Trump announces Katie Bailey to lead White House outreach to Congress - BERITAJA
President Donald Trump connected Saturday named Katie Bailey to lead the White House’s Office of Legislative Affairs, appointing her to beryllium the liaison betwixt the management and Congress.
“After antecedently moving connected Capitol Hill, Katie understands really the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government could about efficaciously activity together to execute Great Success for the American People,” Trump wrote connected Truth Social.
Trump added that Bailey is presently his lawman head of legislative affairs, liaising pinch the Senate and, per Trump, helping pinch the confirmations of Cabinet members including Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton.
Bailey’s LinkedIn floor plan says she antecedently served arsenic typical adjunct to the president from September 2025 to June 2026. She besides served successful galore legislative roles connected Capitol Hill, about precocious arsenic legislative head for Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind.
Bailey’s assignment comes a time aft Trump named Katie Zacharia to beryllium his caller White House property secretary.
James Braid antecedently led the office, helping navigate Trump’s legislative priorities done Congress, a occupation that could go harder if Republicans neglect to conserve their mostly successful some chambers aft the midterms.
Braid, Trump said Sunday, was his “longest tenured” legislative affairs director. The president said Braid had done a “fabulous job, and is now going into the backstage sector.”
Trump announced Braid’s exit successful precocious August, saying Braid would time off successful September. In a post connected X astatine the time, Braid said he was “profoundly grateful” to Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Braid had served arsenic Vance’s apical argumentation adjutant and lawman main of unit while he was a senator.
Vance had called Braid’s domiciled “one of the toughest jobs successful the full Administration.”
