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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.
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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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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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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
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
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump aides targeted in corporate blacklist effort by immigration, civil rights groups
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CNN:
Trump says DHS Secretary Nielsen leaving
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Trump rage continues
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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 — 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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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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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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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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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
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The Week
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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Chris Fox / BBC:
Websites to be fined over ‘online harms’ under new proposals — Internet sites could be fined or blocked if they fail to tackle “online harms” such as terrorist propaganda and child abuse, under government plans. — The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) …
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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.
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 …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
O'Rourke: US-Israel relationship must transcend ‘a prime minister who is racist’ — Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D), in an apparent reference to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Sunday that the relationship between the U.S. and Israel must transcend “a prime minister who is racist.”
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke on Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘Racist’
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Eliza Collins / USA Today:
How Nancy Pelosi is leading divided Democrats through political turmoil, Trump's administration — Nancy Pelosi is presiding over a vastly different Democratic caucus than the last time she was Speaker of the House. Will she keep it together? — CONNECT — FERGUSON, Mo. — Nancy Pelosi doesn't care what you think of her.
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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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Rick Moran / Trending Home:
Nunes to Make Eight Criminal Referrals to Justice Department This Week
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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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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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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
City Hall communications director moves to de Blasio's PAC as 2020 decision nears — Mayor Bill de Blasio's communications director is leaving City Hall to work on his federal political action committee, the latest sign that de Blasio is leaning toward a run for president.
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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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