Latest in Politico

White House Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned, after a report that he threatened a journalist for Politico. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on Saturday, “We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo after a discussion with him this evening. This conversation occurred with the support…

White House Deputy Press Secretary T.J. Ducklo was suspended for one week without pay after a report that he threatened a reporter for Politico. Ducklo also will no longer be assigned to work with Politico’s reporting team. On Friday, Vanity Fair reported that Ducklo had a verbal confrontation with Politico‘s Tara…

Politico is launching a new streaming series during the Democratic and Republican conventions tied to its popular Playbook newsletter and franchise. Plug In with Playbook will be streamed at 9 AM ET each morning of both conventions, with Democrats starting on Aug. 17 and Republicans a week later, on Aug. 24. Plans for…

After the Conservative Political Action Conference announced that one attendee tested positive for the coronavirus, such political figures as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) said that they would self quarantine. Several media outlets who sent reporters…

The sixth debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates kicks off Thursday at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT live on PBS, with CNN simulcasting the event being held at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. PBS NewsHour and Politico are co-hosting the event, the last of 2019 and the first since President Donald Trump…

PBS NewsHour and Politico will host the December Democratic debate in Los Angeles on Dec. 19, the two news outlets announced on Friday. The debate will be held at UCLA, with a set of moderators to be announced. The Democratic National Committee also raised the threshold for candidates to qualify for the debate…

UPDATE: The satirical Mad magazine, an iconic institution in comedy for more than 50 years, has fired back at South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg, who claimed not to know who mascot Alfred E. Neuman was when compared to the character by President Donald Trump. Buttigieg claimed he had to use Google to be filled…

ICM Partners has just signed political news operation Politico to develop the organization’s IP across all platforms and to work together on the agency’s first-of-its kind political department and Politico’s Women Rule Iniative. As part of the agreement, the agency says it will “explore all aspects of Politico’s…

ABC News President James Goldston sent the following note to the news division announcing that Tara Palmeri is joining ABC News as a White House Correspondent. See below for Goldston's note to staff: From ABC News president James Goldston’s memo: Tara is a tenacious reporter with a keen instinct for political scoops…

UPDATED throughout with responses from various media outlets: Shortly after President Donald Trump vowed to “do something” about the “cunning” media who he’s called “the enemy” of the American people, CNN announced on air it, and other members of the press, had been barred from today’s White House briefing. CNN…

Sinclair Broadcasting Group pushed back at news reports about an offer it made to Donald Trump during the campaign. "Over the past three days, there have been numerous misleading press stories about Sinclair's election coverage,” Sinclair Broadcasting Group VP News Scott Livingston said this afternoon in a statement.…

Donald Trump will not continue his campaign practice of banning individual news outlets once he’s in the White House, Republican National Committee’s communications director Sean Spicer said at a bar-in-the-back event in Washington. "There's a big difference between a campaign where it is a private venue using private…