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This file photo taken on January 31, 2017 shows then national security adviser General Mike Flynn (L), Senior Advisor Jared Kushner (2L) and US President Donald Trump (R) at the beginning of a meeting on cyber security at the White House. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

January 5, 2018, 11:42 pm

Report details bid by Trump transition team to derail UN anti-Israel resolution

Wall Street Journal says push by Flynn, Kushner and Haley to convince Obama administration to veto measure came at behest of Israel

By JTA

Then President Barack Obama meets with then President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Jim Watson)

May 17, 2017, 9:03 am

Handling of secret info raised questions during Trump transition – officials

Obama team reportedly allowed ‘viewing only‘ of files, after Trump team took classified info out of secure room

By Julie Pace

January 20, 2017, 7:57 am

Yoseif Bloch

Make Egypt great again!

The pharaoh who ‘knew not Joseph’ was hostile to his legacy and driven to undo his reforms; the rest is (biblical) history

President-elect Donald Trump (L) with son-in-law Jared Kushner during an election night party at a hotel in New York, November 9, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

January 11, 2017, 8:55 am

Jared Kushner, a calming power in the new presidency

Credited with masterminding his father-in-law’s shock victory, polite and discreet grandson of Holocaust survivors is poised to become one of the most powerful men in Trump’s US

By Jennie Matthew

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions pledging his commitment to Donald Trump at a rally at Ambridge Area Senior High School in Abridge, Pennsylvania, October 10, 2016. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

January 11, 2017, 8:33 am

Reform movement expresses concerns about Trump’s AG pick

Senator Jeff Sessions ‘has a voting record and a history of statements that raise alarm,’ says Religious Action Center director Jonah Pesner

By JTA

Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Jared Kushner, husband of his daughter Ivanka, during a campaign stop at Concord High School, January 18, 2016, in Concord, NH (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

January 9, 2017, 8:42 pm

Trump names Jared Kushner as senior adviser to president, may focus on Mideast

Skirting anti-nepotism laws, lawyers devise way for president-elect’s son-in-law to serve in White House; Kushner to forego salary

By Eric Cortellessa

January 9, 2017, 3:49 pm

Sherwin Pomerantz

Honor the office, not the man

No matter how much you want to boycott Donald Trump, the office of the President transcends him

Becky Norton Dunlop, deputy to the senior adviser on President-Elect Donald Trump's transition team for policy and personnel, speaking at the Jerusalem Leaders Summit, December 19, 2017. (Courtesy)

December 21, 2016, 2:04 pm

Backing far-right Swede, Trump proxy shuns top Israeli official

Delegation cancels meeting with Tzipi Hotovely after Foreign Ministry nixed participation of Kristina Winberg due to her party’s ‘neo-Nazi tendencies’

By Raoul Wootliff

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a Victory Tour Rally, on December 8, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Steve Pope/Getty Images/AFP)

December 9, 2016, 5:51 am

Trump defends cabinet as hardline picks criticized

President-elect claims secretarial picks will be ‘one of the greatest cabinets’ ever, says members ‘committed to advancing common good’

By Jennie Matthew and Timothy A. CLARY

This file photo taken on November 20, 2016 shows US President-elect Donald Trump meeting with retired Marine Corps general John Kelly at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP/Don Emmert)

December 7, 2016, 9:09 pm

Trump said to tap ex-Marine general as Homeland Security chief

Governor Terry Branstad, who has close ties with Beijing, named as next US ambassador to China

By AFP

Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager for US President-elect Donald Trump, arriving at a party at the home of Robert Mercer, one of Trump's biggest campaign donors, December 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

December 4, 2016, 2:21 pm

At ‘Villains and Heroes’ shindig, Trump goes as self

Stephen Bannon also attends as himself at Long Island costume soiree featuring who’s who of top aides to president-elect

By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace

President-elect Donald Trump arrives on December 1, 2016 at the airport ahead of a visit to the Carrier air conditioning and heating company in Indianapolis, Indiana. (AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY)

December 2, 2016, 11:21 pm

Trump builds his team — and isn’t changing his style

President-elect receives series of visitors aspiring for cabinet positions, while continuing to keep everyone guessing

By Jerome Cartillier

President-elect Donald Trump talks to the media as he stands with retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

December 2, 2016, 4:30 am

In Ohio, Trump declares new defense chief ‘Mad Dog Mattis’ is ‘our best’

Former head of Central Command ‘the closest thing to General George Patton that we have,’ enthuses president-elect

By TOI staff

(L to R) Vice President-elect Mike Pence, President-elect Donald Trump, and retired United States Marine Corps general James Mattis exit the clubhouse after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

December 2, 2016, 12:40 am

Ex-general and settlements critic Mattis named new US defense secretary

The head of US Mideast forces till 2013 has warned Israeli policies may lead to ‘apartheid,’ called Iran the region’s ‘single most enduring threat’

By Eric Cortellessa and TOI staff

Interpretive park ranger Caitlin Kostic, center, gives a tour near the high-water mark of the Confederacy at Gettysburg National Military Park to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and campaign CEO Steve Bannon, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Gettysburg, Pa. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

November 29, 2016, 8:20 am

With his appointments, Trump may be ‘institutionalizing conflict’ in the White House

An administration comprising a ‘team of rivals’ could represent an attempt to keep any single staff member from rising to the top

By Eric Cortellessa