Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Politics A.M.: Grassley warns White House not to oust any more top immigration officials

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Grassley warns White House not to oust any more top immigration officials
The Iowa senator is "very, very concerned" by reports that Lee Francis Cissna, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, could be the next to go.
Trump removes Secret Service director as purge of DHS leadership widens
Angry at the ongoing immigration surge, the presiden took aim at the Department of Homeland Security.
'I've been battling Nadler for years': Feud between Trump, Democrat rooted in decades-old New York real estate project
In the 1980s, Trump envisioned a major development on Manhattan's West Side with a 150-story skyscraper. Nadler, then a state assemblyman, fought it. 
 
Federal judge blocks Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while awaiting court hearings
Migrant Protection Protocols must cease by the end of the week, a major blow to a program the U.S. government had hoped would block migrants from entering the country.
 
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As White House plans to challenge findings on climate change, U.S. military plans for its destabilizing impact
"There are people in the administration who don't think climate change is a risk, or is real, and there are people in the administration who do think it's a risk and is real."
'Kick Kavanaugh off campus': Students decry George Mason's decision to hire Supreme Court justice
The Supreme Court justice, whose nomination became a flashpoint in the #MeToo movement, has been hired by the Antonin Scalia Law School to teach a summer course in England on the origins of the U.S. Constitution.
Rep. Ilhan Omar called Stephen Miller a 'white nationalist.' GOP critics accused her of anti-Semitism.
The spat comes days after a man was arrested for threatening to kill Omar.
 
Fact Checker · Analysis
Beto O'Rourke's claim that the United States has spent '27 years' in Iraq
Over and over, the 2020 presidential hopeful has decried the fact the U.S. has spent 27 years fighting in Iraq. Huh?
 
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Power Up: Trump's Homeland Security purge puts spotlight back on Stephen Miller
"If you want to look at who should be fired, it should be him," a former CBP official says.
 
Rep. Eric Swalwell joins the crowded 2020 presidential field
The California Democrat will try to parlay youth and liberal policies but will have to battle to become better known in early-voting states.
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Trump raises the stakes against Iran, but to what end?
The U.S. designation of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization may not achieve what the Trump administration says it will.
 
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As more candidates report, Bernie Sanders remains the money-raising leader
By nearly every metric.
 
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