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Foxboro Stadium, 201
Francis, Pope, 227–28, 230. See also Holy Father
Franken, Al, 188
Fusion GPS, 149
G
Gamache, Barry, Father, 120
Garland, Merrick, 157–58
General Services Administration, 123
Geneva, Switzerland, 48–49
George Washington University, 30, 47
Georgia, 64, 218
Geraghty, Jim, 225
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, 110
Germany, 26, 232
Gibbs, Robert, 130
Gillespie, Ed, 53
Gingrich, Newt, 35, 55, 57, 214
Giuliani, Rudy, 88, 97, 126, 201
Gizzi, John, 165, 173
Glassman, James K., 22
Goldberg, Jeffrey, 172–73
Goldman Sachs, 3, 217
Good Morning America, 177
Google, 77
Gore, Al, 15, 41, 113
Gorsuch, Neil, 157–59, 195
Graham, David A., 101
Grand Rapids, MI, 15, 110
Grand River, 110
Greenberger, Jonathan, 203
Gridiron Club, 66
Griffin, Kathy, 178
Griffin, Kyle, 142
Griswold, David, 35
Gronkowski, Rob, 201–2
Growth and Opportunity Project, 60–61, 64, 66, 105
Guardian, The, 102
H
Haberman, Maggie, 170, 173, 214, 225
Hagerty, Bill, 123
Hagin, Joe, 194, 227
Haley, Nikki, 186
Halper, Daniel, 138
Hamby, Peter, 242
Handel, Karen, 218
Hardiman, Thomas, 158
Harsanyi, David, 174
Harvard Law School, 3
Harvard University, 10
Harwood, John, 79
Hayes, Chris, 154
Hayes, Rutherford B., 7
Heritage Foundation, The, 158
Hewitt, Hugh, 69
Hicks, Hope, 7, 74, 92, 97, 113, 125, 169, 227
Hill, The, 177, 244
Hishta, John, 42
Hitler, Adolf, 195–200
HMS Resolute, 7
HNA Group, 8
Hobbins, J. Clifford, 20–23
Hofstra University, 97
Holland, Steve, 173
Hollywood, 178–79, 248–49
Holocaust, the, 195, 198, 200, 226–27
Holt, Lester, 213
Holy Father, 165, 227–28, 230
Holy Land, 228
Houston, TX, 161, 201
Huckabee Sanders, Sarah, 2, 164, 176, 199, 205, 220, 232
Hudson River, 93
I
Ida Lewis Yacht Club, 17
Indiana, 39, 43, 80, 114
Ioffe, Julia, 172–73, 178
Iowa, 42, 62, 68, 109
Iran, 151, 172, 190, 197
Iraq, 49, 52, 151
Iraq War, 65, 75
Ireland, 49, 166, 230
ISIS, 172, 178, 186
Israel, 226–27
J
Jackson, Andrew, 128
Jackson, Hallie, 218
Jacobs, Jennifer, 173
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, 1, 131, 144
Japan, Japanese, 23, 26, 49, 123, 188
Jefferson, Thomas, 39
Jennings, Peter, 38
Jerusalem, 226, 228
Jesus Christ, 19, 165, 226
Jinping, Xi, 193
Johnson, Jenna, 210–11
Johnson, Lyndon B., 104
Jones, Brian, 112, 181
Jones, Paula, 101
K
Kalunian, Kim, 146
Karem, Brian, 176, 221
Kasich, John, 139
Kelly, John, 137, 147–48, 238
Kennedy, John, 215–16
Kentucky, 114
Khan, Sheikhoun, 194
Kimmel, Jimmy, 247–48
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 128, 130, 133, 140
Kislyak, Sergey, 146, 153
Knesset, 226
Korean Peninsula, 26
Korean War, 26
Kraft, Jonathan, 202
Kratovil, Ted, 32, 34
Kroft, Steve, 100
Kushner, Jared, 93, 97, 108, 113, 125, 178, 194
L
LaCivita, Chris, 78
Lack, Andrew, 79
Lady Gaga, 104
LaGuardia Airport, 60
Lake Pontchartrain, 31
Larson, Jeff, 53, 87
Larson, Lars, 146
Las Vegas, NV, 102
Lauer, Matt, 93–95
Lenin, Vladimir, 51
Lewandowski, Corey, 60, 63, 74, 80
LexisNexis, 174
Libya, 98, 151
Lincoln, Abraham, 23, 61
Lizza, Ryan, 235–37
Lloyd, Matt, 43
LoBiondo, Frank, 37
London, England, 170
Los Angeles, CA, 247–48
Lowe, Rob, 248
Luntz, Frank, 62
Lynch, Loretta, 82, 206
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 26
Machtley, Ronald, 25
Maddow, Rachel, 93, 217
Magary, Drew, 13
Maine, 21, 113
Manafort, Paul, 81, 84–86, 88, 90
Mandelson, Peter, 50
Manigault, Omarosa, 217
Mar-a-Lago, 194
Marchi, Ben, 120
Mason, Jeff, 144, 178–79, 225
Mass, 19, 122, 135, 191–92, 223, 230
Massachusetts, 56–57, 120
Massie, Thomas, 177
Matthews, Chris, 93, 178
Mattis, James, 122, 126, 137, 160, 194, 196, 198
McCabe, Andrew, 186
McCain, John, 60, 62–63, 84
McCarthy, Melissa, 23, 43, 135, 204
McCaskill, Claire, 190
McCurry, Mike, 130, 222
McEntee, John, 227
McGahn, Don, 7
McMaster, H. R., 187–88, 194
McMurdo Station, 26
Medal of Honor, 17
Media Research Center, 142
Meet the Press, 54
Mercer, Rebekah, 152
Metropolitan Police Department, 131
Mexico, 49, 62, 155–56
Miami, FL, 39
Michigan, 15, 104, 107–8, 110–11, 115, 117
Middleburg, VA, 44
Middleton, RI, 153
Miller, Dennis, 135
Miller, Jason, 86, 93, 97, 115, 122, 158
Miller Spicer, Rebecca, 1, 6, 8, 45–46, 48, 79, 91, 114, 119–20, 127, 129, 135, 165, 200, 212, 223–25, 228–29, 239, 241, 245–48
Miller, Stephen, 2, 97, 151, 168, 194, 205
Miller, Zeke, 128, 140
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 170
Minnesota, 109
Missouri, 99, 109
Mitchell, George, 21
Mnuchin, Steve, 126, 194
Montesi, Janet, 210
Morning Joe, 75, 248
Morrone, Vanessa, 112, 128
Morrongiello, Gabby, 173
Moscow, Russia, 149
MSNBC, 75, 93, 112, 142, 154, 172, 181, 217
Mueller, Robert, 154, 190, 231
Murdoch, Rupert, 112
Murphy, Eddie, 135
Murray, Bill, 135
Muslim, 141, 143, 147
N
Nahigian, Keith, 123
Nahigian, Ken, 123
Narragansett Bay, 16, 20
Nation, The, 102
National Mall, 131–34
National Park Service, 131
National Review, 173, 223, 225
NBC, 38, 79, 93–94, 99–100, 133, 137, 143, 148, 170, 213, 218
Nevada, 68, 117
New England Patriots, 47, 161, 201
New Hampshire, 68, 71, 117
New Jersey, 37–38, 97, 123, 126, 191
New Labour, 50
New O
rleans, LA, 31
New York Post, 138, 169, 171
New York Times, 13, 21, 78, 90, 116, 137, 147–48, 170–71, 173, 185–87, 191, 205, 214, 225, 240, 244
New York Yacht Club, 17, 31
New Yorker, 235–36
Newport, RI, 17–18
Newport Yacht Club, 17
Newsmax, 165, 173
Newsweek, 13
NFL, 81, 136
Nixon, Richard, 104, 214
North American Free Trade Agreement, 51
North Carolina, 15, 21, 104, 114, 122
NRA, 105
Nussle, Jim, 42
O
Obama, Barack, 29, 51, 54, 57, 65, 68–70, 76, 81–82, 105–6, 116, 125, 129–30, 132, 139, 147, 156–57, 168, 170–71, 174–77, 180, 250
Obama, Michelle, 149
Obamacare, 180
Ohio, 43, 61, 77, 81, 83, 107, 109, 114, 117, 168
Oregon, 146
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 3, 33
Ossoff, Jon, 218
Owens, Carryn, 159, 170
Owens, William Ryan, 159, 192
P
Pace, Julie, 115, 137–38, 243
Pacific Rim, 136
Pappas, Mike, 37
Paris Agreement, 168
Paris, France, 3, 168
Parker, Ashley, 181
Parliament, 218
Parscale, Brad, 93, 108–9
Passover, 142, 199
Paul, Rand, 76
Paul, Ron, 57
PBS, 38
Pearl Harbor, 26
Pelosi, Nancy, 200
Peña Nieto, Enrique, 155
Pence, Mike, 43, 88, 108–9, 113, 115, 124, 146, 153, 160–61, 174, 191, 203, 229
Pennsylvania, 14–15, 36–37, 107–8, 114–15, 158
Pensacola, FL, 52
Pentagon, The, 52, 160, 210–13
People’s Republic of China, 193
Perino, Dana, 130
Periscope, 132, 223
Perot, Ross, 72
Philadelphia, 88–89
Pierson, Katrina, 73
Planned Parenthood, 105
Playboy, 176, 221
Plouffe, David, 81
Podesta, John, 98
Poland, 232
Politico, 30, 63, 112, 142, 145–46, 172, 185, 204, 217, 228, 240, 243
Pompeo, Mike, 150, 160, 186
Porter, Rob, 10
Porter, Roger, 10
Portman, Rob, 47
Portsmouth Abbey School, 19, 248, 256
Post, Marjorie Merriweather, 193
Powell, Dina, 169, 194
Prague, Czech Republic, 150
Preate, Alexandra, 183
Presbyterian, 191
Presidential Records Act, 185
Preston, Mark, 240
Price, Tom, 180
Priebus, Reince, 5, 15, 53, 67, 91, 113, 144, 159–60, 191, 236–39
Providence, RI, 120, 146
Pruitt, Scott, 244
Psaki, Jen, 125
Putin, Vladimir, 90, 186, 196
Puzder, Andrew, 124
Q
Question Time, 218
R
Raleigh, NC, 15, 104
Ramadan, 141
Rasmussen Reports, 151
Rather, Dan, 38, 56
RawStory, 217
Reagan, Ronald, 20, 23, 34, 48, 50, 61, 99, 166, 200
Red Army Choir, 153
Reid, Harry, 157
Reuters, 137, 144, 173, 178, 224–25
Rhodes Scholar, 10
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 48
Rivera, Geraldo, 217
Roberts, John, 173, 240
Rogin, Josh, 147–48
Roman Catholics, 16, 19, 43, 46, 119, 191, 227, 229
Rome, Italy, 228–29
Romney, Mitt, 14, 29, 56–58, 67, 69, 75, 84, 88, 105, 113, 126, 181
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, 77
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 59
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 64, 122, 168
Rosenstein, Rod, 190, 205–6, 210, 213–14, 231
Ross, Brian, 154
Rove, Karl, 102, 182
Rubio, Marco, 30, 68, 72, 76, 90, 214
Rucker, Philip, 181
Russia, 3, 50, 86, 145–46, 149–50, 153–54, 172, 177, 185–91, 196–97, 213–14, 219, 222–23, 231
Ryan, April, 176, 218
Ryan, Paul, 53
S
Sabato, Larry, 14
Salem Radio, 71
Salman, King, 226
San Francisco, CA, 167–68
Sanders, Bernie, 89
Sankovich, John, 45, 48, 224
Santorum, Rick, 56–57
Sass, Joan, 246
Saturday Night Live, 23, 135, 249
Saudi Arabia, 226
Scalia, Antonin, 157, 195
Scaramucci, Anthony, 2–8, 11, 233–39
Scarborough, Joe, 75, 112, 172, 181
Scavino, Dan, 113, 156, 227–28
Schiller, Keith, 2, 60, 206, 227
Schreckinger, Ben, 145–46
Schwab, Susan, 47, 49
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 75
Scott, Rick, 61
Scranton, PA, 15
Secret Service, 49, 128, 131, 163, 209, 241, 247
Seekonk, MA, 120
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, 194
Sessions, Jeff, 125, 151, 188, 190–91, 205–6, 231
Shah, Raj, 163, 199
Shaw, Clay, 15, 39, 41–42
Shayrat Airbase, 194
Shine, Bill, 112
Short, Marc, 107, 245
Silver, Nate, 13, 116
Simi Valley, CA, 77
Sinners, Robert, 86–87
Skelly, Bill, 106–8, 110
SkyBridge Capital, 8
Skype, 138, 145–46
Smith, Ben, 142
Snow, Kate, 112
Somalia, 151
South Carolina, 68, 86, 114, 229
Spanish-American War, 17
Special Forces, 159–60
Spicer, Kathryn, 6, 18
Spicer, Mike, 17, 31
Spicer, William, 17, 26
St. Francis, 183
St. George’s School, 18
St. Louis, MO, 98–100
St. Michael, 165
St. Patrick’s Day, 44, 166
St. Petersburg, Russia, 50
Stallmann, Anna, 123
Stamford, CT, 31
Starr, Barbara, 160
State Hermitage Museum, 50
Steele, Michael, 149
Steinle, Kathryn, 167
Stephanopoulos, George, 25, 56, 69, 114
Stepien, Bill, 113–14
Strom, Natalie, 136, 165, 199
Sudan, 151
Sullivan, Louis, Dr., 23–24
Super Bowl, 47, 161, 201–2
Super Soaker, 136
Supreme Court of the United States, 109, 157–59, 195
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, 24
Suzanne, Scott, 112
Swan, Jonathan, 173
Sweden, 26
Swonger, Chris, 32–34
Syria, 142, 151, 171, 186, 192, 194–97
T
Taoiseach, 166–67
Tapper, Jake, 149
Tea Party Leadership Fund, 73
Tennessee, 114
Texas, 87, 114, 161, 201
Thames River, 24
Thrush, Glenn, 214, 240
Tillerson, Rex, 127, 148
TMZ, 99
Today, 93
Toledo Blade, 170
Trans-Pacific Partnership, 75–76, 136
Treasury Building, 127
Trudeau, Justin, 146
Trump, Donald, Jr., 93, 108
Trump, Eric, 93–94, 108
Trump, Ivanka, 113, 173
Trump, Melania, 14, 115
Trump Organization, 150
Trump Tower, 58, 72, 74, 91, 94, 113, 115, 125–26, 132, 149�
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Tur, Katy, 170
Turness, Deborah, 93–94
Twitter, 78, 98, 132–33, 135, 142–43, 163, 168, 180–81, 190, 204, 212, 223, 225, 242–43, 249
U
Ukraine, 81
United Nations, 186
United States Central Command, 160
United States Marine Corps, 26, 122
United States Navy, 15, 26, 51–52, 152, 154, 159, 165, 187, 192, 210, 212–13, 229, 246
United States Navy Reserve, 26
United States Treasury, 5, 22, 126–27, 146, 194, 237, 245
University of Colorado, 77
University of the South, 46
University of Virginia, 14
USA Today, 145
USS Intrepid, 93–94
V
Vatican, 50, 227–28, 230
Vatican City, 226–27
Vega, Cecilia, 197
Victoria, Queen, 7
Virginia Gold Cup, 44
W
Wailing Wall, 226
Walker, Scott, 3, 53, 61, 72
Wall Street, 7, 21, 23, 76
Wall Street Journal, 69, 71, 186, 204
Walsh, Katie, 63, 80, 92, 99, 103, 107, 110, 125
Walters, Lindsay, 202
Washington County, PA, 36
Washington Examiner, 173
Washington Monument, 127, 132
Washington Post, 22, 29, 62, 99, 114, 137, 147–48, 153, 155, 174, 181, 186, 210–11, 240
Washington University in St. Louis, 98
Watergate, 68, 214
Weiner, Anthony, 103–4, 214–16
Weiser, Ron, 54
West Virginia, 114, 168
Westerhout, Madeleine, 1, 8, 126
Westwood, Sarah, 173
White House Correspondents’ Association, 29, 138, 143–44, 178–79, 203, 225, 240
Willey, Kathleen, 101
Wilson, Scott, 211
Wisconsin, 3, 14, 53, 61, 107–9, 114–15
Woodstock, 179
Woodward, Calvin, 175
World Trade Organization, 48, 50
World War II, 26, 196, 242
WPRI, 146
Y
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, 226–27
Yale University, 26
Yates, Sally, 157, 218
Yemen, 151, 159
Z
Zarate, Garcia, 167
Zedong, Mao, 193
Zillow, 224
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