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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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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 …
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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New York Times:
Trump Eyes Replacing His Veterans Affairs Secretary With His Energy Chief — WASHINGTON — President Trump, fresh off replacing his secretary of state and C.I.A. director, is considering firing his secretary of veterans affairs and installing Energy Secretary Rick Perry in the post, according to two people close to the White House.
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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mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT STATE DEPARTMENT & CIA — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the proposed leadership changes at the State Department and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA):
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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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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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Associated Press:
Trump fires Tillerson at State, replacing with CIA's Pompeo
Trump fires Tillerson at State, replacing with CIA's Pompeo
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Rex Tillerson has been fired. Experts say he did damage that could last “a generation.”
Rex Tillerson has been fired. Experts say he did damage that could last “a generation.”
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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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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Did Trump Fire Tillerson Now?
Why Did Trump Fire Tillerson Now?
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New York Times:
John McEntee, Trump Aide, Is Forced Out Over Security Issue, but Joins Re-election Campaign
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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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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Elise Labott / CNN:
White House fires top Tillerson aide
White House fires top Tillerson aide
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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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CNN:
President Trump fires Rex Tillerson: Live updates
President Trump fires Rex Tillerson: Live updates
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The Daily Beast:
State Department Staffers Cry ‘Hallelujah’ Over Rex Tillerson's Downfall
State Department Staffers Cry ‘Hallelujah’ Over Rex Tillerson's Downfall
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump ousting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo
Trump ousting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo
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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
Russian businessman and close associate of Boris Berezovsky found dead in Britain, lawyer says
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Stormy Daniels discussed alleged affair with Trump on 2007 radio show, host says — Radio Host: Stormy Daniels discussed alleged Trump affair on 2007 radio show — (CNN)Stephanie Clifford, the porn star known as Stormy Daniels, discussed her alleged affair with Donald Trump during …
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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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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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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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Christian Gollayan / New York Post:
Dog dies after United flight attendant forces it into overhead bin — On Monday night, a dog died in a plane after a United Airlines flight attendant forced the dog into an overhead bin. — Maggie Gremminger, a passenger on a flight from Houston to New York's LaGuardia Airport, uploaded a photo of the dog's owners on Twitter.
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Tom Shortell / Morning Call:
Confused voters try to figure out who's voting in Pennsylvania's special election — Of The Morning Call — Voters in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District are heading to the polls in a neck-and-neck special election that's caught national attention.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans abandon tax cut message in Pa. special election
Republicans abandon tax cut message in Pa. special election
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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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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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Aaron Gordon / Village Voice:
‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ … In the summer of 2014, New York City Transit intern Philip Betheil was finishing up his master's in urban planning at Columbia University when his boss, David Greenberger, gave him a project. The two worked for NYCT's operations …
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.