Joey Garrison
@joeygarrison
White House correspondent for @USATODAY, covering Trump transition. Outspoken, too-often angry @titans fan. | Reach at [email protected]
President Trump: "Obama was trying to lead a coup. And it was with Hillary Clinton."
Trump: "It's time to go after people." He pivots from a question about Epstein to a tirade about Obama
From @joeygarrison: When asked to explain #Trump's authority to block the @Commanders' stadium deal, a @WhiteHouse official directed @USATODAY to @PressSec's remarks. No sign off from Trump is required for approval of the Commanders' stadium deal. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
News —Speaker Mike Johnson shuts the door on a House vote before August recess on a resolution calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. “No,” he told me when asked if there’d be a vote before recess. Says wants to give administration “space” to deal with issue
Hunter Biden says Joe Biden was taking Ambien before disastrous debate against Trump usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Hunter Biden just went off on the Democratic Party: "Fuck him and everybody around him... George Clooney is not a fucking an actor. He's a brand." "James Carville hasn't won a race in 40 fucking years." "David Axelrod had one success in his political life and that was Barack…
President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, its parent company, as well as its owner and two reporters claiming libel and slander for publishing an article saying he wrote a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
BREAKING: President Donald Trump Filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show. The case was filed in Miami federal court.
WH deputy chief of staff @JamesBlairUSA says WH officials plan to visit the Fed headquarters next week to review records of HQs renovation. Trump has alleged possible fraud from Jerome Powell over cost overruns. “We just want to know what the truth is,” Blair says.
President Trump to the crypto industry before signing the first major crypto law in the US: "It's good for the dollar and it's good for the country. And that's why I backed you at an early stage. And I also did it for the votes ‒ because you did come out and vote."
President Trump to Speaker Johnson: "If you keep up this pace for another week, you'll go down as the greatest speaker in the House in history. So one more week. Who needs Tip O'Neill? He's better looking than Tip O'Neill, too."
Noem goes after Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell, calling him an "open border politician" and accusing him of working to impede ICE efforts in the city.
.@Sec_Noem SLAMS Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell for attacking ICE, while highlighting some of the violent illegal aliens and foreign terrorists arrested in his city: "What the mayor is doing to this city is shameful and what he needs to do is participate with us."
President Trump calls on AG Bondi to release “any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval” from the Epstein case.

Here's how Stephen Colbert addresses the news of The Late Show's cancellation in tonight's cold open. (Full story: latenighter.com/news/cbs-cance…)
WH @PressSec: "Tariffs are not inflationary, as President Trump has said all along."
Trump on Jerome Powell: “He’s a terrible Fed chair. I was surprised he was appointed.” Trump appointed Jerome Powell during his first term in office.
"Trump denies plans to fire Fed chairman - despite what he told Republicans." (via @joeygarrison) azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
President Trump to reporters on the Epstein case: “I don’t understand what the interest or what the fascination is.”
There are *currently* 9 Republicans in the California Congressional Delegation. Just thought folks might like to know that fun fact.
Reporter: Are you calling for a complete redraw of the Texas congressional map? Trump: No, just a very simple redraw—we pick up five seats. A couple of other states where we will pick up seats also.
2,000 National Guard troops pulled out of Los Angeles as Trump administration rolls back its militarized response to protests. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…