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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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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and CNN
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.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Nielsen ouster lays bare Trump's own immigration crisis
Nielsen ouster lays bare Trump's own immigration crisis
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NPR, Fox News and ImmigrationProf Blog
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Nielsen's ouster signals even tougher Trump border rhetoric
Power Up: Nielsen's ouster signals even tougher Trump border rhetoric
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The Week, Los Angeles Times and Fox News
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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Crooked Timber and Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNN:
Trump says DHS Secretary Nielsen leaving
Trump says DHS Secretary Nielsen leaving
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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
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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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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 — “If you could have offered me a pill that could make me straight, I would have swallowed it before you could give me a swig of water,” Buttigieg said. — WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg …
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The Week
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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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
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
Nunes to Make Eight Criminal Referrals to Justice Department This Week
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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’
Beto O'Rourke on Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘Racist’
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CANNONFIRE and The Week
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
As Netanyahu Seeks Re-election, the Future of the West Bank Is Now on the Ballot
As Netanyahu Seeks Re-election, the Future of the West Bank Is Now on the Ballot
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Haaretz
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Democratic freshmen already posting huge fundraising numbers — Democratic freshman lawmakers are posting huge fundraising numbers even though it is the beginning of the 2020 cycle, signaling trouble for Republicans hoping to reclaim the House. — Democratic presidential candidates …
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Political Wire
David Siders / Politico:
Reality bites Beto after high-flying kickoff — The Texan is campaigning strong, but he's no longer in the stratosphere. — DES MOINES, Iowa — Between the prom proposal from a young admirer, the long lines for photographs and the conservative tracker recording his every word …
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Political Wire and Washington Post
Politico:
Trump's health care brain trust says no thanks — Although the president walked back his promise for an Obamacare replacement ahead of 2020, lawmakers can neither escape the issue or muster a strong response. — President Donald Trump promised a new plan to replace Obamacare.
politicallyshort.com:
Flynn Leaks and Ignatius Hypocrisy — David Ignatius of the Washington Post poses the interesting question of what responsibility, if any, a journalist has to avoid blowing secrets. While this question was once posed by Ignatius in a Washington Post article written back in 2000 …
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.
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 …