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Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Darren Beattie may not be a household name, but you are almost certainly familiar with his long-standing ideas and preoccupations. Beattie, a speechwriter ...

Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State ...

In February 2025, news reports revealed that U.S. President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio was appointing Darren Beattie to a key post in the State Department. Beattie was ...

The Rubio-led State Department was supposed to represent a “moderate” side of MAGA. Darren Beattie's appointment makes a mockery of that notion. By Jared Holt, senior researcher on hate and ...

Darren Beattie, former Trump speechwriter, now leads the US state department's public diplomacy efforts despite being previously fired for attending a White nationalist conference. Known for ...

Darren Beattie will serve as the acting undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, CNN reported Monday. The role would see Beattie helping to lead “America’s public diplomacy ...

In 2018, Darren Beattie was a speechwriter for Donald Trump — until the White House learned that he had appeared alongside the prominent white nationalist Peter Brimelow at a conference two ...

Darren Beattie was an influential figure in Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement. A former Donald Trump aide who once called for "competent white men" to be "in charge" and spread ...

In theory, revelations about Darren Beattie's recent past should end his State Department tenure. In practice, it might not be that simple. By Steve Benen Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week ...

Firebrand congresswoman Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) derided “White tears” and “mediocre White boys” in a scathing reaction to the hiring of Darren Beattie to a top Trump administration job.