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MORE: Two additional sources familiar tell me and @VaughnHillyard that Bauer will transition out of the White House around the turn of the year, staying on for a couple remaining months to help with leadership transition. Her position will then be absorbed under Stephen Miller.
NEW: Next possible shake-up inside White House
Trump is considering firing his White House Cabinet Secretary Meghan Bauer according to two White House officials and a former White House official.
One of the current officials said Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Bauer over the past few months and Trump has held discussions with senior level staffers this week about her removal.
The high-ranking role heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, serves as a liaison between the president and the cabinet secretaries and works closely alongside the president and chief of staff.
NEW: Next possible shake-up inside White House
Trump is considering firing his White House Cabinet Secretary Meghan Bauer according to two White House officials and a former White House official.
One of the current officials said Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Bauer over the past few months and Trump has held discussions with senior level staffers this week about her removal.
The high-ranking role heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, serves as a liaison between the president and the cabinet secretaries and works closely alongside the president and chief of staff.
NEW: Katie Zacharia’s first briefing alarmed people inside and close to the White House, in an administration where on-air performance can make or break a career.
w/ @JaxAlemany @gardnerakayla
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By my count, eight separate protests during Trump’s rally in San Antonio. I’ve covered hundreds of his events and most I’ve personally seen.
NEW: Laura Loomer is expected to travel with President Trump on Air Force One to Alabama this afternoon, per a source familiar.
Loomer’s previous meetings with Trump have been consequential. Last year Trump fired six national security staffers following a meeting with Loomer in the Oval Office where she presented opposition research against the individuals.
No press secretary, almost no briefings and a media ban that surprised Trump's own aides
Nearly a month after Karoline Leavitt's exit, the job is still vacant. Some aides say that's why a surprise ban on three news outlets got out the door.
w/ @gardnerakayla
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SCOOP: Trump privately met with Open AI’s Sam Altman at GOP convention per three people familiar.
The Thursday meeting took place two days after a former researcher for the company publicly accused both it and rival Anthropic of acting irresponsibly and “gambling with our lives."
w/ @JaxAlemany @LP_Reports
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Inside ‘Trumpapalooza,’ the midterm convention some Republicans would rather skip
Trump is scheduled to speak both nights, with his evening addresses bumping up against NFL season openers — a conflict he was personally frustrated to learn about.
w/ @JaxAlemany @AdamHudacek1
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Trump just posted this image of a map of New Mexico, crossing out “Mexico” and inserting “America.”
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The third most populous county in Texas will have nearly a third fewer places to vote this November, after Republican county commissioners dramatically reduced the number of polling locations in Tarrant County.
w/@NoraReports @AdamHudacek1
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Adventure of a lifetime. Can’t endorse enough.
Oh man, the 2027/2028 @MSNOWNews campaign embed application is open: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Ver…
SCOOP: Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at White House without security clearance for a year
Both people said Harp’s reasoning for failing to complete the process was unknown. After concerns mounted among the White House counsel’s office and security officials, the president himself intervened and Harp in recent months filled out the forms to launch a formal federal background investigation and received the clearance, one of the people said.
w/ @JaxAlemany
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SCOOP: Trump to appear on podcast hosted by Michael Cohen, his former fixer and onetime foe
The interview is scheduled to air Thursday on Cohen’s podcast, according to a White House official granted anonymity to describe plans that have not been publicly announced.
The interview marks an extraordinary thaw in the relationship between the two men, whose rupture played out across court filings, congressional testimony and a tell-all book.
w/ @VaughnHillyard
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Some incredible reporting from @washingtonpost
Confirming some of it here w/ @salamdogmillion
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GOP midterm strategy embraces Trump’s ‘communism’ fixation
“‘Democrats are communists’ isn’t exactly our rallying cry, but if it keeps Trump actually focused and talking about midterms, we’ll take it,” a GOP operative said.
w/ @gardnerakayla
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NOW: U.S Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro arrived at the West Wing of the White House moments ago amidst frustration from President Trump, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Trump earlier today said Pirro “choked” and that he was “really disappointed” in her decision to withdrawal felony destruction of property charges regarding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
w/ @lbarronlopez
In addition to the two sources, video here captured by intrepid MS NOW intern @Tyler_Iglesias1