Simon Ateba

Chief White House Correspondent and Founder of The Daily Letter on Today News Africa on and social network

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BREAKING: Trump destroyed on 60 Minutes. Remember he's not done any serious interview. He often insults, calls people names, and his followers celebrate. WATCH

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DC Secret Societies: Presidents Gather in Washington's Private Clubs and Fellowships Beyond the Reach of Disclosure Law https://t.co/eVEvvC18ni

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the White House Situation Room on November 5, demanding to know why Megaspeed, the Singapore data center company accused of smuggling Nvidia's advanced chips to China, is still not on the Commerce Department's Entity List, Axios reported on Wednesday. The meeting, two days after the midterm elections, carried a year of quieter pressure on Lutnick into the open at cabinet level.

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White House Counsel Warns/Threatens Garcia That Planned Democratic Investigations May Cross Into Blatant Criminality https://t.co/Ec43qMFSOF

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Until last week, the most powerful appointed job in Washington was held by a woman the federal disclosure system knows well. Susie Wiles spent the better part of a decade as a registered lobbyist, first at Ballard Partners and then as co-chair of Mercury Public Affairs, before President Donald Trump made her his White House chief of staff in January 2025.

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Washington lobbying firms reported a record $5.08 billion in 2025, and the lobbyists in Washington, D.C. who run the top firms move between them and the government in both directions. This is the complete verified record, built from the filings themselves: the top 10 Washington lobbying firms ranked by reported revenue, Susie Wiles's path from Ballard Partners and Mercury Public Affairs to the White House and back out, the revolving door, the foreign agents registered under FARA, and the criminal cases that mark the legal lines.

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Federal Filings Show Susie Wiles at the Center of Washington's $5 Billion Lobbying Industry https://t.co/mjtUaGi3OH

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Bukele Says Salvadoran Troops Destroy the Headquarters of Haiti's 400 Mawozo Gang https://t.co/W6iMPeNyhA

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Joe Biden Says He Would Have Resigned If He Had Known He Had Cancer https://t.co/UYY0wKxgHz

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Four Tankers Carrying Russian Diesel Turn Away From the United States as Buyers Stay Away https://t.co/Fw4t6PZw6V

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Trump's VA Employs About 49,000 Fewer People Than It Did in January 2025 https://t.co/fQlVukwk9J

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Russia and Ukraine Agree to a Major Prisoner Exchange as U.S.-Brokered Talks End in Abu Dhabi https://t.co/L1CoABgJEw

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Anthropic Offering Draws Orders Multiple Times Its Shares as Bankers Weigh a $1.5 Trillion Valuation https://t.co/rWEUcayUNU

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To everyone who served or has family members who served, Happy Veterans Day. I am deeply grateful that I can enjoy the freedom you fought for. Respect!

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Lifts Its Own 2,000-Kilometer Limit on Missile Range https://t.co/7Rx5PUNnGw

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Scott Colom Extends His Lead Over Cindy Hyde-Smith to 3,037 Votes as Mississippi Counts Its Last Ballots https://t.co/OZBHWfkllI

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Why is Elon Musk the only tech guy with no Chinese spy? What's going on here?

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BREAKING: I can now project that Scott Colom has been elected to the U.S. Senate. This is not yet official, but with his lead surpassing 3,000 votes, more than 98 percent of the vote counted, and Colom extending his lead with every new count, I can say it's all over. After 145 years, Mississippi is poised to send another Black senator to Washington.

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Pete Buttigieg Says a Few More State Laws Can Effectively Do Away With the Electoral College https://t.co/3015IEbmZH

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Federal Prosecutors Charge Three Iran-Backed Operatives Over Nearly 20 Attacks and a British Base Plot https://t.co/neN01L9OWa

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Continental Strategy's Own Filings Confirm the Bosnian Serb Contract and the Revenue Surge Calley Means Ties to Katie Wiles, Daughter of Susie Wiles

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