The removal of presidential aide Steve Bannon from the National Security Council is a relief to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, Maine’s Democratic member of Congress. The 1st District representative said that President Donald Trump, who took Bannon off the council Wednesday, “showed poor judgment in allowing” Bannon to sit on the panel that weighs difficult […]
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Bannon's message simple: Do as I say, not as I do
NEW YORK — Perhaps it’s just me, but a few weeks into the Trump presidency, between the tweets, executive orders, attacks and counterattacks, I feel dizzy. So I’ve decided to take a break from the daily barrage and try to find the signal amid the noise: What is the underlying philosophy of this administration? The […]
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Free press are the true patriots
E.J. Dionne’s column (Jan. 31) ends saying that rather than the media being “the opposition party,” as Trump strategist Steve Bannon has said, they are true patriots, the same as the original American patriots — persons who are prepared to vigorously defend democracy against enemies — in this case, defending the First Amendment to the […]
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Seed of populist agenda visible into Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon’s past
In November 2015, Stephen Bannon – then the executive chairman of Breitbart News – was hosting a satellite radio show. His guest was Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., who opposed President Barack Obama’s plan to resettle some Syrian refugees in the United States. “We need to put a stop on refugees until we can vet,” Zinke […]
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Collins, King blast Trump’s decision to put Steve Bannon in security meetings
More coverage: Steve Bannon’s role in National Security Council raises questions, concerns One of the signature legislative accomplishments of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ time in office was the 2004 passage of a sweeping overhaul of the country’s intelligence community that included creation of a director of national intelligence to serve as one of the president’s principal […]
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Steve Bannon’s role in National Security Council raises questions, concerns
More coverage: Susan Collins blasts Trump’s decision to put Steve Bannon in security meetings President Donald Trump’s elevation of his chief political strategist to a major role in national security policy, and a White House order banning refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries from U.S. entry, appeared to come together as cause and effect over the weekend. […]