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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. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have both resigned, potentially ...

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 is whether they have left it too late, whether they will carry the Donald Trump stain no matter how...

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. Trump led off a video from the White House by condemning the violence carried out in his name a day e...

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. Biden's 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 also advised President Barack Obama on Islamic State militants. Earlier in his career, McGurk worked...

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 fissure in the GOP that cannot easily be mended. Republicans who consider themselves allies of the presi...