David Taintor

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David Taintor is a New York-based senior editor who oversees breaking news coverage. He previously worked at NBC News.

taintor@talkingpointsmemo.com

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Trump Calls Mueller Team ‘Angry Democrat Thugs’ In Latest Outburst

By David Taintor | August 20, 2018 9:11 a.m.

Trump Keeps Up The Attacks On Andrew Cuomo, Also Insults Governor’s Brother

By David Taintor | August 17, 2018 10:27 a.m.

Steve Schmidt: Trump Showing ‘Tendency Towards His Autocratic Fetish’

By David Taintor | August 16, 2018 4:18 p.m.

Former Admiral William McRaven discusses special operations and the CIA during a daylong symposium "The President's Daily Brief" that gave insight into the delivery of intelligence to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960's. The CIA today declassified 2,500 documents from the Kennedy and Johnson years.

Admiral Tells Trump It Would Be An ‘Honor’ To Get Security Clearance Revoked

By David Taintor | August 16, 2018 3:37 p.m.

Grassley Announces Kavanaugh Hearings To Begin Sept. 4

By David Taintor | August 10, 2018 4:05 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: George T. Conway III, husband of White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, attends the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people are expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Is Not Impressed With Omarosa’s New Book

By David Taintor | August 10, 2018 1:12 p.m.

CNN Legal Analyst On Collins: ‘Dumbest Insider Trading Crime I’ve Ever Seen’

By David Taintor | August 8, 2018 12:37 p.m.

Coming Up: Next Witnesses In Manafort Trial

By David Taintor | August 1, 2018 12:44 p.m.

Caitlin MacNeal sends in this dispatch from the Manafort trial. The next witnesses expected to take the stand are Maximillian Katzman (an NYC menswear retailer), Ronald Wall (presumably a vendor Manafort used) and Daniel Opsut (comptroller of the Alexandria, Virginia Mercedes Benz).

More to come this afternoon.

Sen. Flake Responds To Trump Presser: ‘This Is Shameful’

By David Taintor | July 16, 2018 12:20 p.m.

Judiciary Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks to media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, after FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

That Was Fast: Blumenthal Now Calls For SCOTUS Vote After Election

By David Taintor | June 27, 2018 5:00 p.m.