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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Personal Assistant Is Fired — John McEntee was escorted out of White House for unspecified security issue — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's personal assistant, John McEntee, was escorted out of the White House on Monday, two senior administration officials said.
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Washington Post:
Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo … President Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, orchestrating a major change to his national security team amid delicate negotiations with North Korea, White House officials said Tuesday.
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Wall Street Journal:
‘Rex, Eat the Salad:’ Inside the Awkward Relationship Between Rex Tillerson and Donald Trump — Cabinet post was a sharp change for a former Exxon Mobil CEO who was used to calling the shots — WASHINGTON—In a private room in China's Great Hall of the People in November …
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
New C.I.A. Deputy Director, Gina Haspel, Had Leading Role in Torture — WASHINGTON — As a clandestine officer at the Central Intelligence Agency in 2002, Gina Haspel oversaw the torture of two terrorism suspects and later took part in an order to destroy videotapes documenting …
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CNN:
Longtime Trump aide fired over financial crime investigation — (CNN)President Donald Trump's longtime personal aide John McEntee was fired because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes, a source familiar with his firing told CNN.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Republican coverup for Trump just got much worse … THE MORNING PLUM: — House Republicans may have the power to prevent important facts about President Trump and Russia from coming to public light. But here's what they don't have the power to do: prevent important facts …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Rex Tillerson has been fired. Experts say he did damage that could last “a generation.” — Tillerson was “one of the worst secretaries of state” in modern history, according to experts from across the political spectrum. — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired by President Donald Trump …
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New York Times:
Trump Answers Questions on Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo: Full Transcript — President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ousted Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and intended to replaced him with Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director. — Mr. Trump answered questions about the shake …
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New York Times:
Rex Tillerson Out as Trump's Secretary of State, Replaced by Mike Pompeo — WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ousted Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and will replace him with Mike Pompeo, now the C.I.A. director, ending the 14-month tenure of the nation's chief diplomat …
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Associated Press:
Trump fires Tillerson at State, replacing with CIA's Pompeo — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, ending Tillerson's difficult tenure by tweeting an ouster …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Did Trump Fire Tillerson Now?
Why Did Trump Fire Tillerson Now?
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NBC News:
Tillerson says U.K. spy poisoning ‘clearly’ came from Russia
Tillerson says U.K. spy poisoning ‘clearly’ came from Russia
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Key vacancies at the top at State Department
The Latest: Key vacancies at the top at State Department
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Washington Post:
In the end, no one was more surprised that Tillerson was fired than Tillerson
In the end, no one was more surprised that Tillerson was fired than Tillerson
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Daily Mail:
Trump dramatically FIRES Rex Tillerson on Twitter without telling him personally …
Trump dramatically FIRES Rex Tillerson on Twitter without telling him personally …
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New York Times:
John McEntee, Trump Aide, Is Forced Out Over Security Issue, but Joins Re-election Campaign
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Rex Tillerson gets to keep the big tax break he got as secretary of state
Rex Tillerson gets to keep the big tax break he got as secretary of state
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CNN:
President Trump fires Rex Tillerson: Live updates
President Trump fires Rex Tillerson: Live updates
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo
Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo
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Wall Street Journal:
Rex Tillerson Is Out as Secretary of State; Donald Trump Taps Mike Pompeo
Rex Tillerson Is Out as Secretary of State; Donald Trump Taps Mike Pompeo
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Nominees for secretary of state and CIA director face probable backlash in Senate
Nominees for secretary of state and CIA director face probable backlash in Senate
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov found dead at his London home — Close friend of late oligarch Boris Berezovsky claimed political asylum in UK after being convicted of fraud … A Russian exile who was close friends with the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky has been found dead in his London home, his lawyer has said.
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Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Russian businessman and close associate of Boris Berezovsky found dead in Britain, lawyer says — A close associate of the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky has been found dead in Britain, it has been reported. — Nikolai Glushkov, a former deputy director of Aeroflot, died at the age of 69 …
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
ICE spokesman resigns, citing fabrications by agency chief, Sessions, about Calif. immigrant arrests … The San Francisco spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has resigned over what he described as “false” and “misleading” statements made by top-ranking officials …
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Hamed Aleaziz / San Francisco Chronicle:
ICE spokesman quits over officials' claim of 800 eluding arrest
ICE spokesman quits over officials' claim of 800 eluding arrest
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Dan Simon / CNN:
ICE spokesman in SF resigns and slams Trump administration officials
ICE spokesman in SF resigns and slams Trump administration officials
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort could face ‘rest of life in prison,’ judge says — Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, runs a significant risk of spending the rest of his life in prison and the evidence against him by special counsel Robert Mueller's office seems strong, a federal judge declared in an order made public on Tuesday.
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CNN:
Trump asking for advice on Stormy Daniels situation — Daniels offers to return hush money to Trump — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has been seeking counsel from confidantes on how he should handle the Stormy Daniels situation, a source close to the President tells CNN.
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
A Tale of Two Women, and Two Eras
A Tale of Two Women, and Two Eras
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates … In the spring of 2016, longtime political operative Roger Stone had a phone conversation that would later seem prophetic, according to the person on the other end of the line.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans abandon tax cut message in Pa. special election — Republicans backed away from their signature tax-cut law in the final days of a closely watched special House election in the Pittsburgh suburbs — even though it's the very accomplishment on which they had banked their midterm election hopes.
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Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Pennsylvania GOP candidate Rick Saccone claims his opponents ‘hate’ Trump, U.S., and God
Pennsylvania GOP candidate Rick Saccone claims his opponents ‘hate’ Trump, U.S., and God
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Alex Roarty / Press Association:
Abortion debate is over inside the Democratic Party — Conor Lamb is a Marine, talks tough on crime, and sounds downright Republican on an issue like natural gas fracking — exactly the type of politician Democrats have traditionally turned to when contesting elections in deeply conservative areas.
Harry Pettit / Daily Mail:
Huge solar storm set to slam Earth tomorrow — It coincides with the formation of ‘equinox cracks’ in the sun, which form around the equinoxes on March 20 and September 23 and weaken the magnetic field — By , HARRY PETTIT FOR MAILONLINE — A huge solar storm is heading for Earth, and it's likely to hit tomorrow.
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Circa:
Hillary Clinton: US did not ‘deserve’ Trump presidency — MUMBAI, India (AP) — Hillary Clinton told an audience in India that the United States did not “deserve” Donald Trump's presidency and these are “perilous times.” — The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate spoke over the weekend at India Today Conclave 2018 in Mumbai.
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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Hillary slips down stairs in India — despite two men holding her up
VIDEO: Hillary slips down stairs in India — despite two men holding her up
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Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
How Conservative Activists Catfished Twitter — Mo Norai has worked in Silicon Valley for a decade. He's done stints at Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Apple, but only as a contract worker, meaning he has missed out on the tech giants' storied perks, benefits and job security.
Connor Sheets / al.com:
Etowah sheriff pockets $750k in jail food funds, buys $740k beach house — Etowah sheriff pocketed over $750,000 in inmate-feeding funds — In September, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin and his wife Karen purchased an orange four-bedroom house with an in-ground pool and canal access …
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