Why won’t government institutions leave memes alone?
The Yanny vs. Laurel debate took a dark turn when the U.S. Air Force thought it would be a good idea to use it in a now-deleted tweet that bragged about repressing a Taliban offensive.
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White House sheds cyber coordinator role
The White House has opted to eliminate the cyber coordinator role on the National Security Council, in what some see as a step back in strong cybersecurity policy. The duties formerly performed by the coordinator will be taken up by the other two senior directors of the NSC’s cyber team.
View More White House sheds cyber coordinator roleWhite House will host tech industry for AI summit on Thursday
Artificial intelligence has been a mainstay of the conversation in Silicon Valley these past few years, and now the technology is increasingly being discussed in policy circles in DC. Washington types see opportunities for AI to improve efficiency and increase economic growth, while at the same time, they have growing concerns around job automation and […]
View More White House will host tech industry for AI summit on ThursdayJohn McCain doesn’t want Trump at his funeral
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Senator John McCain has made it very clear that when he dies, Donald Trump isn’t invited to his funeral.
On Saturday, The New York Times published an interview with McCain, explaining that the former Republican vice presidential nominee has already made these wishes known to the White House.
“His intimates have informed the White House that their current plan for his funeral is for Vice President Mike Pence to attend the service to be held in Washington’s National Cathedral,” the article reads. “…But not President Trump, with whom Mr. McCain has had a rocky relationship.”
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View More John McCain doesn’t want Trump at his funeralMichelle Wolf’s White House roast denounced by the people who booked her
As you’d expect, comedian Michelle Wolf was hired to deliver some provocative jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Wolf roasted everyone from Trump, to the administration, and the media in her searing address on Saturday night.
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The most awkward moments from Trump welcoming Macron to the White House
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President Trump is playing host to French president Emanuel Macron this week and that means a return of awkward public displays of affection from a president who seems to have difficulty with basic human interaction.
There was much pomp and circumstance to celebrate the arrival of Macron, who’s accompanied by his wife, Brigitte. There was also plenty of Trump fumbling, something that goes — literally — hand-in-hand with his being around Macron.
“Hi, friend, thank you, I am totally comfortable”
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After the two leaders made speeches heaping praise on each other and kept referencing the American Revolution and the Marquis de Lafayette, they exchanged an extended, awkward bro hug. Read more…
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View More The most awkward moments from Trump welcoming Macron to the White HouseThe White House hired a former Disney Channel star because why not
In case you were wondering about the kind of top-tier talent the Donald Trump White House is interested in bringing in to lead the country through a particularly tough time, don’t worry because its latest hire is a… oh, uh… a former Disney Channe…
View More The White House hired a former Disney Channel star because why notThe U.S. secretary of state was fired. On Twitter.
President Donald Trump just fired his embattled secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, via Twitter this morning, replacing him with former Tea Party Congressman and current Central Intelligence Agency chief Mike Pompeo. Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson […]
Trump had a meeting about violence in video games and all we got was this stupid montage
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President Donald Trump had a closed meeting about the correlation between violent video games and real-life violence Thursday, and the only substantive thing that has emerged is one very gory and entertaining YouTube video.
The White House posted an unlisted YouTube video Thursday titled “Violence in Video Games” — a montage of violent clips from various video games including Fallout 4, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, The Evil Within, and Wolfenstein: The New Order. The video was shown to attendees at the beginning of the White House’s meeting about violent video games, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Read more…
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View More Trump had a meeting about violence in video games and all we got was this stupid montageThe White House is already bungling its meeting about video games and violence
The White House released the list of attendees expected at President Donald Trump’s meeting about the link between video games and violence Thursday and it’s already off to a bad start.
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Michelle Obama plugs her ‘deeply personal’ autobiography in release date reveal
Michelle Obama has finally given the world some highly-anticipated details about her upcoming book and we could not be more ready.
The former FLOTUS announced Sunday on social media that the upcoming memoir, which we now know will be called Becoming,…
White House government shutdown away message is a political attack on Democrats
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Donald Trump’s White House sunk to a new level of petty on Saturday, as the United States government shutdown.
Callers dialing into the publicly available White House comments line — at 202.456.1111 — are greeted with a recorded away message. An unrecognizable female voice politely explains that the government is shut down because Democrats are holding it “hostage.”
Listen for yourself. This is a recording we captured ourselves when dialing the White House comment line shortly after 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturday. Read more…
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