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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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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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The Week
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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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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Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Who is Kevin McAleenan, Trump's acting Homeland Security chief after Kirstjen Nielsen leaves?
Who is Kevin McAleenan, Trump's acting Homeland Security chief after Kirstjen Nielsen leaves?
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The Daily Caller
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Cabinet Is Increasingly Bare
Trump's Cabinet Is Increasingly Bare
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Washington Post, New York Times and CNN
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's ouster exposes Trump's immigration crisis
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's ouster exposes Trump's immigration crisis
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NPR, Washington Post, IJR, Wall Street Journal, ImmigrationProf Blog and Townhall
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
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump aides targeted in corporate blacklist effort by immigration, civil rights groups
Trump aides targeted in corporate blacklist effort by immigration, civil rights groups
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Conservative News Today, The Gateway Pundit and FITSNews
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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National Review and Axios
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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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Political Wire, Breitbart and FITSNews
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Buttigieg to Pence: If you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is with my creator
Buttigieg to Pence: If you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is with my creator
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
‘A kind of war’: Buttigieg describes struggle with sexual orientation in emotional speech
‘A kind of war’: Buttigieg describes struggle with sexual orientation in emotional speech
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The Week
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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The White House:
Statement from the President on the Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …
Statement from the President on the Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …
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Washington Post
ABC News:
Trump administration designates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a ‘foreign terrorist organization’
Trump administration designates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a ‘foreign terrorist organization’
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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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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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A Middle Eastern-Studies Professor on His Conversations with Mohammed Bin Salman — On October 2nd of last year, the Saudi Arabian journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The killing, according to the C.I.A., was carried out on the orders …
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The American Conservative
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Federal Watchdog Probes Trump Admin Push for Saudi Nuke Deal
Federal Watchdog Probes Trump Admin Push for Saudi Nuke Deal
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POLITICUSUSA and 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.
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Political Wire
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.
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Mother Jones
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 …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats crafting Mueller response if report drops during recess — Attorney General William Barr is likely days away from issuing a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings, but Washington may be a ghost town when he does. — The House leaves for the week …
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
‘Daddy hurt her’: Nobody believed a boy's story, until he dug up the backyard 20 years later — It was a single-story, three-bedroom ranch house on a quiet residential street in a northern stretch of Jacksonville, Fla. Aaron Fraser had not lived inside since he was 4 years old …
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Florida Times Union and The Daily Caller
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 …
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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The Week and Washington Post
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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Herman Cain and Washington Times
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.
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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Althouse
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 …
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National Review