Tag: Media

CIA Director Gina Haspel attends a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Why Trump sent CIA Director Gina Haspel to Turkey

Tom Rogan · October 23, 2018 8:24 pm

Sarah Huckabee Sanders who has been named White House press secretary walks to the podium during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Matt Yglesias thinks media attention to fluff is a conservative conspiracy

Becket Adams · October 23, 2018 8:07 pm

Former Director of the FBI James Comey speaks at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn campus in Storrs, Conn., Monday night, Oct. 15, 2018. UConn President Susan Herbst, right, joined Comey for the second half of his speech.

Comey jokes: ‘My wife is so relieved’ after FBI fails to find photos of him kissing, hugging Mueller

Diana Stancy Correll · October 23, 2018 7:34 pm

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) shakes hands with Salah Khashoggi, a son of Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.

Khashoggi’s sons shake hand of Saudi prince accused of ordering their father’s murder

Diana Stancy Correll · October 23, 2018 5:54 pm

Metropolitan Police Second District Commander Melvin Gresham, second from left, accompanied by other police officers, stands at the broken front door of the offices of the local broadcast affiliate after a man was shot by a security guard while trying to break into the lobby of the building, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Washington.

Suspect shot while breaking into DC Fox studio had history of emailing reporters 'weird ramblings'

Anna Giaritelli · October 23, 2018 5:22 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by other democratic Senators and supporters, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

White House compares top Democrats and the media to Marx, Lenin, and Mao

Caitlin Yilek · October 23, 2018 3:56 pm

"The swamp will not defeat him," incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said in an interview with the New Yorker, talking of himself in the third person. "They're trying to resist me, but it's not going to work."

Scaramucci identifies ‘fundamental flaw’ with White House reporting

Eddie Scarry · October 23, 2018 3:30 pm

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci was removed from his position just days after his hiring. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Scaramucci: Trump wanted to ‘fix’ relations with media

Eddie Scarry · October 23, 2018 12:42 pm

Cory Booker

Laura Ingraham: Cory Booker targeted with a ‘smear’

Diana Stancy Correll · October 23, 2018 4:24 am

The Obama administration heavily criticized journalist Bob Woodward after he called Obama's efforts to blame sequestration on the Republicans "partisan message management." (Photo: Chris Usher, AP/CBS news)

Bob Woodward: Trump’s press strategy is ‘ingenious’

Daniel Chaitin · October 23, 2018 1:26 am

White House chief of staff John Kelly, right, departs the East Room of the White House in Washington.

John Kelly roughed up Corey Lewandowski outside Oval Office

Diana Stancy Correll · October 23, 2018 12:42 am

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

Energy and Environment

Mnuchin talks Iran oil sanctions with Saudi crown prince

John Siciliano · October 22, 2018 11:04 pm