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Trump Taps Meadows as Chief of Staff

Associated Press

   Under fire for his handling of the coronavirus crisis, President Donald
   Trump on Friday announced a major staff overhaul, naming U.S.
   Representative Mark Meadows as his new chief of staff and replacing
   Mick Mulvaney, who has been acting in the role for more than a year.

   Trump announced the surprise staff reshuffle in a series of Friday
   night tweets, saying Mulvaney would become the U.S. special envoy for
   Northern Ireland.

   ``I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a
   very good one,'' he wrote, thanking Mulvaney -- who never shook his
   ``acting'' title -- ``for having served the administration so well.''

   The long-rumored move made Meadows, who announced he was not seeking
   reelection to his House seat from North Carolina, effectively Trump's
   fourth chief of staff since taking office in 2017.

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