King that the vote reflected frustration in Congress over Trump. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

CNN’s Dana Bash casts end of government shutdown as moment of ‘leadership’ for ‘adults in the room’

Eddie Scarry · January 22, 2018 6:29 pm

A standoff between Democrats and Republicans has the federal government on the brink of shutting down at the end of Friday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats’ government shutdown has the media’s full support

Eddie Scarry · January 20, 2018 3:20 am

CNN announced Thursday that it was adding staff to its bureau in Moscow, including Nathan Hodge, a Wall Street Journal reporter already based in the city. (Michael A. Schwarz/Bloomberg)

CNN expands its Russia bureau

Eddie Scarry · January 18, 2018 2:56 pm

Dr. Ronny Jackson, the president's physician and a Navy rear admiral, said in a press briefing Tuesday that President Trump's "overall health is excellent." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Media want second opinion after Trump’s near-perfect medical assessment

Eddie Scarry · January 17, 2018 8:12 pm

CNN's medical expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta said the test results made public the previous day by the president's physician demonstrated a heart malady. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CNN’s Sanjay Gupta disputes Trump’s personal doctor: ‘He does have heart disease’

Eddie Scarry · January 17, 2018 3:00 pm

President Trump's "Fake News Awards" were originally scheduled for Jan. 8, but Trump postponed them, writing on Twitter, "The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!" (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump teases media with mystery ‘Fake News Awards’

Eddie Scarry · January 17, 2018 5:01 am

CNN's Jim Acosta said that White House aides "shouted in my face to drown out my questions." He added, "What occurred reminded me of something I would see in a different country. Certainly not at the WH. Certainly not in the U.S." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CNN’s Jim Acosta: White House aides attempting to block questions like something ‘in a different country’

Eddie Scarry · January 16, 2018 7:54 pm

The whole national media acted as if they had to pause their Habitat for Humanity projects to share a cry after President Trump's comments. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

The media don’t like ‘shithole countries’ either

Eddie Scarry · January 13, 2018 5:01 am

The Trump administration decided to end a temporary residency permit that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since an earthquake shook the Caribbean nation in 2010. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Anderson Cooper describes dire conditions in Haiti, admonishes Trump for calling it ‘shithole’

Eddie Scarry · January 12, 2018 1:14 pm

On "Fox and Friends," typically a criticism-free zone when it comes to President Trump, co-host Brian Kilmeade said the president should acknowledge he was wrong in allegedly calling some nations as "shithole" countries. (Screenshot)

‘Fox and Friends’ says Trump should walk back ‘shithole’ comment

Eddie Scarry · January 12, 2018 12:48 pm

A Fox News contributor, during a panel discussion, said, "Special Forces operatives and members of our Navy SEAL community were asked to try and breach the wall prototypes and they could not do it." Well, this is not entirely true. For starters, the SEALs have not been involved in any testing of any wall prototype (Arik Dashevsky/Washington Examiner)

CNN can’t figure out Trump’s wall proposal

Eddie Scarry · January 12, 2018 5:01 am