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Paula Reid / CBS News:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigning after clashing with Trump on immigration — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is resigning, President Trump announced in a tweet Sunday. CBS News first reported Nielsen's impending departure, which Mr. Trump announced after a 5 p.m. meeting at the White House.
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Wall Street Journal:
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's resignation comes two days after she visited U.S. southern border with President Trump.
New York Times:
Kirstjen Nielsen Out as Trump's Homeland Security Secretary — WASHINGTON — Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, is leaving her position, President Trump announced on Sunday, ending a tumultuous tenure in charge of the border security agency that had at times made her the target of the president's criticism.
Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to Resign Immediately: Report
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to Resign Immediately: Report
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
William Barr's Choices — Since Barr became Attorney General, he has narrowed the range of information about the Mueller report that he says he will allow the public to see. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the intellectual polymath who represented New York in the United States Senate for twenty-four years …
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Nunes sending eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr — (CNN)California Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday he was planning to send eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr as soon as this week.
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Scrutiny and suspicion as Mueller report undergoes redaction — The escalating political battle over special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report centers on redactions — a lawyerly editing process that has angered distrustful Democrats eager to see the all evidence and conclusions …
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Mulvaney: Democrats will ‘never’ see Trump's tax returns — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that Democrats will “never” see President Trump's tax returns. — “Nor should they. That's an issue that was already litigated during the election.
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow accuses Democrats of playing politics, 'The president has not asked …
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow accuses Democrats of playing politics, 'The president has not asked …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Mulvaney vows Dems will ‘never’ see Trump's tax returns, despite renewed push
Mulvaney vows Dems will ‘never’ see Trump's tax returns, despite renewed push
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mick Mulvaney says Democrats will never get Trump's tax returns
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump's lawyer: Tax returns request oversteps Congress bounds
Trump's lawyer: Tax returns request oversteps Congress bounds
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emptywheel:
The Carr Correction and the Barr Pseudo Exoneration — Last week, Buzzfeed released part of a package of materials that Michael Cohen's lawyers provided to Congress in what appears a last minute bid to stay out of prison. While it still represents just Cohen's self-interested view …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Giuliani: Let Congress see the Mueller report
Giuliani: Let Congress see the Mueller report
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump Republicans plan big-money play for the Jewish vote in 2020 — LAS VEGAS — Republicans are planning a multimillion-dollar offensive aimed at fracturing the Democratic Party's decadeslong stranglehold on the Jewish vote. — Spearheading the push is the Republican Jewish Coalition …
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Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Republican Jewish Coalition Has to Remind Trump: We Didn't Support Obama
Republican Jewish Coalition Has to Remind Trump: We Didn't Support Obama
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Axios
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Netanyahu Vows to Start Annexing West Bank, in Bid to Rally the Right
Netanyahu Vows to Start Annexing West Bank, in Bid to Rally the Right
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New York Post, Slate and The Daily Caller
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Democratic Campaign Arm Nears War With Liberals Over Primary Fights — WASHINGTON — The House Democratic campaign arm is on the verge of open warfare with the party's rising liberal wing as political operatives close to Speaker Nancy Pelosi try to shut down primary challenges …
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Rick Reilly / The Atlantic:
Whatever Trump Is Playing, It Isn't Golf — More than any wife, more than any party, more than any opinion, President Donald Trump has remained fiercely loyal to golf. But I've played golf my entire life. Years ago, I even played with Trump once. Whatever sport he's playing, it isn't golf.
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez violate the Constitution with her latest action on Twitter? — On Friday, the Daily Wire's Ryan Saavedra broke the news that Ocasio-Cortez had seemingly changed her accent while speaking to a predominantly black crowd at Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
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Annabel Murphy / The Sun:
Rhino poacher trampled to death by elephants then eaten by lions at Kruger National Park in South Africa — A POACHER hunting rhinos in the Kruger National Park met a gruesome end after being trampled to death by an elephant and then eaten by a pride of hungry lions.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
How regulators, Republicans and big banks fought for a big increase in lucrative but risky corporate loans — Actions by federal regulators and Republicans in Congress over the past two years have paved the way for banks and other financial companies to issue more than $1 trillion in risky corporate loans …
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POLITICUSUSA and Politico
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
Aviation world faces moment of reckoning after 737 MAX crashes — (CNN)It was a moment the aviation world had been waiting for since a second deadly crash grounded the 737 MAX fleet: Boeing gathered hundreds of pilots, airline executives, and regulators to unveil a fix that would return the jetliner to the sky.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump says some asylum seekers look like they're ‘fighting for the UFC’ — President Trump said on Saturday that some asylum seekers should be “fighting for the UFC,” calling the process a “scam.” — Speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Trump said some asylum seekers are …
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Removes Troops From Libya Amid Fighting in Capital — American military leaves as country stands on precipice of civil war, battle for Tripoli continues with airstrikes — CAIRO—The U.S. military said it pulled a small contingent of American forces from Libya as the country teetered …
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Poland's Populists Pick a New Top Enemy: Gay People — WARSAW — Growing up in a small city in southern Poland, part of a religious family and conservative community, Maciej Gosniowski was told again and again that something was wrong with him. — “It would be better if I changed myself,” he recalled teachers telling him.
Katy Waldman / New Yorker:
Joe Biden and the Perils of Good Intentions — Americans have been on a long road trip with Joe Biden. The former Vice-President's hot mikes, his “handsiness,” “gaffes,” and “loose-lipped and emotive manner” are all a matter of family lore. Everybody knows a story or two or ten …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Ukrainian to US prosecutors: Why don't you want our evidence on Democrats? — Ukrainian law enforcement officials believe they have evidence of wrongdoing by American Democrats and their allies in Kiev, ranging from 2016 election interference to obstructing criminal probes.
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Sara A. Carter
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Nunes to send eight criminal referrals to DOJ concerning leaks, conspiracy amid Russia probe — Rep. Devin Nunes announces he will send eight criminal referrals to Justice Dept concerning leaks, conspiracy amid Russia probe. — House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes …
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