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Delhi: The political heat-wave is causing serious damages
He understood people wanted the system to change, and they would like him to be the agent of that c…
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Former top Homeland Security official is leaving the Trump administration
"Elaine has selflessly served the federal government for three decades, and this Department for mor…
David Choi
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is the latest Trump administration official to resign in the wake of the violent Capitol siege by the president's supporters
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao are two re…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Top defense intelligence official and former SEAL Team 6 commander walks off the job amid post-election Pentagon purge
Both the Pentagon's top intelligence and policy officials resigned Tuesday, just one day after Pres…
Ryan Pickrell
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Taking the reins at the Pentagon, the new defense chief sets his sights on China
Shanahan has, according to other officials, been a driving force for the Department of Defense's to…
Ryan Pickrell,Associated Press
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Government watchdog says Trump's acting homeland security chief is not legally eligible to serve in the role
Trump has repeatedly appointed people to top government roles in an acting capacity, bypassing the …
John Haltiwanger
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Trump says he's nominating Chad Wolf to be DHS chief after a government watchdog said he was serving illegally
The acting DHS chief in July said he did not need an invitation from local leaders to send federal …
John Haltiwanger
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Democrats call out Trump's defense secretary for not committing to keep the US military out of the election
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has been more direct in his answers, saying …
Ryan Pickrell
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Stephen Miller tried to engineer another shakeup at Homeland Security just weeks after he urged Trump to fire Kirstjen Nielsen. The new acting secretary shut him down.
McAleenan was not happy with what Miller did and considered leaving his position on Thursday, accor…
David Choi
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Trump is running his administration like it's 'The Apprentice,' with over a dozen people in 'acting' status at top positions who could go at any time
"The Constitution is quite clear that the Senate is supposed to play a role-'advice and consent'-in…
John Haltiwanger
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How the Navy's response to an aircraft carrier's coronavirus outbreak spiraled out of control and led Trump's top Navy official to resign
Modly's chief of staff called Crozier to "to ensure he had all the resources necessary for the heal…
Ryan Pickrell
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Betsy DeVos is under investigation for potentially violating the Hatch Act when she slammed Joe Biden in a Fox News interview
"Today he's turned his back on the kids ... in favor of the teachers union ... and what they have t…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Stephanie Grisham says Hatch Act violations were a 'joke' in the Trump White House
"The president used to say to us, 'You know who's in charge of the Hatch Act? It's me. Go ahead, sa…
John L. Dorman
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13 Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, according to a federal investigation led by a Trump appointee
A watchdog report found that former President Trump created a "taxpayer-funded campaign apparatus w…
Bryan Metzger
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John Kelly reportedly pressured the Homeland Security chief to end Honduran immigrants' protected status
Duke ultimately decided to end the status for Nicaraguans, who now have until January to change the…
Christopher Woody
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Trump is forcing out Defense Secretary James Mattis by New Year's
Mattis announced his resignation from the Defense Department on Thursday over President Trump's dec…
Jacob Shamsian
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Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf resigns after the Capitol siege
Wolf is the third Cabinet secretary to leave the Trump administration after the president incited a…