
Jake Traylor
White House Reporter at POLITICO
White House reporter for @politico
Articles
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2 days ago |
yahoo.com | Adam Cancryn |Jake Traylor
President Donald Trump is frustrated with Elon Musk for slamming the administration’s chief legislative priority, but isn't taking it personally — a distinction that’s helped keep a lid on the White House’s response so far. Yet as Musk’s attacks stretch into their second day, administration officials are wondering how long the peace will hold, according to two White House aides and two outside advisers to the president granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Adam Cancryn |Jake Traylor
The White House plans to confront resistance to Medicaid cuts from Senate Republicans by arguing that any reductions in coverage would only affect people who didn't deserve it in the first place. A strong bloc of Republicans in the Senate has signaled that they are uncomfortable with Medicaid reductions in the sweeping tax-and-spending bill enacted last month by the House.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Myah Ward |Jake Traylor
The president’s action comes amid a fragile trade truce on the line. President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s aides and allies have been laying the groundwork for his aggressive crackdown on Chinese student visas for years.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Jake Traylor |Declan Harty |Irie Sentner
President Donald Trump called bitcoin a scam against the dollar in 2021. You wouldn’t know it this week. Key members of the president’s inner circle are headlining the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, a vivid illustration of Trump's dramatic turnaround on the issue and a key example of the mix of a political and personal embrace of cryptocurrency that’s raising new ethical issues. Vice President JD Vance spoke Wednesday afternoon about the administration's efforts on stablecoin legislation.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Felicia Schwartz |Jake Traylor |Eli Stokols
“There’s a cadre in the administration who doesn’t particularly care for Israel, they have no special attachment to Israel. They view them as a partner but not one we should be going out of our way to be doing favors for,” a former Trump administration official said. Like others, the person was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic dynamics.
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