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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Grassley warns White House not to oust any more top immigration officials — The most senior Senate Republican is warning the White House not to oust another top immigration official, making appeals to the administration against dismissing Lee Francis Cissna, the director of U.S. Citizenship …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Cancel Kirstjen Nielsen — Her role in terrorizing children should make her a permanent pariah. — On Sunday evening, news broke that Kirstjen Nielsen was leaving her job as head of the Department of Homeland Security. The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted that according …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Trump's DHS purge floors Republicans — President Donald Trump's congressional allies are alarmed by his purge at the Department of Homeland Security — urging him not to fire more top officials and warning him how hard it will be to solve twin crises at the border and the federal agencies overseeing immigration policy.
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Trump pushed to close El Paso border, told admin officials to resume family separations and agents not to admit migrants — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has been pushing to reinstate broader family separation policies and sought to close the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas …
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New York Times:
Trump Purge Set to Force Out More Top Homeland Security Officials — WASHINGTON — President Trump moved to clear out the senior ranks of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, a day after forcing the resignation of its secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, as he accelerated a purge of the nation's immigration and security leadership.
CNN:
Trump is removing US Secret Service director — (CNN)United States Secret Service director Randolph “Tex” Alles is being removed from his position, multiple administration officials tell CNN. — President Donald Trump instructed his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to fire Alles.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Crisis — Behind the flailing lies a potential disaster for immigration hawks. — Across the decade that preceded Donald Trump's election, American politicians of both parties consistently tried to pass big, sweeping immigration bills that would legalize …
New York Times:
Trump Signals Even Fiercer Immigration Agenda, With a Possible Return of Family Separations — WASHINGTON — President Trump's purge of the nation's top homeland security officials is a sign that he is preparing to unleash an even fiercer assault on immigration, including a possible return …
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Axios:
Trump orders dramatic changes in immigration policy, aims to accelerate deportations — President Trump has directed top officials to execute the most aggressive changes in immigration policy since his inauguration, sources tell Axios. Some officials consider the moves legally and politically dubious.
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Miami Herald:
‘She lies to everyone’: Feds say Mar-a-Lago intruder had hidden-camera detector in hotel
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump's Homeland Security purge puts spotlight back on Stephen Miller
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Associated Press:
Inside 12 days of turmoil that shook Homeland Security
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to remain in Mexico …
Jonathan S. Tobin / New York Post:
Behind the homeland security shakeup: This prez demands results
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New York Times:
Kirstjen Nielsen Is the Latest Trump Official to Meet an Unceremonious End
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Who Is Left to Say No to Trump? — Kirstjen Nielsen is the latest …
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Washington Post:
Trump removes Secret Service director as purge of DHS leadership widens
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Fox News:
Nunes files $150M lawsuit against McClatchy, alleging conspiracy to derail Clinton, Russia probes — House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes filed a $150 million lawsuit in Virginia state court against The McClatchy Company and others on Monday, alleging that one of the news …
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Devin Nunes Sues Newspaper Company, Alleging ‘Character Assassination’
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
The IRS chief must release Trump's tax returns — and Mnuchin must not stop him — Lawrence H. Summers is a professor at and past president of Harvard University. He was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and an economic adviser to President Barack Obama from 2009 through 2010.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Push to Obtain Trump's N.Y. Tax Returns Wins Cuomo's Support — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — For more than two years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has railed against President Trump, attacking his policies on everything from immigration …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's tax return scam has taken yet another turn
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump's Fed threats meet a firewall: GOP lawmakers — GOP lawmakers have given in to President Donald Trump on almost every contentious issue, but they're quietly breaking from him on one front that has drawn the president's repeated ire: the Federal Reserve.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Herman Cain and Stephen Moore follow Trump's lazy conspiracy theorizing
New York Times:
The Democratic Electorate on Twitter Is Not the Democratic Electorate in Real Life — A detailed look at the voters with the numbers to decide the 2020 Democratic nominee. — Democrats on social media — Progressive activists Other Democrats — The Democratic electorate off social media
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Politico:
Democrats plan to use hearing to press Barr on Mueller report — House Democrats plan to grill Attorney General William Barr about his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report when he appears before an Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday morning.
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Roll Call:
Only 15 Mainers gave $200 or more to Susan Collins — Maine Sen. Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republican senators in 2020, raised more than $1.1 million in itemized contributions during the first three months of the year. But less than 1 percent of that money came from her home state.
Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Are Warning Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With A Congressional Investigation — WASHINGTON — In an unusual move, House Republicans are warning drug companies against complying with a House investigation into drug prices. — Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sent letters …
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New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Is ‘Full.’ Much of the Nation Has the Opposite Problem. — An aging population and a declining birthrate among the native-born population mean a shrinking work force in many areas. — President Trump has adopted a blunt new message in recent days for migrants seeking refuge …
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar called Stephen Miller a ‘white nationalist.’ GOP critics accused her of anti-Semitism. — A familiar story line played out Monday night for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who condemned one of President Trump's most trusted advisers only to end up being accused of anti-Semitism.
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New York Times:
At Trump's Florida Resort Empire, a Quiet Effort to Eliminate an Undocumented Work Force — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Behind the clipped hedges of President Trump's sumptuous private clubs in South Florida, including his Mar-a-Lago estate where he has spent many getaway weekends …
New York Times:
Sanctions Deal With Russian Oligarch Included Transfer of Shares to Benefit His Children — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department allowed the influential Russian oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska to satisfy the terms of his divorce by transferring tens of millions of dollars in stock to benefit …
Noga Tarnopolsky / Los Angeles Times:
Netanyahu says Trump named Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group at his request … Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a hotly contested bid for a fourth term, tweeted on the eve of the election that the Trump administration designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. House Democratic campaign arm to open Austin office, boosting focus on Texas in 2020 — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is opening an office in Austin as the committee aims to flip six U.S. House seats in Texas next year. … WASHINGTON - National Democrats are ratcheting …
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Chinese Woman Arrested at Mar-a-Lago Had a Hidden Camera Detector, Prosecutors Say — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Chinese woman who was arrested after gaining entry to President Trump's private club had a device used to detect hidden cameras and a large amount of cash in her Palm Beach hotel room …
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Joyce Karam / The National:
Exclusive: US could open talks with Assad if Damascus releases missing journalist — Robert O'Brien told The National that Washington is confident Austin Tice is alive and inside Syria — The Trump administration could open a public channel with the Syrian regime if Damascus releases …
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