by Jim Heath | Dec 22, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest to President Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of...
by Jim Heath | Dec 20, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Military
Jim Mattis, the four-star Marine general turned defense secretary, resigned today in protest of President Trump’s decision to withdraw 2,000 American troops from Syria, where they have been fighting the Islamic State. Mattis went to the White House this afternoon in a...
by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Headlines
Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation to the White House today, facing intense pressure to step down because of multiple probes tied to his real estate dealings in his home state of Montana and his conduct while in office. President Trump...
by Jim Heath | Oct 5, 2018 | Headlines, Trump
Another senior level official in the Trump administration has resigned. Jeff Pon, director of the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees the federal government workforce, is the latest in the unusually long list of senior officials to leave Trump’s...
