by Hope McCorkle | Jun 3, 2019 | Original Source Salon.com
A State Department official said Elaine Chao’s requests for her first trip to China were “alarmingly inappropriate”
For a second week in a row, President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary faces scrutiny over her ethics while in office.
In 2017, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao made a series of requests involving her first visit to China as an official member of Trump’s Cabinet, which raised alarms among federal officials concerned with ethics.... Read Original Article
by Hope McCorkle | Jun 3, 2019 | Original Source Salon.com
Kushner struggled to answer questions about allegations of racism facing Trump while being interviewed by Axios
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White senior adviser, Jared Kushner, struggled to answer questions about allegations of racism facing the commander-in-chief while being interviewed by “Axios on HBO.”
“The answer is no — absolutely not,” Kushner said when asked by Axios reporter Jonathan Swan if he believed the president was a racist.... Read Original Article
by Hope McCorkle | Jun 2, 2019 | Original Source Salon.com
DeWayne Craddock, the suspect in the Virginia Beach shooting, resigned as a government engineer before the massacre
The man suspected of committing a mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal office building on Friday afternoon is reported to have submitted his resignation from an engineering job only hours earlier.
DeWayne Craddock, the man suspected of shooting 12 people at the office (including 11 of his former colleagues), sent an email on Friday announcing that he intended to quit his job, according to The New York Times.... Read Original Article
by Hope McCorkle | Jun 2, 2019 | Original Source Salon.com
Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulvaney criticized Robert Mueller and defended the president’s Mexico tariffs
President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulvaney made the rounds on Sunday’s news talk shows to criticize special counsel Robert Mueller, support the president’s threatened tariff increases on Mexico and downplay the need for gun control legislation.... Read Original Article
by Hope McCorkle | Jun 2, 2019 | Original Source Salon.com
The Pentagon told Trump it will not allow itself to be politicized after an incident with the USS John S. McCain
Update: Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters on Sunday that the White House Military Office coordinated directly with the Navy’s Seventh Fleet to conceal the USS John S. McCain from Trump’s view, according to CNN.... Read Original Article
