Former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice on Tuesday denied abusing intelligence for political reasons during her time in the White House, after a report revealed that she requested the identities of Trump transition team members in intelligence documents on numerous occasions.
You can learn a lot from one largely overlooked confirmation hearing. And WWE mogul Linda McMahon's confirmation hearing Tuesday morning—she's been selected to run the Small Business Administration—was nothing if not largely overlooked. The SBA, founded in the 1950s, is a federal agency tasked with…
The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump will keep James Comey on as FBI Director for the foreseeable future.
Democrats have taken stock of Dr. Tom Price's financial dealings before the Senate votes on his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services. The two most recent lines of attack, reported in separate media stories last week, concern health care investments Price said were made at the…
The secretary of state is usually thought of as the principal cabinet position, and indeed he or she is first among cabinet officers and fourth in line overall to succeed the president. But when Rex Tillerson shows up at Foggy Bottom, he will discover a department that faces many challenges, not…
Today is Inauguration Day, so it seems fitting to kick things off with the inaugural edition of this new feature here at THE WEEKLY STANDARD. For the first 100 (or so) days of the Donald J. Trump administration, look to this space for inside coverage of our 45th president, his White House, and his…
The secretary of state is usually thought of as the principal cabinet position, and indeed he or she is first among cabinet officers and fourth in line overall to succeed the president. But when Rex Tillerson shows up at Foggy Bottom, he will discover a department that faces many challenges, not…
At her confirmation hearing Tuesday, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos fought back against allegations that her school reform efforts in Detroit were a failure.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush was quick to praise the president-elect's choice of Betsy DeVos for Education secretary when the transition team announced her nomination in November. And on Tuesday, the day of her confirmation hearing, he expounded his support for DeVos in USA Today, praising her…
Joining ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, editor at large Bill Kristol expressed cautious optimism with Donald Trump's cabinet picks, and reiterated concern with Trump following his Twitter battle with Georgia Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.
Michael Flynn, the designated national security advisor for incoming president Donald Trump, communicated by phone frequently late last month with Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. And according to the Washington Post, in one of those phone conversations, Kislyak invited the…
From the moment Donald Trump picked Senator Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general, it was clear what Democrats would need to defeat the Sessions nomination: a surprise witness. It was such a witness whose testimony led to the Senate's rejection of Sessions for a federal judgeship in 1986.
The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with senior writer Mark Hemingway on the media's handling of the 'Trump dossier.'
Reuters reports with an exclusive:
So long as everyone expected a Hillary Clinton victory in November's presidential election, high-minded rhetoric ruled the day at the White House. Michelle Obama's quote from the Clinton campaign trail—"When they go low, we go high"—became something of a mantra. Initially, Barack Obama even spoke…
The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with senior editor Chris Caldwell on why Trump may be changing rules for president-elects, but Obama's making history, too.
Donald Trump has selected his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, to be counselor to the president. Conway, who joined the Trump campaign in August after previously working for a super PAC supporting Texas senator Ted Cruz, will "continue her role as a close advisor to the president and will work…
If you thought the heated political atmosphere would cool after voters made their decision, think again. If anything, the tone of political life has turned nastier. Democrats know they can't persuade electors that Hillary really is a better choice than The Donald, but they hope to make enough noise…
Donald Trump's transition team has tapped Fox News personality Monica Crowley as "Senior Director of Strategic Communications for the National Security Council." Politico reported earlier today that Fox had terminated Crowley's contract in anticipation of her appointment.
Anna Wintour, the widely feared and revered editor of Vogue, visited Trump Tower on Tuesday, according to ABC News. We cannot know for sure where her ring-kissing ranked in comparison to Kanye's—but it's safe to assume she found herself on the less familiar end of an icy awkwardness.
The Washington Post reports that last week, President-elect Donald Trump was agonizing over his shortlist of candidates for secretary of state—which included Mitt Romney, Bob Corker, Rudy Giuliani, and David Petraeus. Trump was reportedly unsatisfied with his choices when a new name, that of…
In this episode of THE WEEKLY STANDARD Confab, Fred Barnes talks with host Eric Felten about what a President Donald Trump can learn from the missteps and miscues of Barack Obama's approach to the presidency. Andrew Ferguson stops in to diagnose what's ailing the corporate media in the age of…
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The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with editor William Kristol, live from the TWS Cruise in the Caribbean, on the future of the conservative movement and the latest on the Trump transition.
The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with senior editor Andrew Ferguson on the Trump transition chaos, and how it compares to that of Nixon's transition to power.
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The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with editor William Kristol on the Trump transition.