Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, appeared on CNN in a heated interview with host Jake Tapper. The discussion focused on Trump's impending federal aid freeze and Miller's assertion about the political leanings of federal workers.

Stephen Miller, President Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, had appeared on The Lead alongside Tapper on Tuesday

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When CNN anchor Jake Tapper and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller sparred on air Tuesday about President Donald Trump’s freeze on certain federal spending, the top official caught the cable host in an embarrassing attempt at a rhetorical trap.

Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff, is under fire after appearing repeatedly to attempt to whitewash the Office of Management and Budget memo that ordered a funding freeze on “all Federal financial assistance,

CNN's Jake Tapper cornered far-right White House policy adviser Stephen Miller, as he tried to justify the Trump administration's discretionary freeze on federal grants announced by the Office of Management and Budget — and blame the media for the public's confusion on whether they're about to lose

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But the spending freeze – along with other key moves early in this presidency, including the firing of Justice Department prosecutors and a bid to repeal birthright citizenship – also reflects Trump’s view that the presidency has almost unlimited power and he can simply decide what is legal and what isn’t.

CNN host Jake Tapper clashed with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Tuesday over President Donald Trump's government spending freeze.