Tag: Gabriel Sherman

Vanity Fair’s Gabe Sherman joins to discuss the new member of the White House Communications team, a former Fox News executive, and how much sway he has over the administration’s message. Sherman notes the hire is proof that “Fox News…

Gabriel Sherman, special correspondent for Vanity Fair, discusses the history of Fox News as a platform for Republicans, and Donald Trump's appointment of disgraced Fox News executive Bill Shine as White House deputy chief of staff for communications. » Subscribe…

-Written by Lena Felton (@lenakfelton) and Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) Today in 5 Lines President Trump signed an executive order he said would end his administration’s policy of separating families at the border, but it could face court challenges over portions that direct the Department of Homeland Security to hold families indefinitely. Republican lawmakers still plan to vote on two immigration bills tomorrow. Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, resigned from his post as deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee’s Finance Committee, citing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has reportedly approved a plan to spend $80 million to boost Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterm elections. Trump will hold a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, starting at 7:30 p.m. ET to support Republican congressional candidate Pete Stauber, who is running in a highly contested district. (Adam Serwer) Enforce the Border, Humanely: David Frum argues that while Trump’s policies and rhetoric are brutish, his opponents’ reactionary extremism is also standing in the way of rational, lawful immigration control. An Exceptional Cruelty: Many staffers at immigrant shelters are prohibited or prevented from hugging or touching the children there. Here’s why those rules could be harmful. (Ashley Fetters) Snapshot What We’re Reading Have Questions About the Family-Separation Policy?