Mark Paoletta

Trump Announces Mark Paoletta as Top OMB Lawyer in White House

President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that prominent D.C. lawyer Mark Paoletta will return to the White House as general counsel of the OMB under returning director Russ Vought, the tip of the spear for reversing the direction of federal regulations and spending, building the border wall, and implementing recommendations from Elon and Vivek’s DOGE to overhaul the federal government.

Mark Paoletta and Clarence Thomas

D.C. Insider: ‘Despicable’ Media Attacks on Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas Part of Left’s Effort to ‘Undermine’ Supreme Court

Left-wing publications, like the New York Times, the Atlantic, and ProPublica, have been engaged in a smear campaign against conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in recent months — an effort a D.C. insider and close friend of the justice says is “part of Left’s effort to undermine [the] Court and ultimately pack it.”

FILE - Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they