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US budget head Mick Mulvaney to replace John Kelly as chief of staff, says Donald Trump; first choice Nick Ayers rejected post

Mick Mulvaney, a conservative Republican former congressman, is currently head of the White House budget management office, which oversees federal spending and administers the federal budget.

Daily Bulletin: BJP offers support to TRS in Telangana minus AIMIM; Shivraj Singh Chouhan confident of win in Madhya Pradesh; day's top stories

9 December 2018: BJp offers support to TRS in Telangana minus AIMIM; here are the top stories for the day, Army officer named in Bulandshahr violence arrested in Jammu and Kashmir.

Donald Trump, angry and nervous after midterm jolt, mulls wide-ranging White House shake-up

US President Donald Trump, said to be furious over midterm election results and nervous about the Mueller probe, is weighing an administration-wide shake-up as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying.

Donald Trump eyeing White House staff shakeup; uncertainty looms over homeland security secy Kirstjen Nielsen's fate

President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shakeup as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was thought to be out as soon as this week, according to two people with knowledge of the issue, but she is now likely to remain in the post for a longer period because there is no obvious successor in place.

Donald Trump likely to oust US Homeland Security boss Kirstjen Nielsen; wants 'John Wayne' brand hardliner as replacement

Kirstjen Nielsen, the top immigration official in the Trump administration, is likely being booted out. “It’s no longer ‘if’, it’s ‘when’”, is the buzz at the White House which offered no comment on “personnel issues”. Trump has long understood to have had problems with Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen - a protege of Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly who has been the DHS Secretary’s champion from well before her appointment.

White House calls Bob Woodward book 'reckless', refuses to rule out possibility of lawsuit against author

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders also pointed how many of Bob Woodwards's sources have pushed back on statements attributed to them.

Ex-White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman's recordings brew fresh trouble for US President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump on Tuesday plunged himself into a made-for-TV spat with his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman — a mud-slinging match that has fuelled fears of chaos in his White House and cast doubt on his pledge to hire "only the best people."

Ex-Donald Trump advisor Omarosa Manigault Newman says she secretly taped her sacking by Chief of Staff John Kelly, releases audio clip

Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman has said she secretly recorded conversations she had in the White House, including her firing by Chief of Staff John Kelly in the high-security Situation Room.

Donald Trump slams Washington Post over its report on White House CoS John Kelly's 'dwindling' clout

US President Donald Trump has slammed a Washington Post report on John Kelly's struggles in the administration.

Donald Trump comes to Scott Pruitt's defence after accusations of lavish travel at taxpayers' expense arise against EPA chief

Donald Trump has defended his embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt against allegations of lavish spending on his security and travel in a tweet.