Hope Hicks will reportedly be Trump's next White House communications director

Hope Hicks, new White House communications director?

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last updated 16 August 2017

Hope Hicks, President Trump's White House director of strategic communications, will be promoted to communications director, filling the hole left by Anthony Scaramucci's departure, The Daily Caller's Rachel Stoltzfoos reports, citing a White House insider. Trump has already offered the role to Hicks, one of his most trusted aides, and she has accepted, The Daily Caller says. Hicks did not offer any response in the report.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.