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The former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, also a former top aide to former first lady Melania Trump, has written a book.

According to Axios, which broke the news having noticed an Amazon page for the title, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw in The Trump White House will be published on 5 October by Harper Collins”.

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The White House plans to withdraw David Chipman’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to multiple reports.

Chipman had faced intense criticism, mostly but not entirely from Republicans, over his advocacy work with the gun control group Giffords.

Related: NRA and Republicans out to hobble Biden’s choice for top gun law role

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