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On Monday January 24, US President Joe Biden mocked a Fox News reporter and made a profanity-laden remark when asked about inflation. The incident took place at a White House event after Biden gave a prepared speech on tackling inflation and addressing supply chain issues. According to reports, the event …

The House select committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot has subpoenaed two aides to Donald Trump Jr. and a former White House staffer who helped craft the speech that former President Donald Trump spoke at his “Stop the Steal” rally shortly before the violence erupted. The panel said aides Andrew …

The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurgency has issued subpoenas for documents and testimony from two associates of Donald Trump Jr. and a former White House speechwriter who allegedly helped write former President Donald Trump’s speech on the day of the worst attack on the Capitol since 1814. …

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas on Tuesday for three other aides to former President Donald Trump, including Ross Worthington, the speechwriter who helped writing the speech in which Trump warned his supporters that they would lose their country …

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization have asked a federal judge to bar the office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James from investigating them or order her to recuse himself from any investigation of the real estate company. The twice-impeached ex-president sued Ms James …

Jon Meacham says the president’s comments are a projection of his ‘fundamental and enveloping narcissism’ A campaign to retake the presidency from Donald Trump in 2024 could lead to a constitutional crisis or even a civil war, warned Jon Meacham, a Vanderbilt University professor and occasional adviser to Joe Biden. …

Jon Meacham says president’s comments are a projection of his “fundamental, enveloping narcissism” A campaign to take over the presidency from Donald Trump in 2024 could lead to a constitutional crisis or even a civil war, warned Jon Meacham, a professor at Vanderbilt University and occasional adviser to Joe Biden. …

Joan Didion, America’s preeminent journalist, author and documentary filmmaker, has died at her home in Manhattan, New York, The New York Times reported. She was 87 years old. The cause of death was Parkinson’s disease, according to an email sent to the newspaper by Paul Bogaards, an executive at Didion’s …

Ben Rhodes discussed democracy, authoritarianism and his book with Center for the Political Future co-directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy on the “Bully Pulpit” podcast. (Kellie Chen | Daily Trojan) Ben Rhodes, former speechwriter and deputy national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, spoke on Tuesday about threats to …

High fives and socially distanced sound clips dominate the media opportunity for politicians that is COP26. This does not mean that this is all a waste of time, far from it. But people know how to pose around the event with a pinch of salt. It’s a political speechwriter‘s dream. …

Facebook page of Robert Lemke A California man has pleaded guilty to threatening a reporter’s family over statements made by the reporter following the 2020 presidential election. Robert Lemke36, pleaded guilty on Friday to making threatening interstate communications to a family member of a New York-based journalist. “Robert Lemke was …

Michael Gerson, who wrote the speech for former President George W. Bush, predicted a “nightmare” scenario if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election and returns to the White House. Trump has “strengthened his identification with the seditious forces he unleashed on Jan.6” and “embraced ever more absurd and malicious conspiracy …

Marc Thiessen, speechwriter under President George W. Bush, said Friday that President Biden’s team of “sycophants” had enabled him to move forward with the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan and called ” where are the adults in the room? “When President Donald Trump was in power, the media always celebrated the …

Meghan markleTom Bower’s unauthorized biographer claims the Duchess of Sussex could run for President of the United States within the next decade, aided by the support of his friends – the current Vice President Kamala harris and former president and first lady Barack and Michelle obama. In a scathing opinion …

June 17, 2021 The year of the plague. By Lawrence Wright. Knopf; 336 pages; $ 28. Allen Lane; £ 20 IN APRIL 2020 Lawrence Wright published a novel, “The End of October”, about a global pandemic and the political collapse and massive deaths it causes in America. Health officials struggle …

US President-elect Donald Trump and his son Donald Jr. arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, watched by Allen Weisselberg (C), CFO of The Trump. (AFP / Getty Images) Trump biographer Tim O’Brien says Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg will backfire on former president Donald …

Blake bailey Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images On Tuesday, WW publisher Norton & Company took what the new York Times described as “extraordinary response to allegations against [an] author ”: He has announced that he will permanently remove an out-of-print bestselling biography of author …

Former Obama speechwriter David Litt confronted Newsmax host Rob Finnerty in an interview – supposedly about Elon Musk’s “SNL” appearance – about the promotion by the web of baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, prompting Finnerty to end the segment sooner. Why is this important: Faced with the threat …

A former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter called Wednesday’s raid on Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment a “tragic third act” for his legal career. John Avlon, a former member of Giuliani’s staff, said he was “shocked” when he discovered that federal investigators executed a search warrant against Giuliani and seized several electronic devices from …

May I share Howard Sounes’ disappointment with Clinton Heylin’s new Bob Dylan biography (Report, April 19). Like him, I have been savagely harassed by Heylin, in my case for having written “a pseudo-historical work”, which gives the impression of having followed Donald Trump’s advice. Heylin appears to have been the …

Donald Trump’s biographer denounced the former president over his bizarre Easter message about “CRAZY on the radical left,” calling Mr. Trump “very needy” in his post-presidency phase. Writer Michael D’Antonio, who wrote Mr. Trump’s biography Never enough, appeared on CNN on Sunday and gave a stinging record of the former …

A biographer writing a book about Meghan Markle believes it is “likely” that she will get into politics, as speculation grows that she is preparing for a possible presidential candidacy for 2024. Investigative reporter Tom Bower has reportedly signed a six-figure deal to write an unauthorized biography of the Duchess …

New Delhi: The Sunday Guardian spoke with journalist Evan Osnos, who wrote the biography of US President Joe Biden, Joe Biden: American Dreamer, which was recently published by Bloomsbury. In his book, which is based on his hours of interaction with Biden, close friends and family members of the President, …

New US President Joe Biden will deliver his inaugural address on Wednesday outlining his administration’s agenda. The speech-writing team that is helping shape the project is led by an American Indian, Vinay Reddy, who served as a speechwriter for the Biden-Harris campaign and who was previously a speechwriter when Biden …

A former speechwriter who was fired from the White House in 2018 for attending a conference with white supremacists has been placed on a committee meant to preserve Holocaust-related sites across Europe. Darren Beattie has been appointed to the Commission for the Preservation of American Heritage Abroad, according to a …

(JTA) – President Donald Trump has appointed Darren Beattie, a former White House speechwriter who attended a white supremacist conference, to a government commission that monitors Holocaust sites. Beattie, who tag on twitter as a “proud Jew,” attended a HL Mencken Club conference in 2016. According to the Southern Poverty …

American biographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D’Antonio spent a lot of time with US President Donald Trump while writing two books about him. His most recent book, “High Crimes: The Corruption, Impunity, and Impeachment of Donald Trump,” a chronicle of the President’s impeachment, was released in October 2020. D’Antonio …

Some attendees at Joe Biden’s mayoralty included a former White House speechwriter during the Obama / Biden administration and the wife of a former Democratic candidate from Pennsylvania. Biden was interviewed by two attendees with ties to Democratic officials during his mayoralty Thursday night on ABC at the same time …

For five years I wrote the State of the Union speech for a Belgian Prime Minister, and for years I gave a masterclass in speech writing. So, on Wednesday September 16, I looked at the State of the European Union of Ursula von der Leyen through the eyes of a …

New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published a story in 2017 that rocked Hollywood – and the world deep inside: they exposed the sexual assault allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. “At the time, we knew we were attached to the truth, but we didn’t think about …

Concluding his interesting six-page letter to the Speaker of the House Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiHouse Passes Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Puts Social Spending Plan Progressives Leave Black Caucus Leader Waiting For On The Money Meeting – Presented By Citi – House Divided On Unified Agenda MORE (D-Calif.) This week, President Donald Trump …

The unnamed senior administration official who published an op-ed and a book detailing resistance within Trump’s White House was listed as a former Pentagon aide in a report released Monday. Guy Snodgrass, a retired Navy commander turned editor for former Defense Secretary James Mattis, was to be the author of …

Peter Robinson had just turned 30 when, as Ronald Reagan’s speechwriter in 1987, he was tasked with writing what would become one of the world’s most famous presidential speeches. “I spent six years in the Reagan White House and wrote tens of thousands of words, and no one remembers anything …

And then there were six. Dave Cavell, former speechwriter to President Obama and most recently Senior Advisor to Attorney General Maura Healey, is the latest candidate to put out a bid to fill the Congressional seat that Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III is leaving to run for the Senate. “We …

One of President Donald Trump’s main allies in Congress announced on Friday that he had hired a speechwriter who left the White House last year after it was announced he had spoken at the ‘a conference attended by white nationalists. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted that he had brought on …

David Sirota, a reporter who was selected as Senator Bernie Sanders’ speechwriter for 2020, worked for the campaign unofficially for months as he simultaneously attacked other Democratic candidates on Twitter. According to The Atlantic, Sirota deleted around 20,000 tweets on Monday, a day before it was announced that he was …

One of the best-known voices in American politics captivated audiences on Friday at President de Westmont’s breakfast. More than 700 people attended the 14th annual event at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort to hear from Peggy Noonan, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and acclaimed presidential speechwriter for Presidents Ronald Reagan and …

Last week, the richest man in the world became a Medium author. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote an extraordinary essay on the site on Thursday saying the National investigator was trying to extort him. The tabloid had previously published Bezos’ private text messages, revealing he had been having an affair; …

Ronan Farrow attends the Time 100 Gala for The World’s Most Influential People at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 29, 2014 in New York City.Photo: Shutterstock Gay journalist Ronan Farrow stepped forward, adding his own story after Jeff Bezos post National investigator parent …

Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest and former speechwriter Cody Keenan (Weinberg ’02) shared their experiences in the White House and reflected on the future of the Democratic Party during the a round table on Monday. Earnest now works as director of communications for United Airlines, and Keenan …

It took only 80 minutes after inflammatory racist emails started flying for the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank, to shut down an email distribution list linking hundreds of top conservatives . The emails that sparked the controversy began to ricochet at noon on Tuesday, in response to a call …

A speechwriter for President Donald Trump who attended a conference attended by white nationalists has left the White House. CNN’s KFile contacted the White House last week about Darren Beattie, a political aide and speechwriter, who was on the list of speeches at the 2016 HL Mencken club conference. The …

A White House speechwriter for President Donald Trump was fired last week after revelations he spoke at a conference attended by well-known white nationalists, according to three people familiar with the decision who were not allowed to speak in public. Darren Beattie, who was a guest instructor at Duke University …

A Donald Trump speechwriter was fired after finding out he attended a conference frequently attended by white nationalists. The White House has confirmed that Darren Beattie’s contract was terminated after it was discovered he spoke at the HL Mencken Club conference in 2016 alongside anti-immigration activist Peter Brimelow. “Mr. Beattie …

Rudy Giuliani is making headlines these days as President Donald Trump’s lawyer. From the investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election to the president’s relationship with adult film star Stormy Daniels, Giuliani has taken to the airwaves to offer a mind-boggling confession and to attack the investigations into the …

As wedding season approaches, many bridesmaids and groomsmen find themselves polishing their speeches – and who better than a former White House speechwriter to tell them how to pronounce an address flawless ? Sarah Hurwitz, 40, worked in the White House from 2009 to 2017, first as a speechwriter for …

A speechwriter for former President George W. Bush said President Trump’s attacks on CNN’s international bureau put journalists at risk. David Frum, former Bush speechwriter and editor of The Atlantic, tweeted on Saturday that US-affiliated journalists operating internationally depended on the US government to protect them and their reporting, and …

In 2011, when I was 24, I was hired as a Speechwriter in the White House. My first thought (after “shit!”) Was that someone must have made a mistake. It’s not that I thought I had no talent. It’s just that I knew there were over 300 million people in …

As Barack Obama’s speechwriter, Cody Keenan helped write Trump’s now infamous public skewer in 2011, a humiliation some see as motivating Mr Trump to enter politics. “Do I feel responsible? No. And besides, he deserved it. He’s yet another guy who started his political career with racist innuendo that the …

Donald Trump’s press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City was considered the most breathtaking to date. The US president managed to plug his cellar while asserting that the responsibility for the violence in Charlottesville should be shared by both parties. Mr. Trump’s extraordinary conference, in …

LONDON – Theresa May has lost another member of her entourage following the departure of her chief strategy officer and speechwriter, Chris Wilkins. Wilkins follows the Prime Minister’s joint chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, and political leaders John Godfrey and Will Tanner, who also resigned after the …

President Trump’s speech in Poland this week brought back memories for James Fallows. The current national correspondent of Atlantic was a 20-something speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter. And the tone of Carter’s speech in Poland in 1977 was very different from Trump’s. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: President Trump’s speech in Warsaw …

Thirty years ago today, at the Brandenburg Gate in divided Berlin, President Ronald Reagan delivered one of the most iconic lines in a lifetime of speech. “Sir. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! Peter Robinson, then Reagan’s 30-year-old special assistant, wrote this speech. In it, Reagan expressed his solidarity with the …

Lissa Muscatine, co-owner of Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, is finally ready to share her story of working with Hillary Clinton. Politics & Prose owner and former White House speechwriter Lissa Muscatine interviews Hillary Clinton in Washington in 2014 (Melina Mara / The Washington Post) Her upcoming book, titled …

Colleen Carroll Campbell was one of the keynote speakers at the Redeemed Women’s Conference held in Fargo on Saturday. In addition to being an accomplished author and journalist, Campbell has written speeches for President George W. Bush. Campbell said that in today’s political climate that has become extremely polarized, it’s …

Three former staff of President Barack Obama have started a business to counter Donald Trump with a podcast and updates that bypass mainstream media to reach their audiences directly. Their site is called “Crooked Media,” a nod to Trump’s slander of the press. One of the founders is former Obama …

Ross Barkan. Photo: Fernando Pereira Gomes So you worked for the Observer for a few years, didn’t you?Three. Yeah, three years. When Trump announced he was running, the newspaper’s policy was not to cover him up unless there was a compelling reason, right?Correct, yes. When he announced it this summer, …

Donald Trump is due to deliver his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination Thursday night in Cleveland. Behind his words hides political advisor Stephen Miller, 30, responsible for writing the speech of his life. If it wasn’t difficult enough to produce a successful speech for the most unpredictable Republican candidate …

Jarrett Hill sat in a California Starbucks on Monday night, watching Melania Trump’s speech live at the Republican National Convention. In the midst of Trump’s remarks, Hill realized that his words were very familiar. “I was like, ‘I really know where I heard that before,'” he told me in a …

CLEVELAND – Donald J. Trump on Wednesday congratulated the long-time company employee who took responsibility for two passages of Melania Trump’s convention speech that were withdrawn from Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention of 2008, but he conceded that the public admission should have taken place a day …

CLEVELAND, Ohio—A speech writer on Donald Trump’s staff accepted responsibility Wednesday morning for using portions of a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama in a speech given by Melanie Trump Monday at the Republican National Convention. Meredith Mclveran in-house writer for the Trump Organization, said in a statement shared by the …

Funny Or Die has hired former Obama administration senior presidential speechwriter David Litt to spearhead its Washington, DC shenanigans. Litt, who also served as special assistant to President Barack Obama, is now the editor of the Political City Office. “We are thrilled to have David join the Funny Or Die …

LOS ANGELES — David Litt, known as President Obama’s chief joke writer, is joining humor website and studio Funny or Die as he seeks to poke fun even more at American politics. Mr. Litt, who quit his previous job last month, will become head writer and producer for Operation Funny …