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8:40 AM ET, April 9, 2019

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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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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Crisis
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump's Homeland Security purge puts spotlight back on Stephen Miller
Discussion: CBS News, Vox, The Sun and CNN
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to remain in Mexico …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:   Trump takes an honor of a lifetime and turns it into a black hole
Jonathan S. Tobin / New York Post:
Behind the homeland security shakeup: This prez demands results
Discussion: The Bulwark
Washington Post:
Trump removes Secret Service director as purge of DHS leadership widens
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 …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's tax return scam has taken yet another turn
Discussion: New Republic, Townhall and Contemptor
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 …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Herman Cain and Stephen Moore follow Trump's lazy conspiracy theorizing  —  The problem with putting Stephen Moore and Herman Cain on the Federal Reserve Board — as President Trump aims to do — isn't merely that these lackeys have been wrong about nearly every economic claim they've ever made.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump's Fed threats meet a firewall: GOP lawmakers
Discussion: The Week
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:   Why Trump Is Serious About Herman Cain
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Does Trump Want to Debase the Fed?
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNBC
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Asha Rangappa / Politico:   The Forgotten Reason Congress Needs to See the Mueller Report
Michael Burke / The Hill:
House Judiciary chair calls on Mueller to testify before committee
Discussion: NPR, The Bulwark and Washington Press
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
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Week
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.
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 …
Discussion: CNN, The Verge, National Review, IJR and Reuters
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 …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Biden tops Democratic field after rough week  —  The spate of negative stories about Joe Biden's interactions with women hasn't upended the former vice president's standing as presumptive 2020 Democratic front-runner, according to the first national poll of the presidential field conducted since the controversy erupted.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Bernard Avishai / New Yorker:
Netanyahu, Gantz, and Five Scenarios for the Israeli Election
Discussion: Vox, USA Today, Brookings and New York Times
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
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Emily Singer / Shareblue Media:
Trump puts Muslim ban author Stephen Miller ‘in charge’ of immigration
Discussion: Slate and Political Wire
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Chelsea Manning's FBI Files Are Central to Ongoing Criminal Proceedings, Bureau Claims
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Rania Aniftos / Billboard:
Taylor Swift Donates $113,000 to Tennessee Equality Project to Fight Anti-LGBTQ Bills
Discussion: Deadline
Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Barack Obama Says Not ‘Everyone Who Is Disturbed by Migration’ Can Be Branded ‘Racist’
Discussion: Louder With Crowder and TheBlaze
ABC News:
Trump ordered part of border closed, his administration pushed back: Sources
Washington Post:
'I've been battling Nadler for years': Feud between Trump, Democrat rooted in decades-old New York real estate project
Discussion: Politico, IJR and Mediaite
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
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