NYT reporter says her viral profile of Trump's White House was 'endearing.' Trump disagrees on Twitter.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman talks Trump bathrobes on CNN
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Yes, CNN hosted a serious discussion on Monday night over whether President Trump actually owns a bathrobe. This is real life.

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer picked out the bathrobe detail from a widely read article in The New York Times about Trump's first two weeks in the White House, asserting that Trump doesn't have or wear a bathrobe so the Times is peddling "fake news." It was the least important and probably least interesting part of the article, but Anderson Cooper asked Times reporter Maggie Haberman about it anyway.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

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.