Jake Lahut

2 weeks ago | cjr.org | Jake Lahut

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. The Old Post Office is a hulking granite building with Romanesque turrets and a looming clocktower that stands out from the mostly drab office buildings lining Pennsylvania Avenue a few blocks from the White House. During Donald Trump’s first term, the building was home to the Trump International Hotel, a base of operations for anyone looking to have access to, or curry favor with, the administration.

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Erkki Forster |Jose Pagliery |Jake Lahut

Joe Biden’s former top aide has revealed the president’s deteriorating mental and physical state was noticeable ahead of his disastrous debate against Donald Trump. Ron Klain, who served as Biden’s White House chief of staff from 2021 to 2023, was “startled” by the president’s condition when he met with him last June to help with debate prep, according author Chris Whipple’s new book, which was obtained by The Guardian. Whipple wrote that Klain had “never seen him so exhausted and out of it.

1 month ago | wired.it | Leah Feiger |Jake Lahut |Tim Marchman

Poco dopo aver una serie discusso e celebrato un recente bombardamento americano in Yemen in una chat di Signal che a loro insaputa includeva un giornalista, alcuni alti funzionari dell'amministrazione di Donald Trump hanno partecipato a una sfarzosa cena segreta con il presidente e altri ospiti che avevano sborsato un milione di dollari a testa per accaparrarsi un posto all'evento. È sabato 15 marzo.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Leah Feiger |Jake Lahut |Zoe Schiffer |Tim Marchman

Shortly after senior Trump administration officials discussed and celebrated the bombing of Yemen in an encrypted group chat that, unbeknownst to them, included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, a subset of the group feasted at an opulent, secret dinner featuring the president where guests were asked to pay $1 million apiece to snag a seat. The date was Saturday, March 15. President Donald Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago estate attending a “candlelight” dinner that wasn’t on his public calendar.

1 month ago | wired.com | Leah Feiger |Jake Lahut |Tim Marchman

Shortly after senior Trump administration officials discussed and celebrated the bombing of Yemen in an encrypted group chat that, unbeknownst to them, included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, a subset of the group feasted at an opulent, secret dinner featuring the president where guests were asked to pay $1 million apiece to snag a seat. The date was Saturday, March 15. President Donald Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago estate attending a “candlelight” dinner that wasn’t on his public calendar.