Daniel Lippman

Washington, D.C.

Reporter @Politico covering the White House and Washington. Email tips to [email protected]. Text or Signal: 413-854-8628. Repped by @LAIspeakers

Articles

State Democrats set up digital ad business with an influential private company. Now a key Dem official is becoming its CEO.

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Holly Otterbein |Daniel Lippman

A top Democratic organization strongly encouraged state campaigns to do much of their digital ad-buying business with a company that one of its members is set to soon join as CEO — a development that has puzzled and concerned some party insiders.
The Pentagon’s chaotic communications team

4 days ago | politico.com | Jack Detsch |Daniel Lippman |Paul McLeary |Robbie Gramer |Eric Bazail-Eimil

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has largely shunned traditional media, cutting travel privileges, restricting their access inside the Pentagon and eliminating the offices of unfavored media outlets in favor of far-right organizations.
The lobbyist who rejected Harvard

1 week ago | politico.com | Caitlin Oprysko |Daniel Lippman

FIRST IN PI — MILLER DECLINED TO HELP HARVARD: Top GOP fundraiser Jeff Miller turned down an offer to represent Harvard University in February as the institution took on heavy fire from the Trump administration, two people familiar with the matter told your PI host and Daniel. Miller’s decision deprived the Ivy League school of a second lobbyist with strong connections to the White House ahead of its rapidly escalating standoff with President Donald Trump.
Trump administration to shrink the National Security Council

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Robbie Gramer |Felicia Schwartz |Ali Bianco |Daniel Lippman

The plans involve slashing the number of staffers in the NSC to less than 150, according to three people familiar with the restructuring. The moves come as President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have reshaped the foreign aid and national security landscape.
Trump administration to shrink the National Security Council

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Robbie Gramer |Felicia Schwartz |Ali Bianco |Daniel Lippman

The Trump administration is carrying out a dramatic overhaul of the White House National Security Council, shrinking the nerve center of the American foreign policy machinery, according to five people familiar with the plans. The plans involve slashing the number of staffers at the NSC to less than 150 from around 350 currently — and some of those cuts have already begun.
Pulling back the curtain on McCarthy’s Boeing digs

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Caitlin Oprysko |Daniel Lippman

FIRST IN PI — MCCARTHY BLASTS RIVAL OF SECRET CLIENT: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy harshly criticized Boeing last week for its delays on providing a new Air Force One, saying in a CBS News interview “the problem is really with Boeing” and that “they didn’t do the job,” Daniel reports. — But he didn’t disclose in the interview that one of the clients of his new public affairs firm, Watchtower Strategy, is top Boeing rival Lockheed Martin, two people familiar with the matter told PI.
Hegseth attorney’s dual roles trip conflict of interest alarms

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Lippman |Josh Gerstein

Tim Parlatore is a personal attorney and top adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. At the same time, he’s suing the Navy and defending private clients against the U.S. government. Parlatore, who represented Donald Trump in a criminal case two years ago and rejoined the Navy Reserve in March to aid Hegseth, was recently tapped to coordinate the leak investigation that led to chaos at the Pentagon.
USAGM hires out as Lake hunts for waste

1 month ago | politico.com | Daniel Lippman |Caitlin Oprysko

FIRST IN PI — USAGM HIRES GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FIRM FOR AGENCY AUDIT: The U.S. Agency for Global Media, under the direction of senior adviser Kari Lake, recently gave a sole-source $250,000 contract to the law firm Ragnar Group for “grantee monitoring” and “program consulting support” — an echo of a similar contract the agency struck during the first Trump administration that was criticized by the Biden administration State Department inspector general, Daniel reports.
Weight-loss craze sparks a DC lobbying bonanza

1 month ago | politico.com | Lauren Gardner |Daniel Lippman

President Donald Trump is under pressure to decide how widely available anti-obesity drugs should be and whether Medicare should cover them. Illustration by Jade Cuevas/POLITICO (source images via iStock) The future of the weight-loss industry is now in President Donald Trump’s hands — and pharma companies are mobilizing to ensure the craze for highly effective anti-obesity drugs keeps spreading.
Kontrowersyjny współpracownik Pete'a Hegsetha odchodzi z Pentagonu

1 month ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Daniel Lippman |Jack Detsch

Kontrowersyjny szef personelu sekretarza obrony Pete'a Hegsetha, który odegrał kluczową rolę w niedawnej walce o władzę, która ogarnęła Pentagon, opuści dziś agencję. Joe Kasper miał pierwotnie przejść do innej roli w Departamencie Obrony, ale teraz planuje wrócić do pracy w rządzie i doradztwa, powiedział w wywiadzie. Czytaj też: "Zniszczyli naszą reputację".