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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 25

Pete Buttigieg will also be joining me tonight at 9 p.m. ET.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 24

Jeffrey Goldberg will join me at 9 p.m. ET tonight.

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 21

Trump says he didn't sign Alien Enemies Act. "I don't know when it was signed 'cause I didn't sign it. Other people handled it. But Marco Rubio's done a great job and he wanted them out and we go along with that." But the proclamation on reads, "BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 20

Rebecca Slaughter, the Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission fired by President Trump yesterday, will join me at 9 p.m. ET. tonight.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 19

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 18

As President Trump argues the pardons President Biden issued are null and void -- and the White House seems to walk it back -- I'll be joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin, who received one of those pardons, tonight at 9 p.m. ET.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 14

Kentucky is the heart of America's bourbon industry. How will a 50% tariff from the EU impact them? I'll speak to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear about it at 9 p.m. ET.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Mar 6

Elon Musk met with House Republicans tonight about his efforts to slash federal spending and the size of the workforce. We'll speak with one lawmaker who was in the room at 9 p.m. ET.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 28

Coming up tonight, I’ll sit down with Secretary Rubio at 9 pm ET.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 28

But the Ukrainians would not be dining at the White House. As the prepared food sat nearby on carts in a hallway, the Ukrainians were instructed to leave.

The White House official said the Ukrainians wanted to continue the talks. But they were told no.

Zelensky left shortly thereafter.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 28

He directed Secretary Rubio and his national security adviser Mike Waltz to deliver the message: it was time for Zelensky to leave.

The Ukrainians were holding nearby in a separate room. (That's standard for foreign leader visits.) Typically they reconvene for lunch.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 28

What happened inside the WH after the Oval shouting match:

Trump huddled with his key advisers immediately afterward inside the Oval.

According to a White House official, Trump consulted Vance, Rubio, Bessent, etc. That was when Trump decided that Zelensky was "not in a place to negotiate."

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 26

Coming up tonight, I'll sit down with House Speaker Mike Johnson after he pulled off a close win in the House last night, amid major questions about what's next for President Trump's agenda. See you at 9 p.m. ET.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 26

Coming up tonight at 9 p.m. ET, Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 25

Elon Musk will be at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow, per the press secretary.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 22

President Trump has ousted Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown and says he is replacing him with Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine. A retired four-star general expressed serious dismay over this move to me tonight, calling it "sadly political and tragic for our nation."

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 20

Coming up tonight, after Trump calls Zelensky a dictator, I'll speak with Fareed Zakaria, Maggie Haberman and GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt. See you at 9 p.m. ET.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 13

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, I'll ask Amb. John Bolton for his view of President Trump meeting with President Putin, potentially in Saudi Arabia. Bolton was serving as his national security adviser when he met with Putin in Helsinki.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 12

News — President Trump had a call with Russian President Putin this morning, I'm told.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 11

"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
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AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press

The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 11

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, Sen. Chris Murphy will join me as a federal judge says the Trump White House has failed to comply with a court order.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 6

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, whose state is home to nearly 6% of the federal workforce.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 4

"The Gaza thing has never worked," President Trump says in the Oval Office. "If we could find the right piece of land, pieces of land, and build them some really nice places...I think that would be a lot better than going back to Gaza."

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Elon Musk is serving as a ‘special government employee,’ White House says | CNN Politics

Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House official.

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · Feb 3

Elon Musk is officially serving as a special government employee, according to a White House official. Per a DOJ summary, a special government employee is "anyone who works, or is expected to work, for the government for 130 days or less in a 365-day period." Musk is not being paid, I am told.

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