Francesca Chambers
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White House Correspondent @USATODAY covering foreign policy & President Trump. If they've run for president, I've probably covered them. Rock Chalk, Jayhawk.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2009
NEW: JD Vance is Trump's top messenger. This could be the @VP's hardest sell yet. I spoke exclusively with @JDVance yesterday in his ceremonial office about his first 200 days on the job. We also discussed what comes next for him, as VP and beyond.
usatoday.com
Vice President JD Vance is embracing his role as salesman-in-chief for Donald Trump’s agenda and taking charge of a rebrand of the GOP's tax law.
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Sunday morning read @USATODAY ⬇️
Trump talks up Nobel Peace Prize as efforts in Ukraine and Gaza stall
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the renaming of the Defense Department to the Department of War: “It’s gonna fight to win, not to lose. We’re gonna go on offense, not just defense,” adding the U.S. will “raise up warriors, not just defenders.”
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President Trump, in my exchange with him here, told me he's decided he will deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. The only question is when.
Trump on sending troops to Chicago: "We're going in. I didn't say when we're going in."
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Trump's envoys are ticking off other countries. The White House isn't doing much about it via @APLaurieKellman https://t.co/8oUxyxHuro
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President Donald Trump's envoys have been causing diplomatic tensions with allied countries. This week, U.S. diplomats faced backlash in Denmark, France and Turkey.
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Trump has now arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. And apparently he also took part in an hourlong interview with the Daily Caller on Friday.
I wake up to see people freaking out that Trump’s sick or dead or something because he hasn’t been seen in a few days. I was with the president yesterday afternoon. I interviewed him for an hour. More details on our conversation to come today and through the weekend. We
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BREAKING: The court allowed the tariffs to remain in place through Oct. 14 to give the Trump administration a chance to file an appeal to the Supreme Court.
usatoday.com
President Trump said he planned to appeal to the Supreme Court to seek to overturn an appeals court ruling that most of his tariffs are illegal.
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🇺🇸 J D Vance's Mission: Win Over The People ▫JD Vance is Trump's top messenger. This could be the VP's hardest sell yet ▫@fran_chambers ▫ https://t.co/3jyACIPSji
#frontpagestoday #USA @USATODAY 🇺🇸
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🍁 Experience Hardy County West Virginia this fall with Heritage Weekend September 26 to 28, Wardensville Fall Festival October 10 to 12, and McCoy Theater Fall Festival on October 25 plus mountain drives warm cider and historic charm.
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See you soon, @alivitali! 📺
It’s Thursday with @WayTooEarly: ☀️ Jay Gray ☕️ @fran_chambers 🌞 @vtg2 🌅 @RohdeD If you’re up with us, we want to know why. Email waytooearly@msnbc.com. #waytooearly
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"In exclusive interview, VP Vance defends Trump firing Fed official." (via @fran_chambers and @ganjansen)
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Vice President JD Vance defended Trump's firing of a Fed official but denied the president has an enemies list.
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In an interview, I asked @VP Vance about the Zelenskyy clash & whether he wishes it went differently. “Do I wish that we had had a blowup in the Oval Office in public? Not necessarily," he told me. https://t.co/Z3KZgTPowb
usatoday.com
“Sometimes people disagree,” Vance said of his televised Oval Office spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this year.
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"We don't want indefinitely to put National Guardsman on the streets of our cities, we just want to make those streets more safe," @VP JD Vance told me in an exclusive interview for @USATODAY.
Trump doesn't want long-term occupation of American cities, VP Vance tells @fran_chambers in exclusive @usatoday interview
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EXCLUSIVE (from @fran_chambers): #Trump doesn't want long-term occupation of American cities, VP @JDVance
https://t.co/iePpEDCm1a (via @USATODAY)
usatoday.com
Vice President JD Vance told USA TODAY the Trump administration doesn't plan to keep National Guard troops in cities long-term to fight crime.
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USA TODAY's White House Correspondent @fran_chambers just wrapped up exclusive interview with Vice President JD Vance. They covered it all – from redistricting and the Epstein files to Taylor Swift's engagement. Full interview coming soon.
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More change is coming to the White House. It appears that @POTUS Trump is adding portraits along the West Wing colonnade.
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President Trump says his call with Putin wasn’t in front of the European leaders because “I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin.”
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In the Oval Office, I asked President Zelenskyy what security guarantees he needs from the United States to make a deal - and pressed President Trump to detail his vision of the arrangement. Here's the exchange from the press portion of their Aug. 18 meeting at the White House:
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Zelenskiy begins by thanking Trump for his efforts, and thanking the First Lady for her letter to Putin. He handed Trump a letter from his wife to the First Lady. Trump is also downplaying his past don't-have-the-cards comments. Much different tone, so far, than February.
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Trump: "We have people waiting in another room right now. They're all here from Europe -- biggest people in Europe -- and they want to give protection."
Some color from the White House: While European dignitaries wait on Trump and Zelenskyy, they’ll have a buffet lunch in the State Dining Room.
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Each leader also has a private holding room at the White House. With so many leaders visiting at once, the White House is having to make use of sitting parlors that are not typically used as offices such as the Red Room and Blue Room.
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