Jake Traylor

Jake Traylor is a White House correspondent for MS NOW.


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3mos ago
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DOJ running quiet operation in Miami to hunt for charges on Cuban leaders, per sources

President Donald Trump has suggested in recent comments that leadership change in Cuba could be imminent. A DOJ working group is believed to bolster that agenda.

3mos ago
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Kristi Noem out as Homeland Security secretary

Her ouster comes after two contentious days of her testimony before Congress. Trump wants Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to take her place.

3mos ago
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Cornyn’s allies spent $70 million in Texas. It hasn’t stopped Paxton’s lead.

The Texas Republican Senate primary is testing whether tens of millions of dollars and decades of seniority can overcome one liability.

3mos ago
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Trump moves to rewrite election rules unilaterally

The president has directed his White House counsel to explore a voter ID executive order, even as his own lawyers warn it would likely be stricken down — the latest test of his executive authority over American elections.

3mos ago
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Trump to visit Texas as Senate primary looms

The president has not endorsed in the costly three-way race between Sen. John Cornyn, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt ahead of the March 3 primary — and none of the three are invited to his speech as of now.

4mos ago
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White House moves to sideline key RFK Jr. aide as part of HHS shake-up

Stefanie Spear, principal deputy chief of staff at HHS, is being forced into a more diminished role as the White House moves to overhaul department leadership ahead of the midterms.

4mos ago
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Trump refuses to apologize for posting video depicting Obamas as apes, saying he ‘didn’t make a mistake’

Trump told reporters that he wasn’t going to fire the staffer he says was responsible for the posting because they “slipped and missed” a small part of it.

4mos ago
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Trump announces immigration retreat. His allies say there is no retreat.

The president’s contradictory responses to the Minneapolis crisis have exposed fractures in his coalition and left enforcement strategy in doubt.

4mos ago
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Border Patrol boss Bovino out of Minnesota after Alex Pretti killing

The Trump administration is shifting its tone — if not its tactics — in its aggressive crackdown in Minneapolis.

5mos ago
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Trump 2.0 rehashed ‘America First.’ But now, it’s against the world.

A year into his second term, the president’s foreign entanglements and trade wars have eclipsed the domestic agenda he campaigned on.