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

Hegseth attorney’s dual roles trip conflict of interest alarms

1 week 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

2 weeks 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

2 weeks 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

2 weeks 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".
Controversial Hegseth chief of staff to leave Pentagon

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Daniel Lippman |Jack Detsch

Joe Kasper will continue to support and advise the Pentagon, he said, but as a special government employee. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump meets with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, April 24, 2025.
Controversial Hegseth chief of staff to leave Pentagon

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Lippman |Jack Detsch

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial chief of staff, who played a central role in a power struggle that gripped the Pentagon, will exit the agency today. Joe Kasper was originally expected to transition to another role within the Defense Department, but is now planning to go back to government relations and consulting, he said in an interview. He will continue to support and advise the Pentagon, he said, but as a special government employee.
Inside the vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Rachael Bade |Daniel Lippman |Jack Detsch |Paul McLeary

Concerns about Kasper running the Pentagon started almost immediately. A longtime aide and friend of indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter, Kasper was helping oversee his office when a series of scandals roiled the California Republican’s office. These included allegations that Hunter regularly drank heavily while serving in Congress. Investigators also inquired about relations he had with a young woman working in his office.
Defense secretary's chief of staff to leave top job in wake of DOD turmoil

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Daniel Lippman |Jack Detsch

Other Defense Department officials were placed on leave earlier this week. The Pentagon is seen on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, will leave his role in the coming days for a new position at the agency, according to a senior administration official, amid a week of turmoil for the Pentagon.
Top Pentagon official at center of Jackie Robinson controversy to resign

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Daniel Lippman |Jack Detsch
Top Pentagon official at center of Jackie Robinson controversy to resign

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Lippman |Jack Detsch

John Ullyot, the former top Pentagon spokesperson who found himself at the center of several controversies in the first months of the Trump administration, said he will resign this week. “I made clear to Secretary Hegseth before the inauguration that I was not interested in being number two to anyone in public affairs,” he said in an exclusive statement to POLITICO.