Donald Trump is driven away after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport last Thursday. (The White House has released disclosures for only about half of its roughly 180 current senior political employees.) And there are more than 40 former lobbyists in the White House and the broader federal government…“A White House spokeswoman, Sarah H. Sanders, declined repeated requests by The Times to speak with … the White House lawyer in charge of the ethics policy. (Rick Scuteri/AP)-- The White House appears to be gagging agencies and instructing professional career staffers to not respond to inquiries from Democratic lawmakers. Spicer denied The Post’s report, claiming that the White House did not seek to have the hearing canceled and did not assert privilege.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2017 14:35 UTC