Media Buzz - Page 190

April 20, 2017

Trump's celebrity court: How the spotlight highlights every clash among his aides

Every administration is divided by policy battles as the president and his aides hammer out what they want to do and how they can push it through.

April 19, 2017

Trump's tax reform stalls: Why it's the toughest sell in Washington

Tax reform may be the most maddeningly complicated Rubik’s cube that Washington tries to solve.

April 18, 2017

Tax protests arouse presidential ire, but there's no way Trump is releasing his returns

The weekend rallies, with a handful of celebrities sprinkled among them, used the tax filing season to demand that Donald Trump release his returns.

April 17, 2017

Pundits brand Trump a flip-flopper, but many like the way he's flipping

The media are suddenly awash in stories about Donald Trump being a flip-flopper.

April 14, 2017

Bannon bashing: Why the press is targeting the Trump aide as barely hanging on

I don’t know whether Steve Bannon has a long-term future in the White House, but I do know this: The press wants him out.

April 13, 2017

Spicer sincerely apologizes for mistake, but arrogant United was dragged into apology

You have to say this about Sean Spicer: As bad a mistake as he made in invoking Hitler, he was quick to abjectly apologize and ask for forgiveness.

April 12, 2017

Forget the campaign: After Syria, Trump's relations with Russia are rocky

It’s clear by now that the president’s family has enormous influence on him, even on foreign policy, so I pay close attention to what they say.

April 11, 2017

The 100-day watch: Why every White House meeting seems to leak

The White House is apparently worried about Donald Trump’s presidency being judged by the coming 100-day mark, that artificial benchmark essentially created by the media.

April 10, 2017

Trump wins praise on Syria, but coverage starting to turn more skeptical

With Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer and a slew of liberal pundits supporting Donald Trump’s airstrikes against Syria, the president finds himself in an unusual position.

April 7, 2017

Media backing Trump on bombing Syria, but difficult questions remain

What we are seeing right now, in the wake of Donald Trump launching retaliatory airstrikes against Syria, is a rally-round-the-president effect.