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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Stephen Miller pressuring Trump officials amid immigration shakeups — As President Donald Trump roils the capital over illegal immigration, his influential aide Stephen Miller is playing a more aggressive behind-the-scenes role in a wider administration shakeup.
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New York Times:
Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as Trump's Homeland Security Secretary — WASHINGTON — Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, resigned on Sunday after meeting with President Trump, ending a tumultuous tenure in charge of the border security agency that had made her the target of the president's criticism.
Axios:
Behind the scenes: Kirstjen Nielsen sacked by tweet — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen brought her resignation letter with her when she met President Trump in the White House residence yesterday afternoon, top sources tell Axios. — Inside the room: She wasn't intent on quitting but was prepared to, sources tell us.
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NBC News:
Trump has for months been urging administration to reinstate child separation policy — A senior administration official said they believe Trump is convinced that family separation has been the most effective policy at deterring asylum seekers. — President Donald Trump has for months urged …
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump aides targeted in corporate blacklist effort by immigration, civil rights groups
Trump aides targeted in corporate blacklist effort by immigration, civil rights groups
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's ouster exposes Trump's immigration crisis
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's ouster exposes Trump's immigration crisis
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Washington Post:
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving Trump administration amid surge of migrants
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving Trump administration amid surge of migrants
CNN:
Trump says DHS Secretary Nielsen leaving
Trump says DHS Secretary Nielsen leaving
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Trump rage continues
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Trump rage continues
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
To Get Trump's Tax Returns, N.Y. Democrats Try a New Strategy — ALBANY — In an attempt to work around the White House, Democratic lawmakers in Albany are trying to do what their federal counterparts have so far failed to accomplish: to obtain President Trump's tax returns.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans are Trashing the Law to Keep Trump's Taxes Secret
Republicans are Trashing the Law to Keep Trump's Taxes Secret
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Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
Biden still leads but Abrams, Buttigieg join front-runners in new SC 2020 primary poll — Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to hold a large lead in early polling for the 2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, but it's another politician who has not entered the race …
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Associated Press:
Bernie Sanders finds himself in a new role as front-runner — DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is quieting critics who questioned whether he could recapture the energy of his upstart 2016 campaign, surpassing his rivals in early fundraising and establishing himself …
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Axios:
Scoop: Former White House counsel Don McGahn off the record — Don McGahn, who has kept his head down since leaving as White House counsel, shared some off-the-record thoughts on Thursday in a lunch with about 40 senior Republican Senate aides. — Details: “I spent the last couple …
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Paula Reid / CBS News:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigning after clashing with Trump on immigration
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigning after clashing with Trump on immigration
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Associated Press:
The Latest: US labels Iran's Guard a terrorist organization — WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Trump administration's stance on Iran (all times local): — President Donald Trump says the U.S. has designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization” …
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Buttigieg to Pence: If you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is with my creator — Here are a few facts about ‘Mayor Pete.’ — WASHINGTON - Pete Buttigieg got a hero's welcome as he took the stage Sunday at a fundraising brunch for a group that supports LGBTQ candidates.
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
‘A kind of war’: Buttigieg describes struggle with sexual orientation in emotional speech
‘A kind of war’: Buttigieg describes struggle with sexual orientation in emotional speech
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Few Americans think they're getting a Trump tax cut: NBC/WSJ poll — Just 17% of people believe their own taxes will go down, the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll finds. — No wonder the 2017 Republican tax cut remains so unpopular — the vast majority of Americans don't think they got one at all.
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Washington Post:
Trump seeks to campaign on problems he promised to fix — President Trump is ratcheting up his attacks on immigration — making and then rescinding a threat to close the nation's southern border in response to a problem that has worsened on his watch. He's reviving his assault …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A Pelosi-shaped cloud over Trump's NAFTA 2.0 chances
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
William Barr's Mueller cover-up reveals America's delusional dreamland about democracy — Last Thursday night, Americans took to the streets to protest our nation's latest innovation in the world of scandal: The cover-up of a cover-up, which after more than two weeks is pretty …
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Washington Times
David Siders / Politico:
Reality bites Beto after high-flying kickoff — DES MOINES, Iowa — Between the prom proposal from a young admirer, the long lines for photographs and the conservative tracker recording his every word, Beto O'Rourke had all the hallmarks of a top-tier candidate during his latest swing through Iowa.
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Lasantha Wickrematunge / BuzzFeed News:
“Then They Came For Me” — Here Is A Murdered Journalist's Last Column — Murder has become the primary tool whereby the state seeks to control the organs of liberty. Today it is the journalists, tomorrow it will be the judges. … No other profession calls on its practitioners to lay …
Crime In Boystown / CWB Chicago:
Prosecutor in Foxx's office speaks out: Criticism “is not an attack on Ms Foxx's race, it is an attack on her ethics and her efficacy as State's Attorney” — On Saturday, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx appeared at Rainbow PUSH headquarters where she found some friendly faces …
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National Review
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trumpism Extols Its Folk Hero — The president's devoted supporters have turned him into a legend of sorts. — My mother is a devout Democrat, but also one of the most socially conservative people I know. This is typical of our home state of Louisiana among black citizens …
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Trump's health care brain trust says no thanks — President Donald Trump promised a new plan to replace Obamacare. But the four Senate Republicans he tapped for the job aren't jumping at the opportunity. — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says any new plan has to come from the White House …
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
How the NYU School of Medicine is going tuition-free — One of the top medical schools in the United States is going tuition-free. Lesley Stahl reports on how and why they're doing it — Going to medical school today takes more than ambition, good grades in biology in college, and an appetite for hard work.
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
All the Progressive Plotters — Right after the 2016 election, Green Party candidate Jill Stein—cheered on by Hillary Clinton dead-enders—sued in three states to recount votes and thereby overturn Donald Trump's victory in the Electoral College. Before the quixotic effort imploded …