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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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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 …
New York Times:
Trump Purge Set to Force Out More Top Homeland Security Officials — WASHINGTON — President Trump moved to replace the top 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.
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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Miami Herald:
‘She lies to everyone’: Feds say Mar-a-Lago intruder had hidden-camera detector in hotel — Trump Tourism: Access for Sale — The Miami Herald is investigating how U.S. President Donald J. Trump has become a favorite target of a little-known Chinese industry peddling access to the rich and powerful.
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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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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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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 …
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New York Times:
More Top Homeland Security Officials Set to Leave in Trump Purge — WASHINGTON — President Trump moved to sweep out the top ranks of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, a day after pushing out its secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, accelerating a purge of the nation's immigration and security leadership.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Who Is Left to Say No to Trump? — Kirstjen Nielsen is the latest one out of the president's spiraling cabinet who expressed his cruelty but wouldn't go as far as he wanted. — There's no reason to mourn Kirstjen Nielsen's departure from the Department of Homeland Security.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to remain in Mexico …
Federal judge blocks Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to remain in Mexico …
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New York Times:
Trump Signals Even Fiercer Immigration Agenda, With a Possible Return of Family Separations
Trump Signals Even Fiercer Immigration Agenda, With a Possible Return of Family Separations
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CNBC:
Randolph Alles is out as Trump's Secret Service chief
Randolph Alles is out as Trump's Secret Service chief
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump aide Stephen Miller ‘going to clean house’ as immigration policy hardens
Trump aide Stephen Miller ‘going to clean house’ as immigration policy hardens
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen's legacy of cruelty and incompetence is sealed
Kirstjen Nielsen's legacy of cruelty and incompetence is sealed
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen just revealed how Trump's pathologies and lawlessness will get worse
Kirstjen Nielsen just revealed how Trump's pathologies and lawlessness will get worse
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Seeks Tighter Grip on Immigration Policy
White House Seeks Tighter Grip on Immigration Policy
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Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Another Day, Another ‘Acting’ Cabinet Secretary as Trump Skirts Senate
Another Day, Another ‘Acting’ Cabinet Secretary as Trump Skirts Senate
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen's ignominious end
Kirstjen Nielsen's ignominious end
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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 — While the best con is one in which the victim never even realizes they got scammed, that can seldom be guaranteed. So the con artist needs a final argument to make to their mark if they get confronted, and the one they often use goes as follows: Sure, I conned you.
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
The IRS chief must release Trump's tax returns — and Mnuchin must not stop him
The IRS chief must release Trump's tax returns — and Mnuchin must not stop him
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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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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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Washington Post:
'I've been battling Nadler for years': Feud between Trump, Democrat rooted in decades-old New York real estate project — Assembling a group of House Republicans at the White House to talk trade last month, President Trump suddenly launched into a tirade about the congressman leading …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House GOP calls on Dems to bring in Mueller to testify
House GOP calls on Dems to bring in Mueller to testify
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
House Judiciary chair calls on Mueller to testify before committee
House Judiciary chair calls on Mueller to testify before committee
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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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Kyle Korver / The Players' Tribune:
Privileged — PHOTO BYMELISSA MAJCHRZAK/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES — W — hen the police break your teammate's leg, you'd think it would wake you up a little. — When they arrest him on a New York street, throw him in jail for the night, and leave him with a season-ending injury, you'd think it would sink in.
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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.
Iowa City Press-Citizen:
Iowa student asks Beto O'Rourke ‘Are you here to see Beto?’ in bathroom — On Sunday, minutes before being in front of more than 300 people, Beto O'Rourke took a moment for a requisite bathroom break. While washing his hands, O'Rourke got an unexpected question.
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NBC News:
Trump administration moves to undercut MLB's deal with Cuba — The administration is moving to reverse an Obama-era ruling that allowed Cuban baseball players to sign with major league teams in the U.S. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to undercut a landmark agreement …
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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.
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Felicity Huffman and 12 wealthy parents plead guilty in college admissions scam — (CNN)Thirteen wealthy parents, including actress Felicity Huffman, and one coach will plead guilty to using bribery and other forms of fraud as part of the college admissions scandal, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Monday.
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Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
A Tale Of Two Suburbs — I grew up at the top of a hill on the east bank of a river that burned.13 That determined so much. — My maternal grandparents bought the house where I grew up in 1949. They were the rare Catholics in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland …
Rachel Kurzius / DCist:
Shaw's Metro PCS Store Has Been Forced To Turn Off Its Go-Go Music, Owner Says — For 24 years, Donald Campbell has been playing go-go music from his Metro PCS storefront in Shaw, at the corner of 7th Street and Florida NW. Until now. — Campbell says that T-Mobile, which acquired Metro PCS …
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, is running for president — He joins a crowded presidential primary, potentially bolstered by his role on the House Intelligence Committee investigating Trump. — Avid followers of cable news Trump-Russia coverage are probably at least acquainted …
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