Outgoing Secret Service Director Randolph Alles denies firing: ‘I assure you that this is not the case’ – Washington Examiner
Outgoing Secret Service Director Randolph Alles denies firing: ‘I assure you that this is not the case’ – Washington Examiner

Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles has denounced reports President Trump abruptly fired him and insisted his departure was worked out weeks earlier, according to a statement he gave the Washington Examiner.

“No doubt you have seen media reports regarding my ‘firing.’ I assure you that this is not the case, and in fact was told weeks ago by the Administration that transitions in leadership should be expected across the Department of Homeland Security. The President has directed an orderly transition in leadership for this agency and I intend to abide by that direction,” Alles said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

“It is my sincere regret that I was not able to address the workforce prior to this announcement,” he said.

Trump reportedly told Alles to step down in late April. He picked Secret Service assistant director of the Office of Protective Operations, James Murray, to take over May 1.

The departing words by Alles come amid a broader shakeup at DHS, under which Secret Service operates. On Sunday he forced the resignation of the DHS secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen. Three days earlier Trump said he was rescinding the nomination of Ronald Vitiello to be director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying he wanted to go in a “tougher” direction.

Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna and the DHS General Counselor John Mitnick are also believed to be on the chopping block, according to a report.

On the way out the door at the Secret Service, Alles praised his successor.

“Jim is a consummate professional, a true leader, and I have great confidence in his capabilities,” Alles said. “Please give him the outstanding support that you have shown me these past two years.”

Alles was tapped for the job in April 2017 and previously served in leadership positions within Customs and Border Protection and in the Marine Corps.

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Why Brexit should become Brextension – Washington Examiner
Why Brexit should become Brextension – Washington Examiner

Britain was supposed to leave the European Union on March 29. That was pushed back until April 12. Now, with no exit agreement in Parliament, British Prime Minister Theresa May asked the European Union for another extension on Friday. If everyone is lucky, Brexit will become Brextension.

The Brexit circus has stretched on for more than two years and, like a student who never really came up with a topic for the final paper, Parliament struggled to come up with a way out at the last minute.

Predictably, it failed. May’s deal didn’t pass and the only things that lawmakers seem able to agree on is that they didn’t want to leave without a deal and that they needed more time to figure it all out.

A long extension, beyond the proposed June 30 deadline floated by May, would give Parliament time to hammer out an agreement and review various options and reset the toxic politics that have dominated Westminster over the past few weeks. It would also allow for a reset and a break from feverish attempts to find a solution by voting on measures that have already failed.

For the EU, a long extension is also the better option. A short one would only set the stage for more drama when it expires, threatening to repeatedly drag the EU into approving desperate pleas for more time every few months.

Even worse, a short extension would add to the chaos that European Union elections are already likely to bring. In her letter on Friday, May indicated that by asking for an extension, she was committed to participating in the elections as required. But an extension that expired shortly after those elections were held would, especially if pro-EU candidates were elected, set the stage for another clash and likely more deadlock.

One possibility, as floated by European Council President Donald Tusk, is a flexible extension that would allow Britain to leave the EU if and when Parliament reached a deal. For May, who is wary of agreeing to a long extension, that option would both enable her to avoid the characterization of being anti-Brexit while also giving lawmakers the breathing room they need.

In short, when EU leaders meet Wednesday to determine the fate of Britian’s relationship with the EU, Brexit should become Brextension.

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Nielsen resignation: What does Trump’s ‘tougher direction’ immigration plan look like? – USA TODAY
Nielsen resignation: What does Trump’s ‘tougher direction’ immigration plan look like? – USA TODAY
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Kirstjen Nielsen says she still shares President Trump’s goal of securing the border, a day after she resigned as Homeland Security secy. (April 8)
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says his administration wants to pursue a “tougher direction” on immigration, and the president is overseeing a leadership purge at the top levels of the Department of Homeland Security to make it happen.

But what does a “tougher direction” mean? And does the president have new options following the resignation Sunday of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen?  

For some advocates, it’s about a cultural change. 

“Within DHS, there have been a lot of policy suggestions, small and large, that have been worked up but have been blocked by the people who are the heads of the agencies,” said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for lower levels of legal and illegal immigration. 

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Nielsen’s departure: After resigning, Kirstjen Nielsen says she supports Trump’s goal of ‘securing the border’

Nielsen: Homeland Security Secretary resigns amid migrant surge at US-Mexico border

A look at some of the ideas that may be on the table: 

Return to ‘zero tolerance’ 

Immigration advocacy groups were bracing Tuesday for the possibility that the Trump administration would return to the “zero tolerance” policy that led to the separation of thousands of migrant families. 

Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo last year requiring that all immigrants entering the country illegally would be prosecuted. But a 1997 settlement in a federal court case required the U.S. to release children immigrants after 20 days. To honor both commitments, the Trump administration separated children and adults.

Trump backed down under immense pressure, signing an order in June to end family separations. Immigration advocates pointed to reports Monday that Trump and adviser Stephen Miller want to re-start the process with Nielsen gone. 

Key moments from Nielsen’s tenure: Migrant family separations, heckling

Nielsen resignation: Donald Trump’s Cabinet agencies are increasingly led by ‘acting’ secretaries

“Trump and Stephen Miller’s desire to go in a ‘tougher direction’ means we are heading for an even more dangerous and draconian era,” said Kerri Talbot, director of federal advocacy for the advocacy group Immigration Hub.

“More families will be separated while Trump and Miller disregard the law and create chaos in our immigration system,” she said. 

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‘Closing’ the border 

Trump repeatedly threatened to close the border last month before he retreated in recent days, arguing that Mexico had taken a more aggressive stance on apprehending Central American migrants in response to his words.

Closing all ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a logistical and economic nightmare, experts say. Roughly $1.5 billion in trade takes place across the border every day. But past presidents – including Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan – took steps to slow traffic through checkpoints to send a political message to Mexico.

Reagan closed nine border crossings and increased inspections at the rest in 1985, a response to the abduction and murder of Drug Enforcement Agency agent Enrique Camarena. Nixon approved Operation Intercept during his first year in office, increasing inspections at U.S.-Mexico border crossings to stem the flow of drugs. 

More: ‘It was long past time for her to go’: Dems welcome Kirstjen Nielsen’s departure as DHS secretary

More: Who is Kevin McAleenan, Trump’s acting homeland security chief after Kirstjen Nielsen leaves?

Mexican auto tariffs 

Trump threatened last week to impose a 25% tariff on all cars made in Mexico and shipped into the U.S. if the Mexican government stopped apprehending immigrants who cross the border illegally. If that doesn’t work, he said, then he would close the border.

The U.S., however, already has agreed not to impose tariffs on cars built in Mexico.

A new trade agreement the Trump administration negotiated last year with Mexico and Canada includes a side letter that specifically exempts a certain number of passenger vehicles from any new tariffs the U.S. might impose on autos under the guise of national security.

For Mexico, the agreement means that 2.6 million passenger cars would be exempted from any new tariffs.

Trump, however, said on Twitter that his latest threat to impose tariffs would “supersede” the new trade pact.

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FEMA director Brock Long, left, talks with from left, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Margo Anderson, Mayor of Lynn Haven, right, as they tour a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Michael, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Lynn Haven, Fla. Evan Vucci, AP
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, center, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, left, and Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Brock Long, right, speaks at a briefing on this year’s hurricane season at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters, June 6, 2018, in Washington. Andrew Harnik, AP
White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly (R),his wife, Karen Hernest (C), and Homeland Security Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, (2-L) walk to the gravesite of Kelly’s son in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, USA, on 28 May 2018. Section 60 is the burial ground in the cemetery where military personnel killed in the Global War on Terror since 2001 are interred. PETE MAROVICH, EPA-EFE

Asylum changes

Trump has sought to limit the number of people seeking asylum, claiming the system is a “scam” and that migrants only use the claims to get a foot in the door before disappearing rather than going through the process of confirming their eligibility.

Under Nielsen, the Trump administration sought to address that problem by requiring asylum claimants to remain in Mexico rather than entering the U.S. A federal judge Monday blocked that policy, ruling that DHS overstepped its legal authority.

Beck, with NumbersUSA, said the administration may now be considering changes to executive decisions made by past administrations.

More: Nielsen resignation doesn’t change fact child sexual abuse at border is real emergency

Among those, for instance, would be deputizing Customs and Border Patrol agents to take a more substantial role in deciding whether asylum claimants have a credible case to remain in the country. Supporters said that move could speed up reviews so migrants who don’t meet asylum requirements are returned to their native country more quickly.   

“There are some innovative ideas that have to do with way regulations are put together,” Beck said .”One of the big knocks against the current DHS secretary is that a lot of proposals have gone to her office and just died there.”  

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Vice President Mike Pence, center, accompanied by and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, right, speaks during a briefing at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Facility in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., March 13, 2019. Andrew Harnik, AP

 

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Europe slams ‘exaggerated’ US tariff threat and prepares to retaliate – CNBC
Europe slams ‘exaggerated’ US tariff threat and prepares to retaliate – CNBC

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The EU has hit back at new U.S. proposals to target European goods with tariffs, following a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling over subsidies for Airbus.

Trade tensions between the EU and U.S. flared Monday after the U.S. said it’s considering $11 billion worth of retaliatory tariffs on a range of goods in response to illegal subsidies the EU granted to the aerospace firm.

The WTO ruled last year that these allowances had caused “adverse effects” to the U.S., with the decision coming after a long-running litigation battle between the Washington and Brussels over their respective aviation giants.

Shares of Airbus were trading 2.3% lower Tuesday after the tariffs were proposed. A spokesman for the company said there is no legal basis for the U.S. move to impose sanctions, and said the EU had complied with WTO rulings. The European Commission criticized the proposals.

“The EU is confident that the level of countermeasures on which the notice is based is greatly exaggerated. The amount of WTO authorized retaliation can only be determined by the WTO-appointed arbitrator,” a Commission spokesman said.



On Monday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said it would slap tariffs on EU goods ranging from aircraft to fish, dairy products to binoculars, olive oil and wine, according to a preliminary list.

It said it estimates “the harm from the EU subsidies as $11 billion in trade each year,” although the amount is subject to an arbitration at the WTO, the result of which is expected to be issued this summer.

“This case has been in litigation for 14 years, and the time has come for action. The Administration is preparing to respond immediately when the WTO issues its finding on the value of U.S. countermeasures,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement Monday.

Double standards

Both sides have now been found guilty of paying billions of dollars of subsidies to gain advantage in the global aircraft manufacturing business.

The EU is still waiting to hear from the WTO about what “retaliation rights” it has after the organization found in 2012 that Boeing too had received billions of dollars in illegal subsidies that had been to the detriment of Airbus. The WTO also ruled in March that the U.S. had failed to comply fully with its earlier ruling to remove all illegal subsidies that Boeing had received.

The European Commission spokesman also said Tuesday that Brussels is ready to retaliate in kind, noting that in the parallel Boeing dispute, “the determination of EU retaliation rights is also coming closer and the EU will request the WTO-appointed arbitrator to determine the EU’s retaliation rights.”

Some analysts have accused the U.S. of double standards. GAM’s Investment Director for Global Equities, Ali Miremadi, said the U.S.’ tariff proposal was “quite bold.”

“I have to say the country which is the home to Boeing accusing Europe of state subsidies for Airbus — this is quite bold,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” Tuesday.

“It’s very well established that both Boeing and Airbus exist only at the discretion of their respective hosts or host governments.”

President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that “the EU has taken advantage of the U.S. on trade for many years.”

UBS’ Global Wealth Management’s Chief Economist Paul Donovan noted wryly that Trump had accepted the WTO ruling much more readily than usual.

“The WTO has ruled that Airbus received unfair subsidies from the EU and U.S. President Trump has, rather unusually, decided to agree with the WTO,” Donovan said in a regular podcast Tuesday.

“Whether U.S. President Trump would be quite so willing to accept the verdict of the WTO about unfair assistance from the U.S. to Boeing, which is an ongoing case, is a rather different matter.”

Trade wars

The latest U.S. threat comes as tensions are already simmering with the EU over possible tariffs on its cars and auto parts. A final decision has not yet been made.

The U.S. is currently negotiating with China over a trade deal after almost a year of escalating retaliatory tariffs on each other’s imports. Europe could be next in line for some rough treatment.

“Even once we are done with the U.S. and China, the U.S. will turn to Europe,” Laurence Boone, chief economist at OECD, told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick at the Ambrosetti Workshop in Italy on Friday.

“So, I think by undermining the multi-lateral rules-based system on trade, we have just injected a massive dose of uncertainty in the world that will stay with us for a long time.”



Strategists warn that tariffs could not come at a worse time for the EU, with growth and industrial production looking vulnerable. Tariffs “are still a very important dark cloud when it comes to European growth,” Luis Costa, head of CEEMEA FX strategy at Citi, told CNBC Tuesday.

“This is coming at a time when German factory orders are down by 4 to 5 percent and output is still in danger, some of those regional manufacturing indices are still in contraction territory, so this is coming at a very delicate time,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe.”

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Barr’s tactic with the Mueller report: spin and delay – The Boston Globe
Barr’s tactic with the Mueller report: spin and delay – The Boston Globe



US Attorney General William Barr has some explaining to do.

In the more than two weeks since Barr sent Congress his summary of the more than 400-page Mueller report it seems increasingly clear that the attorney general is doing political spadework for President Trump.

In the process he’s needlessly sullied his reputation on behalf of an increasingly unhinged and chronically dishonest president.

Not only did Barr endorse Trump’s “no collusion” talking point, but on the question of obstruction of justice, Barr concluded there was no criminal behavior on the president’s part.

However, it remains frustratingly unclear as to why Barr was offering an opinion on Trump’s criminal liability in the first place. Department of Justice guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted — so the attorney general’s views are not necessarily germane. Even if Barr concluded that Trump broke the law there’s not much he could do about if. It’s Congress’s job to hold the president accountable for potentially criminal acts. By weighing in on the question, Barr was, in effect, usurping Congress’s constitutionally mandated role in making such determinations.

All of this raised legitimate concerns that Barr was putting his finger on the scale to help the president.

Last week, confirmation of those fears began rolling in. In quick succession, stories appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post in which the once leak-allergic Mueller team made clear it’s displeasure with Barr’s conduct.

According to the Times, Mueller’s investigators were angry about Barr’s characterizations of their inquiry, which they said “were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated.” The Post said the evidence gathered by Mueller on obstruction of justice “was alarming and significant,” and “there was immediate displeasure from the [Mueller] team when they saw how the attorney general had characterized their work.”

But the most troubling detail was the revelation in the Post story that Mueller’s team had prepared summaries from each section of the report, with minimum redactions, that “could have been released immediately — or very quickly.”

Why didn’t Barr simply release the summaries prepared by Mueller’s team? Why put his spin on their conclusion — spin that now seems inaccurate?

Moreover, why has the report still not been released?

The answer, unfortunately, feels increasingly obvious: Barr is protecting the president. Barr’s summary quickly created a public narrative on the report that provided huge political benefits to Trump. Barr now appears to be purposely dragging his feet on releasing the full report, for fear that it will embarrass the president.

Far too many in the media took the bait, immediately trumpeting Barr’s summary of the report and some even castigating reporters and pundits for allegedly getting the Russia story wrong.

But did they? There is no reason, at this point, to take Barr’s summary of the Mueller report seriously. This attorney general not only was nominated by Trump — after he fired his predecessor, in part, for not doing enough to protect him from Mueller’s investigation — but before taking the job Barr also wrote an unsolicited 19-page memo to the Department of Justice that criticized the investigation. Now he’s stonewalling on releasing the report and — if Mueller’s prosecutors are to be believed — has baldly mischaracterized it to the public.

If he has skewed the report, he’s yet one more Trump administration figure openly surrendering his integrity and ethical core to a man utterly devoid of either. That’s not quite a surprise at this point. Such obsequiousness is the defining characteristic of this administration and its retinue of hangers-on and enablers.

One only had to watch Kirstjen Nielsen humiliatingly resign her position as secretary of Homeland Security this weekend to marvel at the blind loyalty shown by members of this administration to a president who has done not one thing to merit such devotion.

Nielsen was the administration point person for a policy of tearing children away from their parents. That decision should haunt her for the rest of her days. But there she was on Sunday, thrown under the bus for not being cruel enough to immigrants, and yet, as the tires bounced over her body, she was still playing the role of the loyal soldier.

With Barr it’s more of a head-scratcher, unless the inclination of Republicans to bend a knee to power has been so ritualistically ingrained on party lifers that they seemingly know no other path.

Back when he testified to Congress in his confirmation hearings earlier this year, Barr reassured members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that he could “truly be independent.” As he said at the time, “I feel I’m in a position in life where I can do the right thing and not really care about the consequences.”

But as is so often the case with anyone deluded and morally deficient enough to work for this administration, doing the wrong thing is something of a default position, even when the consequence is one’s own honor.

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Pelosi appears to mock Ocasio-Cortez over reliance on Twitter for support – Fox News
Pelosi appears to mock Ocasio-Cortez over reliance on Twitter for support – Fox News
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Pelosi faces pushback as Democrats disagree with speaker on impeachment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to mock Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – without mentioning her name – over her reliance on Twitter for support while neglecting the work to pass the Democratic agenda into laws.

The New York Democrat, who has nearly 4 million followers on Twitter, has used the platform to rally the online support for her radical proposals like the Green New Deal, though none of the support translated into actual legislative victories.

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Pelosi was asked during a USA Today interview published on Monday about her struggles of running a House caucus while freshmen Democrats such as Ocasio-Cortez are pushing the party further to the left and fighting over more symbolic gestures rather than actually implementing Democratic policies.

“While there are people who have a large number of Twitter followers, what’s important is that we have large numbers of votes on the floor of the House,” Pelosi said.

“While there are people who have a large number of Twitter followers, what’s important is that we have large numbers of votes on the floor of the House.”

— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The top House Democrat also noted that progressives are “fine” after she had to tell them that they need realistic legislation that could actually pass the House.

“As I say to my own district, ‘You go out and elect 218 people, just like San Francisco, then we can talk,’” she said.

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This isn’t the first time Pelosi threw shade on Ocasio-Cortez. Earlier this year, the House Speaker somewhat dismissed the Green New Deal during an interview with Politico.

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“It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive,” Pelosi said. “The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it, right?”

Ocasio-Cortez was reportedly left out of the Pelosi-approved Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, though some reports suggest the New York Democrat voluntarily decided not to join the committee where the legislation to combat climate change will actually be worked out.

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The Green New Deal is estimated to cost up to $93 trillion or $600,000 per household, according to studies. The radical measure proposes the transformation of the U.S. economy to cut emissions in addition to retrofitting and replacing every building in an effort to reach the goal.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar called Stephen Miller a ‘white nationalist.’ GOP critics accused her of anti-Semitism. – The Washington Post
Rep. Ilhan Omar called Stephen Miller a ‘white nationalist.’ GOP critics accused her of anti-Semitism. – The Washington Post

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) stands with fellow Democrats as they rally outside the Capitol on March 8. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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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.

“Stephen Miller is a white nationalist,” she tweeted on Monday afternoon. “The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage.” But because Miller, Trump’s senior policy adviser, is Jewish, Omar’s fervent detractors on the right saw her comments not as incendiary criticism of Miller’s hard-line immigration policies but instead as part of a pattern of targeting Jews.

“During my time in Congress before @IlhanOmar got here, I didn’t once witness another Member target Jewish people like this with the name calling & other personal attacks,” Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), perhaps Omar’s most relentless critic, wrote on Twitter. “In 2019 though, for @IlhanOmar, this is just called Monday.”

The latest spat comes just days after a New York man was arrested on charges of threatening Omar by pledging to “put a bullet in her [expletive] skull,” rhetoric that the freshman congresswoman’s supporters say has been emboldened by the heated accusations of Jewish bias coupled with Islamophobia. Omar, a Somali refugee, is Muslim.

Claims of anti-Semitism have vexed Omar since she took office this year, after she suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an influential Jewish lobbying group, wielded power over members of Congress through money. But to Omar’s backers, the ubiquitous attacks from the right since then have amounted to a politically expedient smear campaign that trivializes the meaning of true anti-Semitism. To others, it’s part of a greater effort to silence women of color in Congress, fueling vitriolic attacks and death threats.

Omar’s remarks Monday were spurred by reports that Miller’s desire for tougher candidates to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement contributed to Trump’s decision to withdraw the nomination of Ronald Vitiello. Miller has been the architect behind numerous hard-line immigration policies, such as family separation, and has advocated for closing the entire U.S.-Mexico border.

Critics from Donald Trump Jr. to pundits from various conservative news outlets immediately pounced on Omar, questioning how a Jewish person could be accused of being a white nationalist.

“I see that the head of the Farrakhan Fan Club, @IlhanMN, took a short break from spewing her usual anti-semitic bigotry today to accuse a Jewish man of being a ‘white nationalist’ because she apparently has no shame,” wrote Trump Jr., referring to Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam.

Matt Wolking, deputy communications director for the president’s reelection campaign, offered this straightforward take on Twitter: “He’s Jewish, and Ilhan Omar is a racist anti-Semite.”

The backlash reflects an apparent effort among some members of the GOP to use Omar’s comments to sow division within the Democratic Party and among Jewish Democratic voters. Take Christian Ziegler, the vice chairman of the Florida GOP, who used the backlash to urge “my Jewish friends” to join the alleged “#jexodus” movement, encouraging Jews to leave the Democratic Party en masse.

Some mocked the critics for appearing to extrapolate an anti-Jewish bias from Omar’s remarks, while others attacked Zeldin, the Republican congressman from New York.

“Rep. Zeldin is using his Jewishness to provide cover for a white nationalist regime that stokes hatred and terror for Jews (and many other peoples) in a US that until President Trump felt so safe and secure for us,” wrote economist David Rothschild.

“Inappropriate accusations of anti-Semitism masks the ugliness of the real thing,” Perry Gershon, a Democratic businessman who lost to Zeldin in 2018 and plans to challenge him for his seat in the next election cycle, wrote on Twitter, linking to Zeldin’s comments.

Omar has long argued that her condemnation of the Israeli government’s treatment of the Palestinian people has been erroneously conflated with condemnation of Jewish people. In February, she apologized for using what was criticized as an anti-Semitic trope when she suggested that AIPAC could buy support from members of Congress. “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” she tweeted at the time, making a reference to $100 bills. Last month, she was accused of suggesting Jews harbor “dual loyalty” to the United States and Israel after slamming “the political influence in this country that says it is okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”

In her apology, Omar said she either did not intend to offend Jews or was ignorant to the fact that she was using anti-Semitic tropes. The House passed a generic resolution condemning bigotry in response.

But the attacks on Omar didn’t slow. On Saturday, one day after federal prosecutors announced charges against the man who allegedly threatened to kill Omar, Trump mocked her during a speech before members of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.

“Special thanks to Representative Omar of Minnesota,” Trump told members in attendance, including casino magnate and prominent Republican donor Sheldon Adelson. “Oh, I forgot. She doesn’t like Israel. I forgot. I’m so sorry.”

Trump was also accused of expressing the same “dual loyalty” trope that critics said Omar had used. Speaking to the group of Republican Jews on Saturday, Trump described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “your prime minister,” and asked the audience to explain “to some of your people” why they shouldn’t oppose his tariffs on imported goods.

“Mr. President, the Prime Minister of Israel is the leader of his (or her) country, not ours,” the American Jewish Committee tweeted. “Statements to the contrary, from staunch friends or harsh critics, feed bigotry.”

A spokesman for Omar could not immediately be reached for comment early Tuesday regarding the latest accusations of anti-Semitism.

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Donald Trump Called Secret Service Director Randolph Alles Dumbo and Made Fun of His Looks Before Ousting Him: Report – Newsweek
Donald Trump Called Secret Service Director Randolph Alles Dumbo and Made Fun of His Looks Before Ousting Him: Report – Newsweek

After Donald Trump instructed White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to remove U.S. Secret Service director Randolph Alles from office this week, a new report revealed that the president had soured on the Secret Service director long before his departure from office.

The White House confirmed Alles’ departure on Monday after reports began emerging earlier in the day of his removal. “United States Secret Service director Randolph ‘Tex’ Alles has done a great job at the agency over the last two years, and the President is thankful for his over 40 years of service to the country,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “Mr. Alles will be leaving shortly and President Trump has selected James M. Murray, a career member of the USSS, to take over as director beginning in May.”

Alles’ departure comes amid a shake-up of top staffers in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). After Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen posted her resignation letter to Twitter on Sunday, two other officials, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director Francis Cissna and Office of the General Counsel’s John Mitnick, were also rumored today to be on their way out.

Although Alles’ removal seemed sudden, the New York Times reported the former Secret Service director had fallen afoul of the president after the agency blamed a Mar-a-Lago security breach on Trump’s staffers. Some officials told the newspaper on Monday that although plans had already been made for Alles’ removal before the arrest of a suspicious Chinese woman carrying malware was made at Mar-a-Lago last week, they believe the incident helped accelerate his leave.

Trump had been so frustrated with the retired Marine major general that he nicknamed him Dumbo, a reference to Alles’ large ears, and mocked his appearance before ousting him from office, two officials told the Times.

Murray, Alles’ replacement, is a career Secret Service employee, previously in the role of deputy assistant director of protective operations.

Alles insisted he was not fired in a letter emailed to staffers at the Secret Service on Monday and revealed he was informed weeks ago that the Trump administration intended to execute “transitions in leadership” across DHS. “The President has directed an orderly transition in leadership for this agency and I intend to abide by that direction,” Alles said. “It is my sincere regret that I was not able to address the workforce prior to this announcement.”

Alles added: “It has been my great honor to serve as Director of the U.S. Secret Service. I want to personally thank you all for a job well done.”

The Trump administration did not immediately respond to Newsweek’s request for comment.

Director of the US Secret Service Randolph Alles speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on October 26, 2018 following the arrest of bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc in Florida. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

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‘Profoundly sorry’ parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions case – Los Angeles Times
‘Profoundly sorry’ parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions case – Los Angeles Times

Singer then turned to UCLA, sending a fake athletic profile he had concocted in May 2016 to Ali Khosroshahin, a former USC women’s soccer coach, who passed it on to Jorge Salcedo, the former head men’s soccer coach at UCLA, prosecutors say. Khosroshahin and Salcedo have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering.

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Trump circumvents lawmakers with yet another interim appointment – Washington Examiner
Trump circumvents lawmakers with yet another interim appointment – Washington Examiner

President Trump announced on Twitter yesterday that Kevin McAleenan will be taking over as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security following the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday.

There’s one problem with this: It’s illegal.

Federal law explicitly excludes the application of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to this situation. University of Texas law professor Steve Vladeck points out that under the law, the acting secretary of DHS should be Claire Grandy, the current undersecretary for management. If Trump is bent on having McAleenan serve, he’d first have to first fire Grandy.

Trump seems to be taking the law as less binding requirement to be followed than pesky regulation to be ignored.

Even setting the legal succession issues aside, there’s no reason to think that Trump will be appointing a new DHS secretary any time soon. After all, more than three months after Jim Mattis resigned, Patrick Shanahan is still the acting defense secretary. And he’s just one of the many acting secretaries with whom Trump has avoided the constitutional requirement for confirmation. That includes his new leads at Interior, the Office of Management and Budget, and the new U.N. ambassador.

In the case of the Justice Department, Trump pulled a similar stunt, making unqualified scam artist Matthew Whitaker his acting attorney general. When Trump finally got around to nominating William Barr, the nominee looked so good by comparison that lawmakers had little choice but to hurry and confirm him, lest a sleazy hot tub salesmen remain in that key post.

Trump is far from the first president to stretch the limits of his powers, but (as the Examiner often said of former President Barack Obama) he stands on the shoulders of giants and is therefore taller than any of them. These questionable successions in his administration show further contempt for Congress, which has already weakened itself by wrongly abdicating its rightful powers on trade, border security, and the continuing war in Yemen, among other things.

Republicans need to wake up, because this is all wrong. If they can’t act out of principle, then they should at least realize that the next president to abuse power in these ways way may not be on their team.

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Court Blocks Trump Administration ‘Remain In Mexico’ Asylum Policy – NPR
Court Blocks Trump Administration ‘Remain In Mexico’ Asylum Policy – NPR

Juan Carlos Perla of El Salvador kisses his 10-month-old son, Joshua, inside a migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, where they await their asylum hearing in San Diego.

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A federal judge in California blocked the Trump administration from requiring asylum-seekers to return to Mexico as they await court hearings in the U.S. But the judge delayed implementing his ruling to give the government time to appeal.

U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco wrote in a 27-page ruling that current U.S. law does not authorize the Department of Homeland Security to enact the Migrant Protection Protocols, first announced in a December 2018 memo by outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. Seeborg also wrote that the MPP lacked sufficient safeguards for ensuring that people who want to apply for asylum are not returned “to places where they face undue risk to their lives or freedom.”

The ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups on behalf of 11 asylum-seekers from Central America. It argued that requiring the migrants to wait in Mexico violated humanitarian protections offered under U.S. and international law.

“The court strongly rejected the Trump administration’s unprecedented and illegal policy of forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico without hearing their claims,” said deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, Judy Rabinovitz in a statement. “Try as it may, the Trump administration cannot simply ignore our laws in order to accomplish its goal of preventing people from seeking asylum in the United States.”

The ruling, even if its implementation is delayed, is a setback for the Trump administration’s which says its hardline immigration policies are an appropriate response to a crisis at the border. The administration had hoped that the asylum protocols, dubbed by some officials as Remain in Mexico, would discourage migrants from seeking refuge in the U.S.

Last week, Nielsen had ordered Customs and Border Protection to “immediately expand” enforcement of the Migrant Protection Protocols beyond its roll out at the ports of entry at San Ysidro and Calexico, Calif., and El Paso, Texas. The expansion was to have included the entire 2,000-mile border.

On Sunday, a day before the ruling, Nielsen resigned from her post amid reports that other top immigration officials also will be replaced.

Judge Seeborg gave the government until 5 p.m. ET on Friday to appeal his ruling. The Justice Department did not respond to an email request for comment.

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Trump was reportedly irritated with his Secret Service chief and made fun of his ears – Business Insider
Trump was reportedly irritated with his Secret Service chief and made fun of his ears – Business Insider

President Donald Trump became irritated with outgoing Secret Service Director Randolph Alles and at one point poked fun at his physical appearance by calling him “Dumbo,” according to a New York Times report on Monday.

Alles, a retired Marine Corps general and a 35-year veteran of the armed services, was reportedly informed by acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney he was to vacate his position two weeks ago. Alles was selected in April 2017 to replace former Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy, whose tenure was plagued by security scandals.

In an internal statement to the agency on Monday, Alles said he was not fired and that he was told “weeks ago” of “transitions in leadership.”

“The President has directed an orderly transition in leadership for this agency and I intend to abide by that direction,” Alles said in the statement. “It is my sincere regret that I was not able to address the workforce prior to this announcement.”

The White House’s notice was given before the arrest of Yujing Zhang, a 32-year-old Chinese woman who accessed Trump’s Mar-a-Lago private resort. Zhang was found with four cellphones, nine USB drives, seven SIM cards, and $8,000 in cash, according to The Times.

Randolph Alles.
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The Secret Service deflected blame for the apparent security lapse and issued a rare rebuke of Mar-a-Lago’s security.

“The Secret Service does not determine who is invited or welcome at Mar-a-Lago; this is the responsibility of the host entity,” it said in a statement last week. “The Mar-a-Lago club management determines which members and guests are granted access to the property.”

Read more: Kirstjen Nielsen is out as Homeland Security Secretary

Secret Service officials suggested to The Times that Alles’ exit may have been influenced by the unflattering scandal at Mar-a-Lago. The incident highlighted security concerns at Trump’s weekend retreat, even though the president described it as an isolated “fluke” and continues to praise the Secret Service.

News of Alles’ departure comes amid reports of an imminent purge of top security officials. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday after she reportedly had intense disagreements with Trump and his adviser Stephen Miller over their immigration crackdown.

Francis Cissna, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services; John Mitnick, a member of Homeland Security’s general counsel; and Claire Grady, Homeland Security’s undersecretary for management, are also reportedly on the chopping block.

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‘Profoundly sorry’ parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions case – Los Angeles Times
‘Profoundly sorry’ parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions case – Los Angeles Times

Singer then turned to UCLA, sending a fake athletic profile he had concocted in May 2016 to Ali Khosroshahin, a former USC women’s soccer coach, who passed it on to Jorge Salcedo, the former head men’s soccer coach at UCLA, prosecutors say. Khosroshahin and Salcedo have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering.

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Boeing’s 737 Max: 1960s Design, 1990s Computing Power and Paper Manuals – The New York Times
Boeing’s 737 Max: 1960s Design, 1990s Computing Power and Paper Manuals – The New York Times

A second electronic system found on other Boeing jets also alerts pilots to unusual or hazardous situations during flight and lays out recommended steps to resolve them.

On 737s, a light typically indicates the problem and pilots have to flip through their paper manuals to find next steps. In the doomed Indonesia flight, as the Lion Air pilots struggled with MCAS for control, the pilots consulted the manual moments before the jet plummeted into the Java Sea, killing all 189 people aboard.

“Meanwhile, I’m flying the jet,” said Mr. Tajer, the American Airlines 737 captain. “Versus, pop, it’s on your screen. It tells you, This is the problem and here’s the checklist that’s recommended.”

Boeing decided against adding it to the Max because it could have prompted regulators to require new pilot training, according to two former Boeing employees involved in the decision.

The Max also runs on a complex web of cables and pulleys that, when pilots pull back on the controls, transfer that movement to the tail. By comparison, Airbus jets and Boeing’s more modern aircraft, such as the 777 and 787, are “fly-by-wire,” meaning pilots’ movement of the flight controls is fed to a computer that directs the plane. The design allows for far more automation, including systems that prevent the jet from entering dangerous situations, such as flying too fast or too low. Some 737 pilots said they preferred the cable-and-pulley system to fly-by-wire because they believed it gave them more control.

In the recent crashes, investigators believe the MCAS malfunctioned and moved a tail flap called the stabilizer, tilting the plane toward the ground. On the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight, the pilots tried to combat the system by cutting power to the stabilizer’s motor, according to the preliminary crash report.

Once the power was cut, the pilots tried to regain control manually by turning a wheel next to their seat. The 737 is the last modern Boeing jet that uses a manual wheel as its backup system. But Boeing has long known that turning the wheel is difficult at high speeds, and may have required two pilots to work together.

In the final moments of the Ethiopian Airlines flight, the first officer said the method wasn’t working, according to the preliminary crash report. About 1 minute and 49 seconds later, the plane crashed, killing 157 people.

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Why some hard Brexiteers hate Theresa May, and why I disagree with them – Washington Examiner
Why some hard Brexiteers hate Theresa May, and why I disagree with them – Washington Examiner

I’ve received a number of emails from Britons who disagree with my rejection last week of the “traitor” label for British Prime Minister Theresa May. These emails offer insight into what motivates those who oppose May’s Brexit deal and her ongoing negotiations to get Brexit effected. The emailers want Brexit carried out without any associated framework deal.

First up is Jeff Wyatt, the gentleman who provoked my original article by calling May a traitor while live on Sky News. Wyatt, a member of the U.K. Independence Party, suggested that May’s mandate to effect Brexit has evaporated with her failure to effect Brexit on time. As he put it to me, “Our intransigent stubborn and deaf Prime Minister has had not one, not two but three huge defeats in the Commons and still she won’t do the honorable thing and simply leave the EU as our law permits nay instructs and go join the rest of the world as a free nation uncoupled by the failing economic and political project that is the EU.”

Yes, May’s mastery of the House of Commons has been less than ideal. Wyatt also pointed to one legal analysis that suggests May’s deal is inconsistent with Brexit referendum voter intent. But I am not alone in disagreeing with that analysis.

Another emailer, A.J. Clark, told me that “Brexit has also impinged on free speech with the British police advising people to tone down the Brexit rhetoric on social media.” Clark is correct in arguing that British speech laws are increasingly authoritarian.

Alexandra told me that Theresa May is “not working for the best interests of the UK but of Brussels as Brussels wants to keep the UK in the EU as it is to their trading and financial advantage.” I accept the contention that Brussels seeks Britain’s retained EU membership, but I believe Alexandra ignores those Brexit voters who wanted restored parliamentary sovereignty but not necessarily an end to preferential British trade access to the European single market.

The above emails were all interesting to read and consider. Still, other emails I received suggest that other hard-Brexit supporters prefer emotion to argument. One, from Nick, began, “Hey Mister, May is a traitor and has committed treason. What a fool you really are.”

Another, the ironically named Richard Braine, told me, “The crimes of William Joyce against the British people were less than those of Theresa May. Joyce was only a treasonous broadcaster, not a treasonous Prime Minister. He was executed.”

Joyce was a Nazi sympathizer who conspired to see his nation destroyed. May is a democratically mandated leader who is trying to manage the political interests of her country. Implying that May deserves to be tried and executed is just dumb. Indeed, it is sick. Braine also used his father as a proxy for his argument. “My 94-year-old father,” Braine told me, “risked his life for several years as a naval officer during WWII, including at D-day. He was fighting for Britain’s survival as an independent country. He voted Leave.”

That reference speaks to the ultimate issue here. Namely, that Brexit is tied up in deep questions of honor and national identity. And while I respect the right of individuals to say what they think — and should have made that clearer in my original article — I remain unconvinced that the Brexit vote was a mandate for a hard Brexit. I have no doubt that Braine’s father, like my Royal Air Force veteran grandfather, is a great Briton. But neither his service nor Braine’s viewpoint gives him the right to dictate the measure of Brexit.

Instead, the referendum and May’s office gives her the responsibility to see Brexit carried out. Assuming that the Brexit deal finally enacted restores parliamentary supremacy, I believe May deserves support. And seeing as the current Parliament cannot bind future Parliaments, that basic arrangement would ensure a future government could alter the terms of trade and free movement with Europe. If, that is, Britons voted to elect that government.

In short, Brexit is very open to interpretation.

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Devin Nunes sues McClatchy for alleged scheme to derail Clinton, Russia investigations – Washington Examiner
Devin Nunes sues McClatchy for alleged scheme to derail Clinton, Russia investigations – Washington Examiner

Rep. Devin Nunes has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the McClatchy Company for allegedly attempting to derail his investigations into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Russia.

A complaint says McClatchy and one its reporters, MacKenzie Mays, “schemed to defame [Nunes] and destroy his reputation.” The central purpose of this alleged scheme was to “interfere with [Nunes]’ Congressional investigation of corruption by the Clinton campaign and alleged ‘collusion’ between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.”

The complaint highlights a story by the Fresno Bee, a California newspaper owned by McClatchy, titled: “A yacht, cocaine, prostitutes: Winery partly owned by Nunes sued after fundraiser event.”

The way the article was written, the lawsuit said, gave the impression that Nunes was somehow involved in a 2015 party aboard a yacht where “25 of the Napa Valley-based [Alpha Omega Winery]’s top investors, all men — [who] were openly using what appeared to be cocaine and ‘drawing straws’ for which sex worker to hire.”

The complaint points to the headline, which describes the event as a fundraiser instead of a charity event, despite McClatchy’s knowledge that Nunes had nothing to do with the event.

“The McClatchy headline intentionally omitted the word ‘charity’ and labeled the event a ‘fundraiser’ in a clear effort to imply it was a political fundraising event that a politician like Congressman Nunes would naturally attend,” the complaint says. “Indeed, the entire purpose of every element of the Yacht/Cocaine/Prostitutes article – the headline, the photo, the film clips, and the text itself – is to link Nunes to an event that McClatchy actually knew before publication he had no involvement with.”

The complaint also alleges McClatchy coordinated in some way with Republican consultant Liz Mair, who is described as an opposition researcher. Mair was referred to in one McClatchy article as only a “political commentator” despite running Mair Strategies, an opposition research firm.

“McClatchy failed to inform readers of Mair’s employment with Mair Strategies, an opposition research company that, in Mair’s own words, ‘smears’ targets for paying clients,” the lawsuit alleges.

May, who was an investigative reporter for the Fresno Bee, is now a reporter for Politico covering education in California.

Appearing on Fox News after he filed the lawsuit Monday, Nunes said some of McClatchy’s reporters there were “the biggest perpetuators of the Russia hoax.”

“I’m serious. I’m coming to clean up all of the mess,” Nunes told host Sean Hannity. “So, if you’re out there and you lied and you defamed, we’re going to come after you.”

The McClatchy lawsuit is Nunes’ second in as many months. He filed a lawsuit last month against Twitter, which also named Mair as a defendant, seeking $250 million in compensatory damages for allegedly “shadow-banning conservatives” to impact the 2018 midterm elections and being defamatory against him.

“Remember, a few weeks ago I filed against Twitter, that they were censoring conservatives,” the California congressman said Monday.

In the March lawsuit, Nunes also listed the people behind the accounts “Devin Nunes’ Mom” and “Devin Nunes’ Cow” as defendants. The cow account went viral, ultimately getting more Twitter followers than Nunes.

Nunes served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee for four years before Democrats took control of the House this year. He is now ranking member of the panel.

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Here’s who could replace Kirstjen Nielsen at Homeland Security – Washington Examiner
Here’s who could replace Kirstjen Nielsen at Homeland Security – Washington Examiner

Amid a national emergency on the southern U.S. border, President Trump made two big changes at the Department of Homeland Security.

On Friday, the White House pulled the nomination of Ron Vitiello to be the permanent director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he served as the acting director of the agency since June 2018. A couple of days later, Trump fired DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, a move that took many by surprise but was widely welcomed by immigration hardliners.

On Monday, Nielsen told reporters she hopes to support Trump’s agenda from the outside, saying, “I share the president’s goal of securing the border.”

The concept of “securing the border” has been in dispute. The southern U.S. border has been far from secure for years. It’s one of the reasons why Trump is currently president as he ran on a policy platform of building a wall.

But matters have gotten so bad under Nielsen, in particular, Trump declared a national emergency in February 2019. Who could possibly be the next DHS secretary?

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, who was a three-term governor of Texas, is one of the top contenders for the position. However, he’s expressed skepticism that a physical border wall should be built, saying in 2011 during his presidential run, “If you build a 30-foot wall from El Paso to Brownsville, the 35-foot ladder business gets real good.” In 2016, Perry walked back that skepticism, embracing Trump’s proposal to build a wall.

It wouldn’t be shocking if Trump picks Perry. He was confirmed as energy secretary by the Senate, 62 to 37. So, there’s little concern from the White House that he can get confirmed this time around. But there are other potential nominees Trump could pick who might have a more difficult time.

Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state and longtime Trump ally, has been on the White House’s radar for some time, seeing as how he’s in lockstep with Trump on immigration, but his nomination would likely tank in the Senate. Then there’s Ken Cuccinelli, the former Virginia attorney general, who’s also been supportive of Trump but has few allies in the Republican-controlled Senate after demanding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell step down in 2017.

Of course, Kevin McAleenan, who is serving as the acting secretary of Homeland Security, jumping over as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, shouldn’t be ruled out as a permanent replacement. McAleenan carried out Trump’s “zero tolerance policy” for border crossings in the summer of 2018 that led to families being separated.

Like all things happening in the country, the buck stops with the president. Nielsen may not have met the expectations set out by immigration hardliners, but Trump is ultimately responsible for allowing the situation along the southern U.S. border to worsen.

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Here’s who could replace Kirstjen Nielsen at Homeland Security – Washington Examiner
Here’s who could replace Kirstjen Nielsen at Homeland Security – Washington Examiner

Amid a national emergency on the southern U.S. border, President Trump made two big changes at the Department of Homeland Security.

On Friday, the White House pulled the nomination of Ron Vitiello to be the permanent director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he served as the acting director of the agency since June 2018. A couple of days later, Trump fired DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, a move that took many by surprise but was widely welcomed by immigration hardliners.

On Monday, Nielsen told reporters she hopes to support Trump’s agenda from the outside, saying, “I share the president’s goal of securing the border.”

The concept of “securing the border” has been in dispute. The southern U.S. border has been far from secure for years. It’s one of the reasons why Trump is currently president as he ran on a policy platform of building a wall.

But matters have gotten so bad under Nielsen, in particular, Trump declared a national emergency in February 2019. Who could possibly be the next DHS secretary?

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, who was a three-term governor of Texas, is one of the top contenders for the position. However, he’s expressed skepticism that a physical border wall should be built, saying in 2011 during his presidential run, “If you build a 30-foot wall from El Paso to Brownsville, the 35-foot ladder business gets real good.” In 2016, Perry walked back that skepticism, embracing Trump’s proposal to build a wall.

It wouldn’t be shocking if Trump picks Perry. He was confirmed as energy secretary by the Senate, 62 to 37. So, there’s little concern from the White House that he can get confirmed this time around. But there are other potential nominees Trump could pick who might have a more difficult time.

Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state and longtime Trump ally, has been on the White House’s radar for some time, seeing as how he’s in lockstep with Trump on immigration, but his nomination would likely tank in the Senate. Then there’s Ken Cuccinelli, the former Virginia attorney general, who’s also been supportive of Trump but has few allies in the Republican-controlled Senate after demanding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell step down in 2017.

Of course, Kevin McAleenan, who is serving as the acting secretary of Homeland Security, jumping over as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, shouldn’t be ruled out as a permanent replacement. McAleenan carried out Trump’s “zero tolerance policy” for border crossings in the summer of 2018 that led to families being separated.

Like all things happening in the country, the buck stops with the president. Nielsen may not have met the expectations set out by immigration hardliners, but Trump is ultimately responsible for allowing the situation along the southern U.S. border to worsen.

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A single Twitter user showed just how easy it is to mislead anti-Trump politicians and media – Washington Examiner
A single Twitter user showed just how easy it is to mislead anti-Trump politicians and media – Washington Examiner

If you think only one political group in the United States is susceptible to the proliferation of political propaganda on social media, you are sorely mistaken.

Though it is true online disinformation campaigns have found a comfortable home in “MAGA” Land, the anti-Trump resistance is at least as gullible and ready to believe the worst of its enemies, as a single Twitter user demonstrated this weekend.

A person named Mark Elliott tweeted a C-SPAN video on April 5 with a caption that read, “[President Trump] on people asking for asylum ‘These aren’t people. These are animals.’”

The video included in the tweet showed Trump saying:

But everything about Elliott’s tweet is a lie, from its central claim right down to the implication that the video is from a recent White House event. First, Trump said no such thing about asylum seekers. He was speaking specifically about members of the brutal, barbaric Salvadoran gang MS-13, which is known for hacking its enemies to death with machetes. And the video is not even from this year. It is from 2018, back when the press first misreported that Trump had called immigrants “animals.”

None of this stopped Elliott’s tweet from going viral this weekend. More than 15,000 social media users have shared his “asylum” claim directly. Then, there are the those who have shared or commented on his tweet on their individual social media pages, including politically active celebrities, members of Congress, reporters at national newsrooms, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.

Between Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, disgraced former news anchor Dan Rather, and outspoken supermodel Chrissy Teigen, more than 80,000 people “learned” this weekend that the president may or may not have called asylum seekers “animals.” That number does not count the 15,000 who have retweeted Elliott’s tweet.

One amazing aspect of this story is just how willing allegedly thorough newsmen were to believe the supposed context provided by some guy named Mark Elliott. Few who commented on his tweet appear to have asked, “Is this really the context in which these remarks were made? Did the president really say this?” Mark Elliott’s say-so was apparently good enough for everybody.

And many of the people angrily commenting on it seem to have forgotten entirely that we had this exact same fight one year ago about these exact same comments pulled from this exact same White House video. Do they really not remember any of this?

So, there you have it: A person you have never heard of managed somehow to get mainstream reporters, celebrities with millions of followers, members of Congress, and presidential candidates to share a lie based on a year-old video that most of them had already seen. The fact that a single, intentionally dishonest tweet sparked a viral debate this weekend over comments that have already been litigated should scare you.

At this rate, the Russians and Chinese don’t even have to put in any effort sowing discord and distrust in the U.S. with targeted disinformation campaigns. Just put everyone on Twitter, and it’s all done for them.

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Felicity Huffman, 13 others to plead guilty in college admissions scandal – NBCNews.com
Felicity Huffman, 13 others to plead guilty in college admissions scandal – NBCNews.com

Actress Felicity Huffman is among 14 defendants in the college admissions scandal who are expected to plead guilty, according to the Department of Justice.

Huffman, who starred in the ABC hit “Desperate Housewives,” admitted to paying $15,000 to get her older daughter unlimited time for her SAT test and to have a proctor administer the test and correct the answers.

Huffman’s husband, William H. Macy, was not charged in the FBI investigation.

Huffman said in a statement Monday that she accepted full responsibility for her actions and would accept the consequences.

“I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community,” Huffman said. “I want to apologize to them and, especially, I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly.”

The actress also said that her daughter “knew absolutely nothing” about her deal with Singer and that she “betrayed” her child.

“This transgression toward her and the public I will carry for the rest of my life,” Huffman said.

The FBI probe exposed a network of wealthy parents who allegedly paid the scheme’s organizer, William Rick Singer, millions of dollars to boost their children’s chances of getting into selective colleges and universities such as Yale, Georgetown and Stanford.

Singer pleaded guilty last month to charges of racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of justice.

Huffman agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, according to federal prosecutors.

The maximum sentence for those charges is 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release and fines.

However, it is doubtful that since there were no other charges committed with the fraud and no violent crime involved that Huffman will spend anywhere near the 20 years in prison.

A plea hearing date has not yet been set.

Huffman appeared in court in Boston on Wednesday, along with fellow actress Lori Loughlin who is also charged in the scandal. Neither of the women entered pleas at that time and the separate appearances before the judge lasted only minutes.

Doha Madani is a breaking news reporter for NBC News. 

Tom Winter

Tom Winter is a producer and reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit based in New York, covering crime, courts, terrorism, and financial fraud on the East Coast.

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Trump is removing US Secret Service director – CNN
Trump is removing US Secret Service director – CNN

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