83º
    • News
    • Watch Live
    • Ask 2
    • Back To School
    • Border
    • Business
    • Click2Vote
    • Consumer
    • Coronavirus
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Election Results
    • Entertainment
    • Health
    • History
    • Houston Newsmakers
    • Investigates
    • National
    • Politics
    • Restaurant Report Card
    • Solutionaries
    • Spencer Solves It
    • Stronger Houston
    • Texas
    • Trust Index
    • Vaccine
    • Voices of Houston
    • World
    • Sports
    • Astros
    • Astros Stats
    • Aggies
    • Cougars
    • Dynamo
    • Friday Football Frenzy
    • Golf
    • High School Sports
    • Longhorns
    • Rockets
    • Rockets Stats
    • Outdoors
    • Texans
    • Texans Stats
    • Things To Do
    • DIY
    • Drinking
    • Events
    • Families
    • Food
    • Home Buying
    • KPRC Kids
    • Lists
    • Rodeo
    • Shopping
    • Style
    • Support Local
    • Travel
    • Your City
    • Conroe
    • Cypress
    • Houston
    • Galveston
    • Katy
    • Kingwood
    • Pasadena
    • Pearland
    • Sugar Land
    • Spring
    • The Woodlands
    • Discover
    • Apollo 11
    • Children's Museum
    • Click2Pins
    • Click2Save Deals
    • Community Calendar
    • Contests & Rules
    • Habitat For Humanity
    • KPRC 2 Community
    • Money
    • My Texas Happy Place
    • NBC Shows
    • News Team
    • Pets
    • Senior Scholarships
    • Something Good
    • Talk 2 Us
    • Tech
    • Tex's Poundation
    • TV Listings
    • Houston Life
    • About Us
    • Be on the Show
    • Seen on Houston Life
    • Wine Club
    • Weather
    • Alerts
    • Click2Pins
    • Flood Tracker
    • Forecasting Change
    • Frank's Weather Blog
    • Hurricane Headquarters
    • Galveston
    • Houston Zoo
    • Live Cams
    • Past Houston Storms
    • Weather News
    • Traffic
    • Newsletters
  • News
  • Sports
  • Things To Do
  • Your City
  • Discover
  • Houston Life
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Newsletters
Click2Houston.com
  • News
  • Sports
  • Things To Do
  • Your City
  • Discover
  • Houston Life
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Newsletters

An air quality alert in effect for 8 regions in the area

See the complete list

WEATHER ALERT

An air quality alert in effect for 8 regions in the area

Ad

MICK MULVANEY


3 days ago

Former Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says FBI informant could be one of 6 to 8 people in Trump's inner circle

"If you know where the safe is and you know the documents are in 10 boxes in the basement, you're pretty close to the president," said Mulvaney.

news.yahoo.com

Mulvaney tells House Jan. 6 committee he was "checked out" by then

Mulvaney resigned from his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland after the riot.

cbsnews.com

House Jan. 6 panel interviews Mnuchin, pursues Trump Cabinet

The House Jan. 6 committee has interviewed former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and is in negotiations to talk to several other former members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet.

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to meet with Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee

Former Trump White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is set to be interviewed by the select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

cnbc.com

Mick Mulvaney will testify Thursday before House Jan. 6 committee

The former Trump chief of staff has said he believes Cassidy Hutchinson and other ex-White House staffers.

cbsnews.com

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney believes the White House officials testifying about Trump in Jan. 6 hearings - "The Takeout"

On "The Takeout" podcast this week, Mulvaney discusses the Jan. 6 hearings with Major Garrett.

cbsnews.com

Former Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says Trump is the only 'mainstream Republican' who could lose to Biden in 2024

Mick Mulvaney doubled down on comments that the GOP doesn't need Trump, and said GOP voters are now looking to people like Ron DeSantis.

news.yahoo.com

Mick Mulvaney says a 'friend' in the White House said former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows displayed incompetence, had a 'nervous breakdown' on January 6

"You sort of get this impression that things had really broken down and Mark Meadows as the chief of staff ... had checked out entirely," he said.

news.yahoo.com

Mulvaney: White House ‘friend’ said Meadows was incompetent, had ‘nervous breakdown’ on Jan. 6

Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said that a “friend” who was in the White House during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot told him that Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was experiencing “a little bit of both” incompetence and a “nervous breakdown” as the event unfolded. During an interview with…

news.yahoo.com
Ad

How a crowded GOP field could help Trump in 2024 campaign

As Donald Trump considers another White House run, polls show he's the most popular figure in the Republican Party.

Mick Mulvaney said Jan 6. chaos revealed "a complete breakdown in the operation of the West Wing"

Mulvaney's comments come as former White House counsel Pat Cipollone spent his day being deposed by the House Jan. 6 select committee

cbsnews.com

David Brooks, Chris Cillizza and pundits who got the Jan. 6 hearings wrong

Their confident but wildly wrong projections on Roe v. Wade’s survival or a Trump concession somehow were met with no repercussions.

washingtonpost.com

Former White House chief of staff says Trump should be most worried about the January 6 panel's potential evidence of his obstruction of justice

Mulvaney wrote that Trump could be the next politician to learn that "it usually isn't the crime. It's the cover-up."

news.yahoo.com

Trump, Secret Service agent confirmed main elements of bombshell Jan. 6 fight over driving to Capitol

Trump, Secret Service agent confirmed main elements of bombshell Jan. 6 fight over driving to Capitol

news.yahoo.com

'Things could get very dark for the former president,' writes ex-Trump aide Mick Mulvaney

I have argued Trump's actions were wrong but legal. This latest Jan. 6 hearing and Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony are forcing me to reconsider.

news.yahoo.com

Former Trump aides vouch for credibility of bombshell Jan. 6 witness: 'I don't think she's lying'

Former Trump aides vouch for credibility of bombshell Jan. 6 witness: 'I don't think she's lying'

news.yahoo.com

A former Trump White House chief of staff says the latest January 6 hearing provided 'stunning' new evidence of potential criminality

Mick Mulvaney, who resigned a day after the January 6 insurrection, said the new evidence presented was a "serious problem" for Trump.

news.yahoo.com

A former Trump White House chief of staff says the latest January 6 hearing provided 'stunning' new evidence of potential criminality

Mick Mulvaney, who resigned a day after the January 6 insurrection, said the new evidence presented was a "serious problem" for Trump.

news.yahoo.com
Ad

Rusty Bowers says Giuliani told him: ‘We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence’

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) on Tuesday said he repeatedly pressed Rudy Giuliani for proof of his claims of election fraud after the 2020 election, but that Giuliani failed to produce any. “My recollection, he said, ‘We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence,’” Bowers told the Jan. 6 House committee…

news.yahoo.com

Mick Mulvaney Trashes Trump Staffers As 'Garbage' And Twitter Users Pounce

Many Twitter users said that the former chief of staff's trashing of fellow aides was a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

news.yahoo.com

What we know about Trump's actions as insurrection unfolded

Members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are holding their first prime-time hearing to share what they have uncovered about then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Book: CBS News contributor Mick Mulvaney may not have believed his own writing - The Washington Post

It's important for a TV commentator to believe in the things he says.

washingtonpost.com

Psaki rumors, Mulvaney hire at CBS News trouble journalists

CBS' hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney and MSNBC's discussions about bringing on White House press secretary Jen Psaki after she's left the Biden administration have troubled some journalists at the networks.

Psaki rumors, Mulvaney hire at CBS News trouble journalists

Far less common is seeing pushback to such decisions from journalists working there, as has happened recently at CBS and NBC News. Discontent emerged over CBS' hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a commentator and discussions about current White House press secretary Jen Psaki working at MSNBC when her time in the Biden administration is through. In both cases, journalists have been quiet publicly about their concerns over the decisions.

news.yahoo.com

The galling cynicism of CBS News hiring Mick Mulvaney

"Access journalism" takes the media to dangerous places when one side of the aisle is turning against democracy.

washingtonpost.com

CBS News staff 'embarrassed,' 'baffled' by Mick Mulvaney hire, but executive reportedly wants GOP 'access'

CBS News staff 'embarrassed,' 'baffled' by Mick Mulvaney hire, but executive reportedly wants GOP 'access'

news.yahoo.com

South Carolina candidate to ex-Trump aide: 'You really are a true piece of 'sh--'

A South Carolina Republican candidate backed by former President Trump told a former top official in his administration "you really are a true piece of sh-" in a private text unearthed by The State.In a series of texts between South Carolina candidate Katie Arrington (R) and former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Arrington insulted Mulvaney with the four-letter word in a Monday morning text which the newspaper obtained and...

news.yahoo.com
Ad

Trump turns to endorsements to keep bending GOP to his will

Former President Donald Trump remains the most popular figure with the GOP base as he considers another bid for the White House.

Op-ed: Here's how President Biden can fix the supply chain – and save Christmas

We need to be looking at how the federal government can act right now to help alleviate the strain in the supply chain, writes Mick Mulvaney.

cnbc.com

Lawyer who aided Trump subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to a former Justice Department lawyer who positioned himself as an ally of Donald Trump and aided the Republican president’s efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

Subpoenas could shed light on how Jan. 6 rally came together

The latest round of subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection may help uncover the degree to which former President Donald Trump, his campaign and White House were involved in planning the rally that preceded the riot.

What Democrats Can Learn From the Never Trumpers

The former cultural core of the GOP is exiting the party. The Democrats should keep those voters in their corner. Here’s how to do it.

theatlantic.com

USDA relocations curtail ag research, farmer confidence

Hiring at the Kansas City site remains well below the roughly 550 high-paying jobs local leaders had anticipated. However, he said those frustrations have dealt more with reports published by other USDA agencies, and that some farmers may be confusing them. For example, a two-year research project on pollinators such as honeybees was shelved because the entire team working on it left the agency rather than move to Kansas City. In October 2016 — before Trump's first year in office — ERS had 318 permanent employees, according to USDA data. “And here in the United States, what we do with groups like that — we can’t send them to Siberia, so we send them to Kansas City.”

Biden environmental challenge: Filling vacant scientist jobs

Leadership positions sit vacant at the U.S. Geological Survey’s climate science centers. The ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell in several agencies — sharply in some — under former President Donald Trump, federal data shows. Scientists say federal environmental research could be hobbled for years by the loss of experienced scientists. The Trump administration said the relocation to Kansas City was to save money. Inspections and compliance monitoring by the agency fell 28% under Trump, EPA figures show.

Covid, payday loans, student debt — here are the issues Biden's consumer bureau may tackle

The headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C. JHVEPhoto | iStock Editorial | Getty ImagesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to become a more aggressive consumer watchdog under the Biden administration and while the coronavirus pandemic hurls financial challenges at millions of Americans. Rohit Chopra, President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Student loansUnder Biden, the consumer bureau is expected to exercise greater enforcement of the rules on student loan servicing. Advocates have criticized student loan servicers for misleading borrowers and steering them into more expensive repayment plans. The consumer bureau will likely also take a harder stance against for-profit schools that have been known to prey on vulnerable students and make unrealistic promises.

cnbc.com

Biden picks Chopra, Gensler for financial oversight roles

President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Rohit Chopra as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tapping a progressive ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to helm the agency whose creation she championed. Gensler, a former Goldman Sachs banker, tightened oversight of the complex financial transactions that helped cause the Great Recession. Consumer and investor advocate groups praised the selections of Gensler and Chopra. Mulvaney had been a vocal critic of the consumer agency and made deep changes to it, softening regulations on payday loans, for example, and pulling back on enforcement efforts. As one of two Democratic commissioners on the five-member Federal Trade Commission, Chopra has been an outspoken critic of practices by big companies, especially tech giant Facebook.

Ad

Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot

It said that if any former employees or independent contractors for the campaign took part, “they did not do so at the direction of the Trump campaign.”At least one was working for the Trump campaign this month. The AP’s review found at least three of the Trump campaign aides named on the permit rushed to obscure their connections to the demonstration. Between mid-March and mid-November, Donald J. Trump for President Inc. paid Wren $20,000 a month, according to Federal Election Commission records. Maggie Mulvaney, a niece of former top Trump aide Mick Mulvaney, is listed on the permit attachment as the “VIP Lead.” She worked as director of finance operations for the Trump campaign, according to her LinkedIn profile. Trump’s presidential campaign paid Event Strategies $1.3 million in 2020 for “audio visual services,” according to the campaign finance records.

President Trump won’t attend Joe Biden’s inauguration

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday he will skip President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, refusing to fulfill the outgoing president's traditional role in the peaceful transition of power and undercutting his own message just one day earlier on the need for “national healing and unity." Historian Douglas Brinkley said that while attending the inauguration “would be a wonderful olive branch to the country,” he wasn't surprised by the decision. “Donald Trump doesn’t want to be in Washington as the second-fiddle loser standing on stage with Joe Biden,” he said. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump said in a tweet. White House counsel Pat Cipollone has repeatedly warned Trump that he could be deemed responsible for inciting Wednesday’s violence.

Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Phoenix International Academy in Phoenix. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Thursday became the highest-ranking administration officials to resign over the pro-Trump insurrection. Neither impeachment nor ouster under the 25th Amendment was considered probable with less than two weeks left in Trump's presidency. Yet many White House aides, both senior officials and lower-level staff, were struggling with whether or when to exit, according to two people familiar with internal deliberations at the White House. “They’re all going to have their historic revisionism, they’re all going to have their own imaginary heroism,” Wilson said.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns in wake of Capitol assault

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced her resignation Thursday night in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol. Her resignation came hours after Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, announced her resignation, effective Monday. Chao and DeVos are both members of Mr. Trump's Cabinet, and President-elect Joe Biden had already announced his choices to replace them. "The president has long disregarded and diminished the rule of law and the constitution," said Costello, the deputy assistant secretary of commerce for intelligence and security. "Yesterday, that culminated in violent sedition against the U.S. Congress for the purposes of overturning a legally recognized and valid election."

cbsnews.com

Trump finally faces reality — amid talk of early ouster

WASHINGTON – 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 earlier at the Capitol. Deprived of that social media lifeblood, Trump remained silent and ensconced in the executive mansion until Thursday evening. Staff-level discussions on the matter took place across multiple departments and even in parts of the White House, according to two people briefed on the talks. Few aides had any sense of the president’s plans, with some wondering if Trump would largely remain out of sight until he left the White House.

Here are the White House resignations triggered by Trump’s incitement of this week’s mob violence

They stuck with President Trump through Charlottesville, Helsinki and Lafayette Square. Matthews joined the White House last summer as deputy press secretary, and she quit on Wednesday. Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power.”Stephanie GrishamStephanie Grisham served as White House press secretary, among other roles. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)Grisham worked for Trump’s 2016 campaign, then served in the White House in various roles, most notably as a press secretary who never held an official press briefing. “It has been an honor to serve the country in the White House,” she said in a statement to CNN.

latimes.com

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao becomes latest Trump administration official to resign

She joins several other Trump administration officials who have announced their resignations in the wake of violence by a pro-Trump mob at the U.S. Capitol. She has been with the Trump administration since its earliest days. Tyler Goodspeed, CEA Acting ChairmanThe resignations come with less than two weeks left in the Trump administration. "So I'm not condemning those who choose not to resign, I understand that, but I can't stay here. Mulvaney held numerous roles in the Trump administration.

cbsnews.com

Trump’s final self-destructive days leave him weaker, more alone

AdvertisementLater Thursday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos also resigned, calling the Capitol violence an “inflection point” and saying Trump’s rhetoric contributed to it. By Thursday it was the White House under siege, by people in both parties. Inside the White House, uncertainty reigns. Late Wednesday, Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, was barred from the White House complex in retaliation for Pence’s refusal to contest the election results before Congress. “It’s really heartbreaking to see,” said Joe Grogan, who led the White House Domestic Policy Council and resigned last May.

latimes.com

‘I can’t do it. I can’t stay’: Mick Mulvaney resigns post following Capitol riot

President Donald Trump’s former acting White House chief of staff resigned his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying “I can’t do it. I can’t stay.”Mick Mulvaney joined a growing list of Trump administration officials who are leaving following the violent riot at the Capitol on Wednesday. He served as acting White House chief of staff from January 2019 until March 2020. I can’t stay,” Mick Mulvaney told CNBC, which was first to report the resignation. “Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in.”

Ad

The Latest: Capitol Police says officer dies after riots

The U.S. Capitol Police says an officer who was injured after responding to riots at the Capitol has died. ___7:20 p.m.President Donald Trump is conceding to President-elect Joe Biden and condemning the violent supporters of his who stormed the nation’s Capitol. He was a web developer and founder of Trumparoo, a social media site for supporters of President Donald Trump. ___2:35 p.m.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s seeking the resignation of Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund a day after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol. ___2:30 p.m.Canadian-based e-commerce company Shopify Inc. has removed online stores affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying his actions have violated the company’s policies.

'I can't stay here' — Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration, expects others to follow

WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's former chief of staff, told CNBC on Thursday he has resigned as special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland. I can't stay," Mick Mulvaney said in an exclusive interview on "Squawk Box." Stephanie Grisham, chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump, and Sarah Matthews, White House deputy press secretary, resigned Wednesday. Mulvaney told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin. Mulvaney added that Trump was "not the same as he was eight months ago."

cnbc.com

Trump official Mick Mulvaney's hedge fund seeking at least $1 million from investors

Mick Mulvaney, a former acting chief of staff for President Donald Trump, aims to raise at least $1 million from outside investors for his newly established hedge fund. The filing gives a fresh glimpse into how Mulvaney's fund, called Exegis Capital, is planning to operate in the post-Trump era. Mulvaney, a Republican former congressman from South Carolina, also served as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau within the Trump administration. The investments appear to be going toward the funds limited partnership titled the "Exegis Financial Sector Fund," the document says. In an interview Friday, Wessel confirmed that the $1 million was just the minimum they are asking for from investors.

cnbc.com

Trump defied gravity; now falls back to earth, future TBD

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump, who defied political gravity with his extraordinary rise from reality star and businessman to the presidency, has fallen back to earth. “Even in defeat, Donald Trump has exceeded expectations and helped other Republicans do the same,” said GOP consultant Michael Steel, who has worked on Capitol Hill and for campaigns. “When Donald Trump loses there will never be a peaceful transition to power,” said Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer-turned-critic Michael Cohen. Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has become a particular favorite with the president’s loyal supporters on the campaign trail, meaning the Trump name could endure. Many of Trump’s supporters see his influence continuing.

Trump eyes 'resurrection run' in 2024 as his support dwindles in battleground states

As ballots in key battleground states weigh in favor of Joe Biden for the presidency, President Donald Trump's aides are already discussing the possibility of a Trump resurrection run in 2024. The U.S. Constitution prevents presidents from serving more than two terms, but Trump could run again in 2024 if he loses in 2020, according to the 22nd Amendment. Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also weighed in on the possibility of another Trump run, should Biden win. In an interview with Chron, University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus discusses the likelihood of President Trump launching a resurrection run, should he lose this election. Chron: What are the odds of a Trump "resurrection run"?

chron.com

Govt Watchdog: Politics caused 'Sharpiegate' frantic rebuke

Former Obama NOAA chief Jane Lubchenco, a scientist at Oregon State University, said in an email that high level officials put politics and their own jobs above public safety. By the time the two tweets were posted, Alabama was no longer in the hurricane centers warning cone, although it had been in previous days. Jacobs said things went crazy in the middle of the night.Then-NOAA communications chief Julie Kay Roberts told the inspector generals office that Walsh told her there are jobs on the line. The report said there was no credible evidence found to say that jobs were threatened. The Inspector General instead selectively quotes from interviews, takes facts out of context.The White House declined comment.

Mark Meadows resigning from Congress to become Trump's chief of staff

Acting White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, traveling with US President Donald Trump, returns to the White House in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2020. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., will resign from Congress on Monday to become President Donald Trump's chief of staff. Meadows' former communications director, Ben Williamson, confirmed to CNBC in an email that he has "moved to the White House to serve as senior advisor to White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows." Multiple outlets reported that Meadows' first official day as Trump's chief of staff will begin Tuesday. Meadows, one of the president's most loyal supporters in Congress, is Trump's fourth chief of staff in just over three years.

cnbc.com

White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham tests negative for coronavirus

FILE PHOTO: White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talk to reporters as he departs for travel to Georgia from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Leah MillisWASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham, under quarantine since contact with a Brazilian official earlier this month, tested negative for coronavirus and will be back at work on Wednesday, the White House said. Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who has been quarantined since coming in contact with Brazilian officials almost two weeks ago and working from home, has received negative COVID-19 test results and will be back to work tomorrow, White House spokesman Judd Deere said. Bolsonaros press secretary Fabio Wajngarten was the aide who tested positive and was at the Mar-a-Lago event. He was photographed standing next to Trump, prompting the president to get a test that proved to be negative.

feeds.reuters.com

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney self-quarantining over coronavirus concern

President Donald Trump's outgoing chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is voluntarily self-isolating in South Carolina as he awaits coronavirus test results from someone he recently had contact with. Mulvaney is "teleworking" from his home while the test results are pending, a White House official told NBC News. Trump on March 6 announced that he would be replacing Mulvaney as White House chief of staff with Rep. Mark Meadows, a Republican from North Carolina. McDaniel has not received the results of her coronavirus test yet, according to an RNC spokeswoman who spoke with NBC. Grisham, who is also White House communications director, wrote, "I'm working from home and yes I feel good" in a text message to CNBC on Monday.

cnbc.com
Ad

Trump names Mark Meadows White House chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (R) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) talk as they wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to speak to the media, one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted on two articles of impeachment, in the East Room of the White House February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump on Friday named Representative Mark Meadows his White House chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney. Trump said that Mulvaney will become the United States special envoy for Northern Ireland. Trump and other officials had denied seeking a quid pro quo of any kind regarding Ukraine. The GOP-controlled Senate voted to acquit Trump on two impeachment articles: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

cnbc.com

Mick Mulvaney out as chief of staff, Mark Meadows to replace him

Mick Mulvaney is out as acting White House chief of staff, and top Trump ally Mark Meadows is in, President Trump announced on Twitter Friday night. Mr. Trump announced his decision while in Florida. "I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff," Mr. Trump tweeted. "I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one...I want to thank Acting Chief Mick Mulvaney for having served the Administration so well. "It's an honor to be selected by President Trump to serve alongside him and his team," Meadows said in a statement.

cbsnews.com

Trump replaces Chief of Staff Mulvaney with close ally Meadows

Mick Mulvaney, President Trumps third and least powerful chief of staff, was replaced Friday by North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, an announcement Trump made in an evening tweet. But Trump, who prefers to keep staffers on a short leash, never gave Mulvaney the formal title of chief of staff, calling him acting chief of staff throughout his tenure. Its the fact that this president has never been interested in having an empowered chief of staff, Whipple continued. Before working for Trump, Mulvaney as a South Carolina congressman made his name in the fiscally conservative tea party movement. In addition to serving as budget chief, Mulvaney also took on the role of acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for more than a year.

latimes.com

Mulvaney alleges U.S. media is focusing on coronavirus to hurt Trump, advises turning off TV

REUTERS/Joshua RobertsThe reason youre seeing so much attention to it today is that they think this is going to be what brings down the President. Thats what this is all about, Mulvaney said at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, where Republican Party superstars and right wing media personalities gather each year. Mulvaneys characterization of media coverage of the virus came as the S&P 500 was headed for its worst week since the Great Recession. Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday that economic impacts from the virus could threaten Trumps chances of re-election. This is something we know how to deal with, said Mulvaney.

feeds.reuters.com

Media's coronavirus stories trying to hurt Trump, Mick Mulvaney says as he urges public to turn off TV

Sure," Mulvaney said as he attempted to assure his audience that the Trump administration was on top of the virus. White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney suggested Friday that Americans ignore the media's coverage of the coronavirus, arguing that journalists are ratcheting up fears to try to hurt President Donald Trump politically. "The press was covering their hoax of the day because they thought it would bring down the president," Mulvaney concluded. "The reason you're seeing so much attention to [the coronavirus] today is that they think this is going to be what brings down the president. Mulvaney said he was asked by a reporter, "What are you going to do today to calm the markets?"

cnbc.com

Trump administration broke law in withholding Ukraine aid, watchdog says as Senate prepares for impeachment trial

The Trump administration broke the law by withholding congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine last summer "for a policy reason," a top government watchdog said Thursday in a scathing report. But a policy reason "is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act" to withhold funds appropriated by Congress, GAO said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said, "The OMB, the White House, the administration, broke I'm saying this - broke the law." The report "demonstrates, without a doubt, that the Trump Administration illegally withheld security assistance from Ukraine," Van Hollen said. Read the full GAO report.

cnbc.com

Premium cigar makers could catch a break from the FDA as White House applies pressure

The premium cigar industry is facing a May deadline that requires all new tobacco products to obtain regulatory clearance from the FDA. But the mom-and-pop shops that dominate the premium cigar industry have said the required compliance costs would effectively put them out of business. The premium cigar industry, like the wine industry, relies on releasing new varieties to sustain the interests of its connoisseurs. The news was cautiously welcomed by the premium cigar industry. Spokespeople for the White House and Mulvaney did not return requests for comment.

cnbc.com

Behind-the-scenes report sheds light on Ukraine aid freeze at center of Trump's impeachment

On Tuesday morning, Trump repeated his accusations against the Bidens and his criticism of the impeachment process. Trump was impeached in the House on articles of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to his dealings with Ukraine. The aid was eventually released in September, after Trump learned of a whistleblower complaint about the call, which spurred Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry. The White House has refused to cooperate with House Democrats' investigation. No Senate Republicans have said they support Trump's impeachment.

cnbc.com

Trump taps senior aide who defied impeachment subpoena for 5G post

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump named Robert Blair to be the special representative for international telecommunications policy and work on the administrations 5G efforts under White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, the White House said in a statement on Monday. As the senior adviser to the White House chief of staff, Blair defied a subpoena from a House of Representatives committee as part of its impeachment inquiry into whether Trump improperly pressed Ukraine to investigate his domestic political rival, Joe Biden. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has also called for Blair to testify in the Senates expected impeachment trial, though Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has not accepted that demand. Blair will continue to serve as an assistant to the president and senior adviser to the White House chief of staff, the White House said. Reuters reported last month that the Commerce Department is considering toughening export restrictions on the firm, which is the worlds second largest smartphone supplier.

feeds.reuters.com

McConnell rejects Schumer's demand to call White House officials to testify in impeachment trial

Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell rejected on Tuesday a proposal from Senate Democrats to subpoena four White House officials to testify during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. The White House blocked all four from testifying in the House impeachment inquiry. At the time, the White House had held up $400 million in military aid and was dangling an official meeting between the two leaders. "Everything I do during this, I'm coordinating with the White House counsel," McConnell said in a Fox News interview. His administration prohibited White House officials from appearing at impeachment hearings held by House committees.

cnbc.com

Trump says he still has confidence in Mulvaney

FILE PHOTO: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listens during a Cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he still had confidence in his acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney amid frustration at his teams response to the Democrats impeachment inquiry. Trump responded yes, I do, when asked during a White House appearance if he still trusted Mulvaney. Last month, Mulvaney told reporters that Trump had withheld military aid from Ukraine as leverage to secure investigations on political rival Joe Biden and a debunked claim about the 2016 U.S. election.

feeds.reuters.com

Column: Mick Mulvaney, please call your office

Of all the missing witnesses, though, Mulvaney stands apart. It was Mulvaney, witnesses said, who organized the unofficial channel of envoys who negotiated with Kyiv: Sondland, Perry and special envoy Kurt Volker. Make that acting chief of staff; hes still on probation after 11 months in the position. When Trump decided to hold next years G-7 summit meeting at one of his resorts in Florida, Mulvaney did not resist. And now Mulvaney has helped Trump blunder into impeachment without even getting the Ukrainian investigation of Biden that he wanted.

latimes.com

Newsletter: We followed the presidents orders

Here are the stories you shouldnt miss today:TOP STORIESWe Followed the Presidents OrdersPresident Trump named Gordon Sondland as U.S. ambassador to the European Union after he had donated $1 million to Trumps inauguration. On Wednesday, Sondland was faced with saving himself or Trump in the impeachment inquiry into the president. His testimony shattered several key White House denials. AdvertisementSondland said in his opening statement (read it here) that he and other senior administration officials had followed the presidents orders in pushing Ukraine to investigate Trumps political foes. It was just part of Sondlands firsthand account that implicated Vice President Mike Pence, Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo.

latimes.com

'You're their star witness': Quotes from the Trump impeachment hearing

You didnt listen to President Trumps call and President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiys call? Jordan said. Following that meeting, in the presence of my staff at a restaurant, Ambassador Sondland called President Trump and told him of his meetings in Kyiv. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone, asking Ambassador Sondland about the investigations. Ambassador Sondland told President Trump that the Ukrainians were ready to move forward. Following the call with President Trump, the member of my staff asked Ambassador Sondland what President Trump thought about Ukraine. Ambassador Sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of Biden, which (Trumps personal lawyer Rudy) Giuliani was pressing for.

feeds.reuters.com
  • TV Listings
  • Contests and Rules
  • Email Newsletters
  • RSS Feeds
  • Closed Captioning / Audio Description
  • Contact Us
  • Meet the Team
  • Careers at KPRC
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Public File
  • FCC Applications
  • Do Not Sell My Info
Follow Us
facebook
twitter
instagram
rss
Get Results with Omne
Omne Results Logo

If you need help with the Public File, call (713) 778-4745.


Graham Media Group LogoGraham Digital Logo

Copyright © 2022 Click2Houston.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings.