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Donald Trump’s attacks on the media are deliberate attempts to undermine reporting that has uncovered fraud, abuse, potential illegal conduct and disinformation, according to two United Nations officials responsible for promoting freedom of expression. (5 reader comments)
Congress moves to ban lobbyists from bundling large campaign cash contributions and to close lobbying regulation gaps and loopholes. (1 reader comment)
CRC Public Relations, the right-leaning firm based in Alexandria, is promoting the effort to win Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. (6 reader comments)
Kelsi Daniell, press secretary for former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, will join the communications staff of Iowa Senator Joni Ernst. (9 reader comments)
Michelle Toohey, deputy press secretary for former Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, has joined the communications staff of the state’s Senator Lisa Murkowski.
Mike Clauser, who did a nearly five-year stint at Japan's Fujitsu Global as the lead American for government affairs in the US, has joined Analog Devices, $5.2B semiconductor company in Norwood, MA, as head of government affairs.
The Senate has approved a plan that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from overturning the net neutrality rules the agency put into place in 2015.
Liz Bowman, spokesperson for the Environmental Protection Agency and its embattled leader Scott Pruitt, is exiting her post on May 11
Will new economic chief Larry Kudlow thrive as a cable TV publicist for Donald Trump, or will he take the path followed by Steve Bannon, who tumbled from "My Steve" to "Sloppy Steve?" (2 reader comments)
Donald Trump fired Steve Goldstein, propaganda czar at the State Dept. responsible for crafting a strategic communications program to combat ISIS, on March 13. (3 reader comments)
Former actor/model Hope Hicks is leaving her communications director post at the White House in the next couple of weeks. (3 reader comments)
The National Press Club will defend journalism from threats posed by the Trump administration's bid to dictate the news, said its new president Andrea Edney at the Feb. 10 gala to celebrate her inauguration. (2 reader comments)
Heath Hall, acting chief of the Federal Railroad Administration, resigned Feb. 10 after Politico raised questions about whether he was moonlighting as a PR consultant in Mississippi.
The 5G system would be "the equivalent of the Eisenhower National Highway System.” The move is being considered by Trump national security officials. (1 reader comment)
Carl Higbie, head of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, resigns for offensive remarks concerning women, African-Americans, Muslims, LGBT people and veterans with PTSD.
Team GOP's list of winners of the 2017 Fake News Awards contains some fake news of its own. (6 reader comments)
Republican Senator Jeff Flake took the Senate floor today to attack the White House for enshrining “alternative facts” in the American lexicon to justify deceit and for its “unrelenting daily assault on the constitutionality-protected free press.” (2 reader comments)
Former Trump adviser Roger Stone says the president should make good on his campaign-trail vows to let individual states decide on the legality of marijuana. (2 reader comments)
The Environmental Protection Agency has hired Definers Public Affairs, which was founded by GOP insider Matt Rhoades, to monitor media coverage of it and its embattled head Scott Pruitt.
The US Army has reassigned a marketing executive after allegations that he had a personal relationship with an ex-McCann staffer, triggering cries that review of $4B ten-year account has been compromised. (8 reader comments)
Omarosa Manigault Newman, director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison and frequent contestant on Trump's "The Apprentice," is leaving her position. (3 reader comments)
Steve Warren, 28-year Army veteran who handled communications and PA duties for the Pentagon before being pushed out this summer, has joined Aerojet Rocketdyne as chief communications officer. (1 reader comment)
Podesta Group, which is under a probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, uses crisis/litigation shop The Levinson Group for commmunications support.
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