Paula Reid

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Chief White House Reporter @msnownews. Retired lawyer (NJ & PA). Former: @CNN Chief Legal Correspondent; @CBSNews WH Correspondent

Washington DC cnn.com/2026/03/19/pol… Joined November 2010

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Paula Reid @MSPaulaReid 2d

👇🏼You heard it first on @MSNOWNews - on Election night I told @maddow my sources inside the Trump Administration were telling me their biggest concern was that Stephen Miller would become Chief of Staff after midterms. Three days later, he is just that.

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Paula Reid @MSPaulaReid 3d

“The president’s attention is all over the place,” says a former WH official. “How many people are preparing briefs on what marble to pick for X project?”
I joined @SRuhle to share the latest reporting from the @MSNOWNews White House team.

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Paula Reid @MSPaulaReid 3d

NEW: Trump aides question his focus after Republicans’ massive midterm losses. Some frustrated staffers are now looking for the exits as the “glitz and glam of the White House is wearing off.” w/@jake__traylor @VaughnHillyard & @lbarronlopez

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www.ms.now Trump aides question his focus after Republicans’ midterm losses As Republicans absorbed sweeping losses, the president was talking up his ballroom and Reflecting Pool projects. Some frustrated staffers are now looking for the exits.

Paula Reid @MSPaulaReid 4d

First major Trump official leaves the Administration moments after I reported this to @AliciaMenendez

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Paula Reid @MSPaulaReid 4d

BREAKING: First major departure from the Trump Administration - Civil Rights Division Chief Harmeet Dhillon. Attorney General Todd Blanche just announced he has accepted her resignation w/@CarolLeonnig @mychaelschnell

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www.ms.now Harmeet Dhillon, chief of DOJ civil rights division, expected to resign Dhillon had grown frustrated that she was not promoted to deputy attorney general or another higher post, sources told MS NOW.