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11:20 AM ET, April 8, 2019

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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:
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Week
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Who is Kevin McAleenan, Trump's acting Homeland Security chief after Kirstjen Nielsen leaves?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Paula Reid / CBS News:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigning after clashing with Trump on immigration
Washington Post:
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving Trump administration amid surge of migrants
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire, Breitbart and FITSNews
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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 …
Discussion: National Review and Axios
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.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
‘A kind of war’: Buttigieg describes struggle with sexual orientation in emotional speech
Discussion: The Week
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Face it: Biden and Bernie are too old to be president
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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Lauren Fox / CNN:
The hunt for Trump's tax returns enters next phase
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Kos
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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ABC News:
Trump administration designates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a ‘foreign terrorist organization’
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
New York Times:   Trump Designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard a Foreign Terrorist Group
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US declares Iran's guard force a ‘terrorist organization’
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
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 …
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.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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 …
Discussion: Herman Cain and Washington Times
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 …
Discussion: VICE News and CNN
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Natalie Obregon / NBC News:
Sunday service unites parishioners after three historic black churches go up in flames
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Mallory Pickett / The Guardian:
Trump administration sabotages major conservation effort, defying Congress
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
‘Daddy hurt her’: Nobody believed a boy's story, until he dug up the backyard 20 years later
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Federal Watchdog Probes Trump Admin Push for Saudi Nuke Deal
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
City Hall communications director moves to de Blasio's PAC as 2020 decision nears
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Democrats need to get over their fear of disrupting private health insurance
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Democratic freshmen already posting huge fundraising numbers
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Elizabeth Weil / The Atlantic:
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Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
Facebook are ‘morally bankrupt liars’ says New Zealand's privacy commissioner
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
‘It could have been worse’ is the foundation of Trump's presidency
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