It looks like Bannon still has some influence over at Breitbart even from within the White House:
BUSINESS INSIDER – Employees at Breitbart News have been asked by senior editors to refrain from writing stories critical of Jared Kushner, two people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that allies of Kushner, a senior White House adviser, had complained to President Donald Trump about the negative coverage he was receiving from the far-right website.
Kushner had become a target of Breitbart News amid reports that he was feuding with Stephen Bannon, the news website’s former executive chairman who is now the White House chief strategist.
On Wednesday night, for instance, Breitbart published three stories critical of Kushner and promoted them heavily on its homepage. The next day, Axios reported that Bannon had told associates, “I love a gunfight.”
Soon after the feud spilled out into the public’s view, Trump told Bannon and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus he was fed up with the bickering in the press and instructed the pair to “work this out,” The Times reported.
In the days that followed, Breitbart conspicuously refrained from leveling criticism against Kushner, choosing to lay off Trump’s son-in-law.
I know Breitbart is a popular website and they have a certain amount of influence among Trump’s base, but my suspicion is that at least part of the reason Kushner is bothered by their negative reporting on him is that he believes they are still doing Bannon’s bidding, perhaps even at Bannon’s beck and call.
As you’ll see over at BI’s full story on this, Bannon used his influence back in March to stop Boyle from continually writing negative articles about Priebus.
Also, the media is loving this feuding in the White House. Here’s another report just this morning on it: