The Hive's Kristen Scholer and Jon Kelly discuss the recent happenings in the White House. From Gary Cohn to Sam Numberg, President Trump seems to be losing many of his allies.
Vanity Fair's Bess Levin talks about how Gary Cohn's departure worries many who were under him at The White House as they are now facing the President alone. As far as what Cohn will do next, Levin's heard he will not be going back to Goldman Sachs, but could potentially open his own firm.
Plus, Sam Nunberg has been making the media rounds this week. Vanity Fair's T.A. Frank says if we learned anything from the Russia investigation is that if Mueller failed to find anything it won't be for lack of finding people to talk to. Frank believes this investigation is close to winding down.
The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter.
The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of U.S. sanctions. In addition, as part of the deal, the administration has agreed to release five Iranian citizens held in the United States.
The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet’s main gateway.
President Joe Biden departed Vietnam after meetings with President Vo Van Thuong along with other high-ranking officials, following his participation at the G20 summit in India.
