Sentences with phrase «as his aides scrambled»

The shifting accounts of the decision to fire Comey, whom Trump derided as a «showboat» and «grandstander,» added to a mounting sense of uncertainty and chaos in the West Wing, as aides scrambled to get their stories straight and appease an angry president.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio urged Cuomo and the Legislature to reauthorize mayoral control of New York City's public schools, ratcheting up public pressure as his aides scrambled behind closed doors on several budget - related education issues.

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On the night of Sept. 11, as the Obama administration scrambled to respond to the Benghazi terror attacks, then - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a key aide effectively tried to cut the department's own counterterrorism bureau out of the chain of reporting and decision - making, according to a «whistle - blower» witness from that bureau who will soon testify to the charge before Congress

The verdict comes as Cuomo faces the possibility of a primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon, a potential scenario which appears to have blindsided the governor and his top aides last week, sending them scrambling into campaign mode.