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Trump resignations gaining steam Jonathan Easley © Greg Nash Trump resignations gaining steam A growing number of Cabinet members and senior officials are resigning from the Trump administration after a right-wing mob attacked Capitol Hill this week, leaving President Trump isolated to deal with the fallout in the final days of his presidency. Two Cabinet members and least six other administration officials have resigned and directly rebuked Trump for inciting the riot. Trans...

Betsy DeVos (right), who has resigned after the US Capitol violence. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA In the 16th century, mice and rats were credited with knowing when a rotten house was on the verge of collapse. This evolved into the idiom about fleeing a sinking ship, but the original version suggested more prescience, an ability to anticipate oblivion and get out ahead of time. The question hovering over the officials quitting the White House...

Associated Press PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP speaking at the rally Wednesday in Washington protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president. The rally preceded Trump supporters storming the nation’s Capitol building. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — With 13 days left in his term, President Donald Trump finally bent to reality Thursday amid growing talk of trying to force him out early, acknowledging he’ll peacefully leave after Congress affirmed his defeat. T...

Mark Makela / Getty Images Originally published on January 8, 2021 3:34 pm President-elect Joe Biden announced a big slate of key players for his National Security Council, the White House team that will advise him on foreign policy and security issues when he takes office on Jan. 20. Bidens team includes some familiar names, including Brett McGurk as coordinator for the Middle East. McGurk was a top adviser to President Trump but resigned in 2018 when Trump pulled forces from Syria. He a...

More Trump loyalists resign or consider doing so after president’s incitement of mob Resignations have been rare in Trump’s orbit, despite the constant churn of hiring and firing that has characterized the president’s chaotic administration. By Francesca ChambersMcClatchy News Service Share WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s unpredictable behavior since the November election has Republicans, including those close to the White House, alarmed and concerned that he has opened a fiss...

According to the source, a number of other SNB officials are expected to announce their resignation soon WASHINGTON DC, January 7. / TASS /. Ryan Tully, senior director for Russia and European affairs at the White House National Security Council (SNC), has stepped down after riots in Washington DC on Wednesday, according to Reuters source in the US administration. According to the source, a number of other SNC officials are expected to announce their resignation soon. The source added that the ...

The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump has prompted calls for his removal from office before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20. Trump has taken a more conciliatory tone – promising a smooth transfer of power and calling for ‘healing and reconciliation’. The chaotic scenes unfolded after Trump addressed thousands of protesters and repeated unfounded claims that the election was stolen from him. Four people died and 64 were arrested as prote...

11:04am EDT U.S. President Joe Biden next week will travel to Pittsburgh, where he kicked off his presidential campaign in 2019, to unveil a multitrillion-dollar plan to rebuild Americas infrastructure, choosing a backdrop of an American city with a long union history. 10:55am EDT An 80-year old man, a pair of soldiers in military garb and a 20-year-old student were among the stream of people braving cold mountain winds to lay flowers at one of the makeshift memorials for ...

Here are the White House staffers whove resigned in past 24 hours FacebookTwitterEmail The list of White House resignations is growing after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an attempt to disturb a peaceful transfer of power. Heres the list as of 6 p.m. Thursday.  -John Costello, the Commerce Department’s deputy assistant secretary for intelligence and security -Tyler Goodspeed, acting chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers -Stephanie Grisham, First ...

Some Trump administration officials resign while others stay to prevent chaos CNN 1/7/2021 © Provided by CNN President Donald Trumps top national security officials received calls in the hours following a mob attack on the US Capitol urging them not to resign, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort meant to safeguard American security as aides describe Trump devolving into volatile instability. The fear of resignations came as senior officials began quitting in the hours af...