Now the site will report on politics from a prominent perch: the White House. The Trump administration has granted press credentials to Lucian B. Wintrich, the Washington correspondent for Gateway Pundit, to attend White House press briefings and ask questions of the press secretary, Sean M. Spicer. Advertisement Continue reading the main storySeveral inquiries to the White House were not returned on Monday. When asked about the false stories, Mr. Wintrich said: “That is the state of new media. “My grandfather is Jewish, he fought against the Germans, escaped through the Polish underground,” Mr. Wintrich said.

Source: New York Times February 13, 2017 23:26 UTC