Trump taps Cipollone as next White House counsel
WASHINGTON –– President Donald Trump has selected former Justice Department attorney Pat Cipollone to be the new White House counsel, said a person with direct knowledge of the search.
Mr. Cipollone would replace Don McGahn, who was expected to leave the administration after the Senate’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Speaking at the White House on Saturday, Mr. Trump said he hadn’t made his final decision yet but called Mr. Cipollone “a great guy.”
The Washington Post reported in August that Mr. Trump had interviewed Mr. Cipollone, a partner at the Washington law firm Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner who served at the Justice Department during the George H.W. Bush administration.
The person with knowledge of the search said Mr. Trump liked Mr. Cipollone during their interaction.
Paying for protests?
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service is exploring whether to require protest organizers to pay for the cost of providing law enforcement and other support services for demonstrations held in the nation’s capital.
The proposed rule also could shrink a significant portion of the sidewalk outside the White House that is accessible to pedestrians, leaving a five-foot wide sliver.
The public has until the close of Monday to comment on the proposal.
The ACLU’s chapter in Washington says the agency cannot seek to balance its budget on the backs of people exercising their constitutional rights.
UNC issues apology
Ever since the cornerstone of the nation’s first public university building was laid in 1793, the legacy of slavery has been inextricable from the history of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
At an event celebrating the university’s 225th birthday Friday, Chancellor Carol L. Folt apologized for that history.
She said UNC had a unique place in history as the nation’s oldest public university, adding that “our apology must lead to purposeful action, and it has to build upon the great efforts and sacrifices of so many across the years who fought so hard for much of what we value about Carolina today.”
The apology came about two months after protesters toppled “Silent Sam,” a 105-year-old Confederate monument that had become a contentious fixture at the university.