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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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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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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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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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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo — President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, tweeting this morning that he plans to replace him with CIA director Mike Pompeo. — “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State.
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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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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump body man Johnny McEntee leaving White House for campaign — President Donald Trump's personal aide and body man John McEntee — known within the West Wing simply as Johnny — is leaving the White House and taking a position on Trump's re-election campaign, the campaign announced Tuesday.
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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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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tillerson casts poisoning as sign of more aggressive Russia
Tillerson casts poisoning as sign of more aggressive Russia
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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:
Rex Tillerson Out as Trump's Secretary of State, Replaced by Mike Pompeo
Rex Tillerson Out as Trump's Secretary of State, Replaced by Mike 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.”
CNBC:
Secretary of State Tillerson out amid clashes with Trump, to be replaced by CIA Director Pompeo
Secretary of State Tillerson out amid clashes with Trump, to be replaced by CIA Director Pompeo
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump fires White House assistant John McEntee, who promptly rejoins Trump's campaign
Trump fires White House assistant John McEntee, who promptly rejoins Trump's campaign
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump personal aide John McEntee forced out over background check issues
Trump personal aide John McEntee forced out over background check issues
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Trump ousts Rex Tillerson in favor of CIA Director Pompeo
Trump ousts Rex Tillerson in favor of CIA Director Pompeo
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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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Dan Simon / CNN:
ICE spokesman in SF resigns and slams Trump administration officials — Trump, California battle over immigration — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — San Francisco (CNN)James Schwab, a spokesman for the San Francisco Division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has resigned …
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Hamed Aleaziz / San Francisco Chronicle:
ICE spokesman quits over officials' claim of 800 eluding arrest — The San Francisco spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resigned after the agency's recent Northern California sweep, saying he couldn't continue to do his job after Trump administration officials …
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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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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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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Despite Mueller's Push, House Republicans Declare No Evidence of Collusion — WASHINGTON — Even as the special counsel expands his inquiry and pursues criminal charges against at least four Trump associates, House Intelligence Committee Republicans said Monday they have found no evidence …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Republican coverup for Trump just got much worse
The Republican coverup for Trump just got much worse
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Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
House Intel Republican contradicts panel, says Russia tried to help Trump in 2016
House Intel Republican contradicts panel, says Russia tried to help Trump in 2016
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The Walls Are Closing In on Trump
The Walls Are Closing In on Trump
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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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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Hillary slips down stairs in India — despite two men holding her up — Even though Hillary Clinton had help going down a set of stairs in India today, she still nearly fell down. — While visiting Jahaz Mahal in Dhar's Mandu, Clinton was attempting to descend about 15 stairs.
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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.
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Michael Doran / National Review:
The Real Collusion Story — In a textbook example of denial and projection, Trump foes in and out of government wove a sinister yarn meant to take him down. — Barack Obama keeps a close watch on his emotions. “I loved Spock,” he wrote in February 2015 in a presidential statement eulogizing Leonard Nimoy.
New York Times:
The Needle's Back. Maybe This Time, It Will Really Be Wrong. — And yes, it could be wrong. Or “wrong.” To understand why, it's important to understand how our forecast works. — There was only one prediction that The Upshot was prepared to make around 9:45 p.m. on the night …