Katherine Faulders

Washington Managing Editor covering politics & investigations for @ABC. @UVA. Signal: KFaulders.54 // [email protected].

[Katherine Faulders @KFaulders]

Back officially from maternity leave today. The best job in the world is being a mom and I’m grateful to @ABC for the time I was able to spend at home with family these past four months ❤️ My last day at work was the day Nicolás Maduro was captured and what’s true about this industry is the news never stops. I have the most incredible colleagues, many of whom found themselves in a scary and fluid situation this past weekend and reported so gracefully under pressure. This job is not easy, to say the least. I’m lucky to work with them — now let’s break some news!

[Katherine Faulders @KFaulders]

The departure makes Dhillon the first high-ranking Trump official to resign from the admin in the wake of the midterms, though sources say her exit was long expected after President Trump privately expressed frustrations over a growing number of court losses for the division under Dhillon’s leadership.

[Attorney General Todd Blanche @AGToddBlanche]

Today, I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division with conviction the past 18 months. She has defended the civil liberties of every American and enforced the law without fear or favor. The Department is grateful for her dedicated public service, and we wish her every success in her future endeavors.

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

Trump told me this morning he intends to keep Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary:

“I have every intention to keep him.”

Trump acknowledged receiving calls from people unhappy with Hegseth, but said, “I get these calls, you know, about him. I don't understand why.”

He also acknowledged it would be easier to confirm a new Defense Secretary before the Democrats take over the Senate in January.

[Katherine Faulders @KFaulders]

DOJ ramps up probe of Alaska Senate race with target letters, new subpoenas: Sources https://t.co/kUB9Quqrwm

[Katherine Faulders @KFaulders]

DOJ issues new wave of subpoenas in criminal probe of Alaska Senate race, sources say https://t.co/SXMauVZd7U

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

More evidence of DOJ's haphazard approach to these last-ditch cases:

A few minutes ago, a DOJ attorney told the 9th circuit that Judge Carter has *no jurisdiction* to consider this case anymore since it's now in the hands of the appeals court.

Also a few minutes ago: DOJ files a brief to Judge Carter asking him to approve their injunction. https://t.co/MZ9e9hUqj8

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

NEW in @Playbook: Trump is asking close allies about CoS Susie Wiles, and floating possible future successors, per sources

Knives are out for Wiles—with rivals privately putting recent headlines surrounding her daughter’s foreign lobbying in front of POTUS urging he make changes, per sources

One senior elected GOP official who received a call from Trump said the president had raised “the first honest questions about Susie”

Wiles has survived past efforts, and so far has yet to discuss how long she’ll remain chief of staff with the president, per source familiar

Trump in statement to Playbook forcefully stood by his longest serving CoS

More with @DashaBurns:

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Last week, the Trump administration told a federal court that saying bad things about the GOP convention was a potential national security/misinformation risk.

[Aric Toler @AricToler]

A sample of the data in the recent ShinyHunters hack of FBI personnel data...
https://t.co/tvxykVjE9T

[Kelly O'Donnell @KellyO]

The 5 network WH TV pool provides raw materials of news coverage: video, audio, editorial information and logistical support to news outlets then seen across the world. That is separate from how individual outlets use the material to prepare their own stories and make their own editorial choices.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

>> @MonicaHesse gets it: "Philosophically, the press pool communicates that the executive branch of the United States belongs to the people. That the president’s words and actions should be visible to all of us. The government should be an open book. This is so important that competing news organizations agree to share with one another and with the public as part of a broader and loftier mission." https://t.co/88q26OTweZ

[Lauren Peller @lauren_peller]

President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and tech CEOs are expected to meet on artificial intelligence on Tuesday, September 29, according to multiple sources familiar. w/ @KFaulders
Confirming @axios

[Kelly O'Donnell @KellyO]

Yes, WHCA has long provided specific guidance from Secret Service and various administrations
on matters where video material should not be used at all or with limitations for security reasons.

[Weijia Jiang @weijia]

For decades, the @whca has advised poolers not to air video of taillights because it’s a potential risk to the security of the motorcade.

[Kelly O'Donnell @KellyO]

The 5 networks expend considerable resources for staff, equipment, travel costs to provide coverage of the president anywhere in the world and have an established infrastructure for how the images, audio and editorial information is distributed for use by other outlets. That is how the public receives this coverage.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Journalists are annoying. Officials get tired of our questions; readers may wish we asked different ones.

(Frankly, we annoy each other as we compete for scoops.)

But being annoying — pushing our government for answers — is part of the press freedom that makes America great.

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” - Thomas Jefferson

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Playbook says Politico reporter Cheyenne Haslett has been denied entry to the White House:

[Jacqui Heinrich @JacquiHeinrich]

The president said it plainly in the Oval Office, describing his own planned action as a “ban on the free press.”

The Constitution protects the freedom of the press from government interference. That protection does not depend on whether the president likes a news organization’s coverage, agrees with its reporting, or approves of the questions its journalists ask.

This is about more than the rights of journalists. It is about the right of the American people to receive a full and independent account of the activities, policies and decisions of whoever occupies the nation’s highest office.

The WHCA stands in defense of our colleagues at CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO who are being singled out for doing their jobs.

- Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President

[ABC News @ABC]

Former ABC News correspondent Ann Compton was traveling with then-President George W. Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, when he was alerted about the terrorist attacks in New York City while in a classroom in Florida.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

The decision by Trump's current health secretary to use private jets has raised some eyebrows, given that Trump's first health secretary attracted some attention for using private jets.