October 2019

That might seem like business as usual for Americans who accepted candidate Trump’s description of Washington as rife with influence peddlers and profiteers. But it might actually be worse than usual. Because of the extraordinarily high rate of turnover that is a hallmark of the Trump administration, the White House’s human resources professionals have had […]

Under Mr. Milliken’s stewardship, tourism and recreation became Michigan’s third-largest generator of wealth, behind manufacturing and agriculture. William Grawn Milliken was born in Traverse City on March 26, 1922, to a family of business and political leaders. His grandfather, James W. Milliken, founded J.W. Milliken Inc., a department store that grew into a small chain;

WASHINGTON — Representative Elijah E. Cummings, whose death on Thursday left both Republicans and Democrats mourning the loss of a lawmaker they praised as passionate and decent, will lie in state in the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday. Mr. Cummings, a son of sharecroppers who rose to become one of the most powerful Democrats

Mr. Jeffrey, a former ambassador to Turkey who served as Mr. Pence’s interpreter in the meetings, would have been familiar with the Erdogan playbook, experts in the region said. “Jim’s got good Turkish,” Mr. Edelman said. “He would have told Pence, ‘This is what you’re in for.’” One thing that did not make the grievance