President Donald Trump is expected to reveal a program as early as next month that will increase the role that Pentagon attaches and State Department diplomats play in weapons sales in order to boost sales abroad, Reuters’ Mike Stone and Matt Spetalnick reported in an exclusive. One senior administration official and a National Security Council spokesperson confirmed the plan to Axios.
Why it matters: The U.S. already is the world’s top arms supplier. Critics of America’s human rights record could be quick to point out this helps the U.S. implicitly or explicitly support violence abroad or even terrorist activities.
Sean Spicer had a rough trot as White House press secretary but one fact was undeniable: the guy — as Trump often noted admiringly — got terrific ratings.
Away from the podium, it appears Spicer can still bring in an audience. On Thursday night, he sat with SE Cupp for the full hour on her show on the relatively obscure network HLN. I wouldn't even know where to find HLN with my remote, but Axios' media editor Sara Fischer emails to tell me the Spicer show far outperformed Cupp's usual ratings:
As powerful men in every industry lose their jobs due to allegations of sexual misconduct, companies are hiring women to replace them.
Why it matters: One way to combat the culture of workplace harassment revealed by these men's accusers is to replace the alleged harassers with qualified women.
As Axios' Jonathan Swan foreshadowed, Stephen Miller went on CNN's "State of the Union" with Jake Tapper to flay Steve Bannon, calling him "an angry, vindictive person" and his comments in Michael Wolff's new book "grotesque."
The interview turned into a shouting match between Tapper and Miller, who repeatedly called Tapper "condescending" and attacked CNN's coverage. Here's how Tapper ended the interview:
