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White House staff secretary Will Scharf talks with President Donald Trump after he signed executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Who’s the guy handing Trump those binders of executive orders? Meet Will Scharf

Those binders full of executive orders that President Donald Trump has been signing with a flourish in recent days don’t just magically appear before him. White House staff secretary Will Scharf has been a prominent part of the tableau.
 
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner sits behind her attorneys in a courtroom on April 18, 2023, in St. Louis, in the first hearing of a lawsuit by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey seeking to remove Gardner from office. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool, File)

St. Louis prosecutor spent weeks away from office while in nursing school, audit finds

 
FILE - Boris Epshteyn, advisor to former President Donald Trump, returns to the courtroom after a break in Trump's trial at Manhattan Criminal Court, May 20, 2024, in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Trump transition team suggests sidelining top adviser over pay-to-play allegations

 
FILE - This February 2014 file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Marcellus Williams. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Gov. Mike Parson was within his right to dissolve a board of inquiry that was looking into an innocence claim by death row inmate Marcellus Williams. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence

 
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers the State of the State address, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Missouri’s GOP Gov. Parson reflects on past wins in his final State of the State address