Tag: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Another fierce loyalist of Trump steps down: White House spokeswoman Sanders

  

  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, a fierce loyalist of President Donald Trump who channelled his combativeness toward the news media, will leave her job at month’s end for a possible political future in her home state of Arkansas, Trump said on Thursday.

• Thursday, March 8th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  Trump ready to sign metals' tariffs on Thursday; Mexico and Canada could be spared; Republicans object

  

  Some countries are now likely to be spared from planned tariffs on metals advocated by U.S. President Donald Trump. White House sources said Trump's controversial tariff plan could be put into action at a signing ceremony on Thursday afternoon.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 10:06 UTC

  FBI's No 2 steps down; Trump publicly criticized him of political bias

  

  Andrew McCabe, the FBI's No. 2 official whom President Donald Trump publicly criticized for alleged political bias and reportedly wanted fired, stepped down from the bureau Monday, weeks ahead of his retirement. The move followed months of blistering criticism by Trump and his Republican allies that McCabe, 49, was an anti-Trump partisan. Recent reports said McCabe had been pressured to leave the bureau.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 10:48 UTC

  Bipartisan efforts failed: US Government shutdown

  

  For first time since 2013, the US government is in shutdown after senators rejected a temporary spending patch. Trump accuses Democrats of taking Americans hostage with their demands.