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First lady 'disappointed' by Trump supporters' Capitol riot
Read full article: First lady 'disappointed' by Trump supporters' Capitol riotPresident Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump step off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. โ Melania Trump said Monday that she is โdisappointed and disheartenedโ by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week by supporters of her husband. โI am disappointed and disheartened with what happened last week,โ she wrote in a White House blog post released before sunrise. Trump encouraged his supporters to flock to Washington last Wednesday, the day set for Congress to certify the presidential vote. After addressing a rally near the White House in which he encouraged his supporters to keep fighting, they stormed the Capitol.
First lady: 'Self-serving adults' push rumors about her
Read full article: First lady: 'Self-serving adults' push rumors about herโWe all know that more often than not, information that could be helpful to children is lost in the noise made by self-serving adults,โ the first lady said in a blog post. While itโs relatively rare for first ladies to push back so strongly against negative coverage, Mrs. Trump has repeatedly spoken out about her critics. Myra Gutin, a professor at Rider University and an author on first ladies, said Mrs. Trump's post probably wasnโt smart politics just weeks before the election. Wolkoff was an unpaid White House adviser to the first lady until February 2018, when her contract was terminated. Her book chronicled a yearslong relationship with the first lady and their regular lunches in New York City and emoji-filled text exchanges.
First lady unseen as Trump restarts campaign after COVID-19
Read full article: First lady unseen as Trump restarts campaign after COVID-19Wolkoff detailed her falling out with Mrs. Trump in a new book the White House has dismissed as full of โmistruths and paranoia.โ Wolkoff also had confirmed she had Mrs. Trump on tape. President Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment on Oct. 2, and was sent home three days later. His White House doctor said Trump tested negative for the virus on consecutive days and was no longer considered contagious. Former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Mrs. Trump may want to be a โlittle bit more selectiveโ about how she reengages after recovery. Mrs. Trump convalesced at the White House for nearly a month before she resumed a public schedule.
Melania Trump praises care at detention centers in tape
Read full article: Melania Trump praises care at detention centers in tapeWASHINGTON โ First lady Melania Trump expressed support for the care that migrant children separated from their families received in U.S. detention centers, suggesting the facilities were better than what they had at home with their parents, in a series of recordings that aired Thursday. Itโs so sad to hear, but they didnโt have that in their own countries. She helped produce Trumpโs inauguration and later worked for the first lady as an unpaid White House adviser. โThere is no way to know if these recordings have been edited and itโs clear the clips were hand-picked and presented with no context. The first lady remains focused on her family and serving our country," Grisham said.
Maddow beneficiary of scramble for attention by authors
Read full article: Maddow beneficiary of scramble for attention by authorsNEW YORK โ It's high season for books that pick apart Donald Trump's presidency, and Rachel Maddow is a big beneficiary. With less than two months before the election, authors are elbowing each other for space on the best-seller lists. Conservative authors have also sought attention for new books during the political season. That was the case with Schmidt's book. Maddow gave more attention to Schmidt's discussion about why Trump's personal and business dealings with Russia have not been investigated.
5 Things to Know for Today
Read full article: 5 Things to Know for TodayYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. MIGRANT ROUTE TAKES DEADLY TURN They are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic to reach the Canary Islands in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. STORIED POLITICAL NAME FALLS Sen. Edward Markey defeats Rep. Joe Kennedy III in a hard-fought Democratic primary for Senate the first time a Kennedy has lost a race for Congress in Massachusetts. NOTORIOUS KHMER ROUGE COMMANDER DIES Kaing Guek Eav, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regimes most notorious prison, was 77. FIRST LADYS EX-ADVISER SAYS SHE TAPED CALLS FOR PROTECTION Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of a new book about Melania Trump, says she needed evidence to protect herself amid questions about costs of the inauguration.