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Former White House southeast political director running Tennessee Senate campaign
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Trump greets media at White House Christmas party
President tells reporters they are ‘honestly in many ways very special people—at least many of you.’
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Hill Democrats pounce, GOP silent after Flynn plea
Democrats ask whether the ex-national security adviser illegally tried to interfere with U.S. foreign policy before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
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NBC to attend White House party, despite Trump’s tweets
Over the past week, the president has called for removal of NBC executives and spread a conspiracy theory about a top MSNBC anchor.
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Cotton cements his rise under Trump
The Arkansas senator, under consideration as a potential successor to Mike Pompeo as CIA director, has chosen to shape the president rather than railing against him.
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Mattis says ‘there’s nothing to’ reports of Tillerson exit
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Trump says Merry Christmas — and happy holidays, too
The White House is ushering in the holiday season on a slightly smaller scale than the Obamas did in their last years in the White House.
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First Christmases in the White House: From Kennedy to Trump
Fifty-six years ago, in her husband’s first term as president, Jacqueline Kennedy introduced the tradition of giving the White House Christmas trees a theme. She chose “The Nutcracker” for 1961 and decked a tree in the Blue Room with ornaments modeled after the Tchaikovsky ballet. This week, as first lady Melania Trump unveiled the Christmas décor for 2017 – along with the theme “time-honored traditions” – there was a hat-tip (intentional or un) to that first year, as the theme given to the Christmas trees in the Grand Foyer and Cross Hall was “The Nutcracker.” As the White House holiday season begins, POLITICO takes a look back at the first Christmases of first families from the Kennedys to the present.
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News outlets split on whether to attend Trump’s party
In the wake of CNN’s decision to boycott the White House Christmas party, other journalists express mixed feelings.
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