Mara Liason
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-29-2025 6PM EST
The order had caused confusion in Washington and chaos around the country as federal agencies struggled to understand exactly what the White House wanted them to do and which programs were and were not covered by the memo. Now the Trump administration has abandoned the blanket temporary federal funding freeze.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-29-2025 6PM EST
Democracy Forward says the administration has told the heads of all executive departments to contact their general counsels if they have questions about how to implement President Trump's other executive orders cutting specific funding for many programs. The conflict demonstrates the tensions inherent in Trump's larger effort.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-29-2025 6PM EST
to expand the powers of the presidency and diminish constitutional checks and balances, including Congress's ability to control how the federal government raises and spends money. Mara Liason, NPR News, the White House.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-12-2024 8PM EST
After a presidential campaign that was anything but normal, President Biden and President-elect Trump will do what is usually done after an election. Trump refused to meet with Biden after Trump lost in 2020. In the following January, he encouraged his supporters to try to overturn the results of that election, sparking a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-12-2024 8PM EST
But White House officials now say Biden wants to honor a norm and show the country what an efficient, peaceful transfer of power looks like. Biden also says he's assured Trump he would direct his entire administration to work with the president-elect's team.
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NPR News: 11-12-2024 8PM EST
Traditionally, the outcoming and incoming first ladies have tea while their husbands meet, but Melania Trump has reportedly decided not to come to the White House tomorrow. Mara Liason, NPR News.