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Wall Street Journal:
Exclusive | Trump Is Preparing to Fire Kristi Noem — The president has already been asking aides and congressional Republicans for names of potential replacements.
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Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Exclusive: Trump Considering Mullin as Replacement for Noem, Privately Furious over Senate Testimony — Noem testified that Trump gave advance approval of a taxpayer-funded $220 million ad campaign contract that was subcontracted to one of her allies.
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem out, Trump says — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is leaving the department and being replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump said Thursday. … - She also criticized Pretti for carrying a gun with ammunition to protest ICE enforcement …
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NBC News:
Trump frustrated with DHS secretary Kristi Noem and considering replacements, sources say — No decision has been made by the president, but he has told lawmakers that he is unhappy with the Homeland Security Secretary's testimony this week before House and Senate committees, sources say.
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Associated Press:
Trump says he's replacing Homeland Security Secretary Noem with GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma. — The Associated Press is an independent global …
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Punchbowl News:
Trump mulls Noem firing … Even Speaker Mike Johnson speculated about the potential for a change at the top of DHS during a recent House Republican elected leadership retreat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Trump dialed up some GOP senators after Noem testified in front of the Senate …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Noem handpicked contractors to lead a $100 million ICE recruitment campaign, sources say — The DHS secretary decided the contracts instead of allowing a competitive bidding process for the jobs, according to three administration officials and internal communications reviewed by NBC News.
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Washington Post:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is out, Trump says, after controversial tenure
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is out, Trump says, after controversial tenure
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Clarissa-Jan Lim / MS NOW:
Kristi Noem out as Homeland Security secretary
Kristi Noem out as Homeland Security secretary
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Politico:
Inside the White House pressure campaign to fire Kristi Noem
Inside the White House pressure campaign to fire Kristi Noem
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump tells Reuters he did not sign off on ad campaign featuring homeland security secretary
Exclusive: Trump tells Reuters he did not sign off on ad campaign featuring homeland security secretary
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Washington Examiner:
Trump ousts Kristi Noem as DHS chief and taps Markwayne Mullin to take her place
Trump ousts Kristi Noem as DHS chief and taps Markwayne Mullin to take her place
Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
Stephanie Bice and Kevin Hern eye Oklahoma Senate seat if Mullin heads to DHS
Stephanie Bice and Kevin Hern eye Oklahoma Senate seat if Mullin heads to DHS
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NOTUS and Joe.My.God.
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her
Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Fetterman says he'll vote to confirm Mullin as new DHS Secretary
Fetterman says he'll vote to confirm Mullin as new DHS Secretary
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Politico:
'That's bad for him to say': Trump puts Paxton on notice in Texas Senate primary … Trump had previously stated he would ask the candidate he does not endorse to step aside. — Senate Republicans have already asked Trump to back Cornyn, who narrowly pulled ahead of Paxton on Tuesday in the first round of the primary.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Paxton offers conditions for potential exit from Texas Senate race — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) suggested Thursday that he would be open to dropping out of the hotly contested Texas Senate primary against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) if Senate Republicans met several conditions.
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New York Times:
House Republicans Tell Gonzales to Quit Re-Election Campaign — What We're Covering Today — Department of Homeland Security: The House plans to vote on restoring funding to the Department of Homeland Security, which is in the third week of a shutdown.
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Paxton offers to drop Senate bid if Republicans pass SAVE America Act
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Block D.H.S. Funding Again Over Enforcement Guardrails
Senate Democrats Block D.H.S. Funding Again Over Enforcement Guardrails
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Year Texas Might Turn Blue
The Year Texas Might Turn Blue
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader — President Trump told Axios in an interview Thursday that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader — just as he was in Venezuela. — Trump revealed this exclusively in an eight-minute phone call …
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Washington Post:
Trump calls on Kurds to aid U.S. effort in Iran, offers support
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: ‘If they rise, they rise’
Exclusive: Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: ‘If they rise, they rise’
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Dasha Burns / Politico:
Trump says he'll help pick Iran's leader, predicts regime change in Cuba
Trump says he'll help pick Iran's leader, predicts regime change in Cuba
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens — Mission? Hostilities? Don't call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East. — When President Trump gave reporters a brief update this week …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Buried in the cascade of news this week, Sadie Gurman and Caitlin Ostroff of the Wall Street …
Buried in the cascade of news this week, Sadie Gurman and Caitlin Ostroff of the Wall Street …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What Trump REALLY Thinks About His Iran War
What Trump REALLY Thinks About His Iran War
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Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP Sen. Steve Daines' last-minute withdrawal from Senate race was meant to block Democrats from fielding a top-tier recruit — Congressional news Senate election US elections — GOP Sen. Steve Daines made the last-minute decision to abruptly pull out of his Senate race to prevent Democrats …
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Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse — Just months after President Trump's mass pardons for Jan. 6 rioters freed him from prison, a Florida man repeatedly sexually abused two middle-school aged children. — On Thursday, the man …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Jan. 6 rioter gets life in prison for sexually abusing two 12-year-olds after Trump pardon
Jan. 6 rioter gets life in prison for sexually abusing two 12-year-olds after Trump pardon
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CNN:
‘Soulless hotel conference space’: Approval for Trump's East Wing ballroom delayed amid scathing public feedback — Approval for President Donald Trump's massive East Wing ballroom project - from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings and land in the nation's capital …
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New York Times:
Lindsey Halligan Is Under Investigation by the Florida Bar — The actions of Ms. Halligan, who as a U.S. attorney brought criminal cases against President Trump's enemies, are under review by the organization that licensed her to practice law. — Lindsey Halligan, the former U.S. attorney …
Politico:
Inside the Trump administration's scramble to support its own war … U.S. Central Command, meanwhile, is asking the Pentagon to send more military intelligence officers to its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, to support operations against Iran for at least 100 days but likely through September …
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Susie Wiles sounds the alarm on gas prices … Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other advisers focused on energy policy, including a council led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, “are getting screamed at to find some good news” on bringing down prices, the same executive said.
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Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply-chain risk … “From the very beginning, this has been about one fundamental principle: the military being able to use technology for all lawful purposes,” the Pentagon said in the statement. “The military will not allow a vendor to insert itself …
Claire Heddles / Miami Herald:
‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans' racist group chat — The secretary of Miami-Dade County's Republican Party started a group chat primarily for conservative students last fall — and within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs, someone wrote dozens of ways …
Pew Research Center:
In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad — 53% of U.S. adults say Americans have bad morals and ethics — This Pew Research Center analysis explores how adults in 25 countries rate the morality of other people in their country.
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RNS and Deseret News


