Tag: Travel

A quartet of Trump administration officials -- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke -- have become embroiled in a growing controversy over the use of private or military aircraft. Price resigned Friday amid the controversy. (AP Photos)

Trump’s flyboys: Tom Price is gone but others still face trouble over private or military aircraft use

Daniel Chaitin · September 29, 2017 7:22 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks during a National Foundation for Infectious Diseases news conference recommending everyone age six months an older be vaccinated against influenza, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Tom Price used military aircraft for trips to Africa, Europe, and Asia: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · September 28, 2017 11:54 pm

House Democrats introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit senior federal officials from using taxpayer dollars to travel on private planes, following reports at least three of President Trump's Cabinet officials used private or government aircraft for official business. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats take aim at Trump with bill banning use of private planes

Melissa Quinn · September 28, 2017 6:05 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price avoided questions about his travel from reporters on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Tom Price: ‘We’ve still got the confidence of the president’

Kimberly Leonard · September 28, 2017 3:05 pm

Senate Democrats are demanding information from HHS Secretary Tom Price about his use of private planes for official government travel. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Senate Democrats demand answers on Tom Price’s use of private jets

Melissa Quinn · September 28, 2017 2:02 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price now faces a fresh round of inquiry regarding his use of taxpayer money to charter private flights as secretary. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Between his private flights and stock activity, Tom Price’s record keeps raising ethical questions

Emily Jashinsky · September 27, 2017 6:51 pm

The White House is restricting lawmaker travel to Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands on military aircraft this weekend in an attempt to keep the focus on helping recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

White House restricts lawmaker travel to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Kara Zupkus · September 27, 2017 6:36 pm

President Trump said Wednesday that he is not happy about the way Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price used government-funded charter jets to travel for work. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Trump ‘not happy’ with reports of Tom Price’s private jets

Kimberly Leonard · September 27, 2017 5:21 pm

Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and ranking member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., sent letters to 24 federal agencies and White House chief of staff John Kelly asking for information about the use of government-owned and private planes for both official and personal trips. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House Oversight Committee probing Trump administration officials’ use of private, government-owned jets

Melissa Quinn · September 27, 2017 2:47 pm

Defenders of the updated ban were quick to point out on Monday that two of the eight countries included are not Muslim-majority nations, potentially making it harder for opponents to continue pursuing their argument that the president's executive order constitutes a Muslim ban. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)

Opponents of latest Trump travel restrictions may be fighting uphill legal battle

Gabby Morrongiello · September 26, 2017 9:17 pm

Trump echoed similar disdain and also retaliatory threats on Twitter, suggesting last week to challenge or removal of broadcast licenses of news networks that he deemed "fake news." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Trump has good reasons to add Chad and Venezuela to the travel ban

Tom Rogan · September 25, 2017 8:03 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday dropped the dispute over President Trump's travel ban from its oral argument calendar. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court drops Trump travel ban from oral argument calendar

Ryan Lovelace · September 25, 2017 5:38 pm