WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump’s embattled spokesman during the first six months of his presidency, is resigning his position, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. Spicer’s decision appears to be linked to the appointment of a new White House communications director, New York financier Anthony Scaramucci. […]
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White House says it didn't stop Sally Yates' from testifying on Russia
White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up a document concerning a Washington Post story on Sally Yates as he talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Spicer discussed the Supreme Court nominee Justice Neil Gorsuch, jobs, healthcare, and other topics. WASHINGTON — […]
White House blocks news organizations from press briefing
Anyone wondering when – or if – CNN would stop breaking into regular programming to show the daily media briefing by White House press secretary Sean Spicer now has an answer: Day 36 of the Donald Trump presidency. But the streak of televised briefings did not end because the cable channel finally decided they are […]
Inner circle can’t stand up to Trump
Sean Spicer is the appropriate face of the new Trump administration. He is the White House press secretary and he came into the briefing room on Saturday wearing a blank expression. You’ve heard of a Molotov cocktail. Spicer was wearing a Molotov face. Vyacheslav Molotov was Josef Stalin’s foreign minister. He was so scared of […]
Transcript: Trump transition team’s Thursday call to reporters
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is holding daily media calls to update the press on how the transition is progressing. Here is the transcript from Thursday’s call. On the call were Jason Miller, the transition team’s communications director, and Sean Spicer, the Republican National Committee’s communications director. OPERATOR: Good day and welcome to the transition […]