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7:30 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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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.
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 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 …
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 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.
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to remain in Mexico …
Emily Singer / Shareblue Media:
Trump puts Muslim ban author Stephen Miller ‘in charge’ of immigration
Discussion: The Guardian, Slate and Political Wire
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen's legacy of cruelty and incompetence is sealed
Los Angeles Times:
Trump aide Stephen Miller ‘going to clean house’ as immigration policy hardens
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Trump removes Secret Service director as purge of DHS leadership widens
CNN:
The only constant in Trump's world is chaos
Discussion: Raw Story
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  —  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.
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 …
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: National Review, IJR and Reuters
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New York Times:   At Trump's Florida Resort Empire, a Quiet Effort to Eliminate an Undocumented Work Force
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Woman accused of illegal entry to Mar-a-Lago had numerous electronic devices, thousands in cash
Washington Post:
Chinese woman at Mar-a-Lago will remain jailed.  She had more suspicious electronics at her hotel, prosecutors say.
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.
Discussion: The Week
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:   Why Trump Is Serious About Herman Cain
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:   Herman Cain and Stephen Moore follow Trump's lazy conspiracy theorizing
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
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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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
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 …
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 …
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Private-equity firm Great Hill Partners has agreed to acquire Gizmodo Media Group from Univision Communications Inc., the companies said, ending the Spanish-language broadcaster's foray into English-language digital media.  —  James Spanfeller, the former chief executive of Forbes.com …
CNN:
House Intelligence chair throws cold water on Cohen's bid for help delaying prison term  —  Washington (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff is signaling he has no intention of helping Michael Cohen's quest to delay his upcoming three-year prison sentence after attorneys …
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Times
Beth Van Schaack / Just Security:
BREAKING: Sri Lankan Presidential Hopeful Sued in Federal Court for Human Rights Violations  —  Human rights lawyers have sued Sri Lankan presidential hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa in federal court in the Central District of California.  Rajapaksa, who is a joint Sri Lankan-U.S. citizen …
Politico:
Democrats plan to use hearing to press Barr on Mueller report  —  House Democrats plan to grill Attorney General William Barr about his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report when he appears before an Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday morning.
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Chelsea Manning's FBI Files Are Central to Ongoing Criminal Proceedings, Bureau Claims  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is refusing to make public any records it has amassed on whistleblower Chelsea Manning, even though the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst waived her rights under …
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 …
Discussion: Politico, IJR and Mediaite
 
 
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Matthew Luxmoore / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian Prisons Reportedly Suspend Yoga After Claims It Makes Inmates Gay
USA Today:
Trump is wrong to say we're ‘full.’ Across Iowa and rural America, we need immigrants.
Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart:
High School Student Hospitalized After Vandal Pepper Sprays Venue for TPUSA Event
Brooke Goren / DCCC:
100 DAYS IN: Freshman Dems Making Their Mark in the House
Rania Aniftos / Billboard:
Taylor Swift Donates $113,000 to Tennessee Equality Project to Fight Anti-LGBTQ Bills
Discussion: Deadline
 Earlier Items: 
Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Barack Obama Says Not ‘Everyone Who Is Disturbed by Migration’ Can Be Branded ‘Racist’
Discussion: Louder With Crowder and TheBlaze
Michael Burke / The Hill:
House Judiciary chair calls on Mueller to testify before committee
Discussion: The Bulwark, NPR and Washington Press
Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
Ex-News Corp VP Quit Over Fox News' ‘Relationship With Facts’ and ‘Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Refugee, Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’
Discussion: CNN, more at Mediagazer »
ABC News:
Trump ordered part of border closed, his administration pushed back: Sources
NBC News:
Trump administration moves to undercut MLB's deal with Cuba
Discussion: Washington Post, TheBlaze and The Root
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
A Tale Of Two Suburbs  —  I grew up at the top of a hill …
Iowa City Press-Citizen:
Iowa student asks Beto O'Rourke ‘Are you here to see Beto?’ in bathroom
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
 

 
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