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The reality TV breakout hit of the season — White House Family Feud, starring Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon — is far from over. After the media frenzy of the last two weeks, Bannon’s been cut down to size, and removed from the National Security Council. Still, he remains a dangerous figure. Bannon reportedly works 18-hour days behind the scenes to promote a far-right, extremist, white nationalist agenda. He is still officially Trump’s “chief strategic adviser,” backed by insiders like Attorney General Jeff Sessions, mega-donors like Rebekah Mercer, and many alt-right leaders (who have made personal and political...

If the first two weeks of the Trump presidency has shown anything, it's that chief strategist Steve Bannon has outmaneuvered his White House rivals, Cabinet secretaries and even Republican leaders in Congress. But Bannon is just getting started; he's got a longer-term strategy to dominate White House policy making for months and years. The question now is, can anyone opposed to his power grab prevent it from happening? Inside the White House, Bannon is busily constructing a policy staff of his own Bannon has stood up his own Strategic Initiatives Group, which is seen by some as "an alternative lodestar...

Time magazine, in an issue that hits stands Friday, asks whether Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon is “the second most powerful man in the world.” Perhaps. In the piece, Time observes that “Bannon has a mind-meld with Trump” and “has the tools to become as influential as any staffer in memory.” Time shared a few takes on Bannon from some ex-colleagues. He sees everything as a war. Every time he feels crossed, he makes it his business to destroy his opponent,” says former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro. Earlier this week, the New York Times also focused on his vast influence...