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SFGATE: Trump may replace VA secretary with Rick Perry

Trump may replace VA secretary with Rick Perry Published on March 14, 2018 at 02:51AM by WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin (all times local): 5:45 p.m. President Donald Trump is considering replacing embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with Energy Secretary Rick Perry. A source familiar with the White House discussions tells The Associated Press that Trump has floated the notion of the Cabinet reshuffle as a way to right the ship at the VA, believing Shulkin has become a distraction to the department's work. The source was not authorized to discuss internal deliberations. Shulkin has faced several investigations over his travel and leadership of the department, but until now has received praise from the president for his work to turn around the department.
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SFGATE: Trump bashes California, Brown, Schaaf in San Diego visit

Trump bashes California, Brown, Schaaf in San Diego visit Published on March 14, 2018 at 02:24AM by By John Wildermuth President Trump used his first official visit to California to talk up his planned border wall and slam both Gov. Jerry Brown and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for “putting the entire nation at risk” and becoming “the best friend of criminals” for their support of sanctuary policies for undocumented residents. When Schaaf issued a public warning last month of potential Bay Area immigration raids, it “was a disgrace to our nation,” Trump said Tuesday as he spoke to reporters at the border in San Diego.
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SFGATE: ICE changes stance after spokesman quits in protest

ICE changes stance after spokesman quits in protest Published on March 14, 2018 at 01:41AM by By Hamed Aleaziz U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Tuesday that they “can’t put a number on how many targets avoided arrest” because of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s public warning before an operation, confirming the complaints of an ICE spokesman who resigned over what he saw as false assertions by officials. ICE’s spokesman in San Francisco, James Schwab, told The Chronicle Monday that he quit in frustration over statements by ICE chief Thomas Homan and Attorney General Jeff Sessions that 800 people had eluded the agency due to Schaaf. Schwab said that based on his understanding, the number had to be far lower. The Mayor’s Feb.
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SFGATE: Republican on House panel: 'We've lost all credibility' on Russia

Republican on House panel: 'We've lost all credibility' on Russia Published on March 13, 2018 at 08:56PM by Avi Selk, The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Rep. Thomas Rooney, R-Fla., went on CNN on Monday night with the intention of defending a draft report written by his fellow Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee - who announced earlier in the day that they had found no evidence that President Trump's campaign had conspired with Russia and did not believe that Russia had even tried to help Trump get elected. The report has been disowned by Democrats on the panel, who say it ignores evidence of collusion, contradicts CIA and FBI assessments and undermines a special counsel's ongoing investigation into whether Trump's campaign worked with Russia during the 2016 election. So it could have used Rooney's defense.
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SFGATE: Trump tours border wall prototypes in San Diego amid protests

Trump tours border wall prototypes in San Diego amid protests Published on March 14, 2018 at 12:48AM by By JULIE WATSON and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived in California on Tuesday to view prototypes for his "big beautiful border wall" amid protests and growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement. Chanting "No ban! No wall!" demonstrators were cheered on by honking cars and buses at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego, the nation's busiest border crossing. Trump's visit coincided with an escalating war of words between his administration and the liberal state, which Democrat Hillary Clinton easily carried in the 2016 presidential election. California officials have defiantly refused to help federal agents detain and deport immigrants in the U.S.
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SFGATE: Anti-wall crowd shouts at border crossing for Trump visit

Anti-wall crowd shouts at border crossing for Trump visit Published on March 14, 2018 at 12:47AM by By JULIE WATSON and ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — About 100 demonstrators protested President Donald Trump's proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall Tuesday, shouting and holding signs at the busiest U.S. border crossing before he inspects prototypes intended to guide future construction. Protesters chanted, "No ban! No wall!" near the San Ysidro border crossing, where tens of thousands of people enter the U.S. daily from Tijuana, Mexico, many on their way to work or school in San Diego. Drivers honked as a show of support.
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SFGATE: Trump lands in San Diego to view wall prototypes

Trump lands in San Diego to view wall prototypes Published on March 13, 2018 at 11:55PM by SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to California to view border wall prototypes (all times local): 11:55 a.m. President Donald Trump has arrived in San Diego, where he'll be touring the prototypes for his stalled border wall. It's his first visit to California as president. Eight 30-foot-tall prototypes have been erected near the Mexican border to serve as models for the wall Trump wants to build. The visit comes as Trump and his administration have voiced increasing anger at California's refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Trump's Justice Department last week sued the state over three of its immigration laws.
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SFGATE: How the last five days of Tillerson's tenure played out

How the last five days of Tillerson's tenure played out Published on March 13, 2018 at 08:52PM by Philip Bump, The Washington Post Thursday, March 8 When the biggest diplomatic move of President Donald Trump's administration to date was announced, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Ethiopia. Tillerson had just arrived on the African continent Thursday for a multiday trip when a delegation from South Korea arrived at the White House to discuss recent negotiations with North Korea. They were there to meet with top aides to the president, but Trump himself intervened, inviting them into the Oval Office. There, he was told that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was open to discussions with the United States, and Trump, without hesitation, agreed.
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SFGATE: No one was more surprised Tillerson was fired than Tillerson

No one was more surprised Tillerson was fired than Tillerson Published on March 13, 2018 at 07:48PM by Anne Gearan and Carol Morello, The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Rex Wayne Tillerson spent a tumultuous year at the helm of the State Department, frequently undercut by the president he disagreed with on key foreign policy issues and derided by many of his employees who blamed him for marginalizing their role and diplomacy itself. But after months of denying he intended to resign, Tillerson was ousted Tuesday just as he seemed to be hitting his diplomatic stride. In recent weeks, he grew even more outspoken in his criticism of Russia, more confident that his patient pressure on North Korea was bearing fruit and seemingly more comfortable that he would outlast his many critics in the West Wing. In the end, no one was more surprised that Tillerson was fired than Tillerson himself.
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SFGATE: Trump fires WH assistant, who promptly rejoins Trump's campaign

Trump fires WH assistant, who promptly rejoins Trump's campaign Published on March 13, 2018 at 08:27PM by David Nakamura, The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has fired his White House personal assistant John McEntee, who had been with the president since early in his campaign, an administration official confirmed Tuesday. The president's campaign then announced McEntee will rejoin the campaign as a senior adviser of operations. McEntee is the latest in a series of departures by West Wing officials, including communications director Hope Hicks and staff secretary Rob Porter. It was not clear why McEntee was let go. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the firing, citing an unspecified security issue. Trump has had a record rate of turnover in his senior staff.
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SFGATE: Trump's personal aide exits White House, will join campaign

Trump's personal aide exits White House, will join campaign Published on March 13, 2018 at 07:15PM by WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's personal aide is leaving the White House and will rejoin his campaign. John McEntee served as the president's personal assistant. He was one of a shrinking group of campaign aides still working in the turbulent West Wing. Trump's 2020 Republican campaign announced Tuesday that he will serve as a senior adviser for campaign operations. Trump's White House has seen a rash of exits recently. Trump announced Tuesday that he had ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn left recently amid internal debate over Trump's plans for tariffs.
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SFGATE: House GOP report says no collusion between Trump and Russia

House GOP report says no collusion between Trump and Russia Published on March 13, 2018 at 07:44PM by By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have completed a draft report concluding there was no collusion or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, a finding that pleased the White House but enraged Democrats who were expected to see the document for the first time on Tuesday. After a yearlong investigation, Texas Rep. Mike Conaway announced Monday that the committee has finished interviewing witnesses and will now share the report with Democrats. Conaway is the Republican leading the House probe, one of several investigations on Russian meddling in the 2016 elections.
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Running a Real-Time Simulation of Go-No-Go for Apollo 17

Not everyone gets to become a part of history, but mathematician Billie Robertson is one of the lucky ones. In this image taken on Nov. 27, 1972, she was running a real-time simulation of Translunar Injection (TLI) Go-No-Go for the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. from NASA http://ift.tt/2FS6VIG
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SFGATE: The Latest: Trump never told Tillerson why he's fired

The Latest: Trump never told Tillerson why he's fired Published on March 13, 2018 at 06:36PM by WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (all times local): 9:20 a.m. A top State Department official says President Donald Trump never explained to ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson the reason why he was fired. The undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, Steve Goldstein, says Tillerson "had every intention of staying" in the job because he felt he was making critical progress in national security. Two White House officials said Tillerson was told he was out on Friday. The sources weren't authorized to speak publicly and demanded anonymity. But Goldstein says Tillerson "did not speak to the president and is unaware of the reason.
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SFGATE: Trump ousts Tillerson as secy of state, CIA's Pompeo to take over

Trump ousts Tillerson as secy of state, CIA's Pompeo to take over Published on March 13, 2018 at 05:46PM by Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker, The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, orchestrating a major change to his national security team amid delicate negotiations with North Korea, White House officials said Tuesday. Trump last Friday asked Tillerson to step aside, and the embattled top diplomat cut short his trip to Africa on Monday to return to Washington. Pompeo will replace him at the State Department, and Gina Hapsel - the deputy director at the CIA - will succeed him at the CIA, becoming the first woman to run the spy agency, if confirmed. In a statement issued to The Washington Post, Trump praised both Pompeo and Haspel.
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SFGATE: SFPD releases video of fatal shooting of man in Mission District

SFPD releases video of fatal shooting of man in Mission District Published on March 13, 2018 at 10:30AM by By Evan Sernoffsky Ten San Francisco police officers fired 99 times at an armed robbery suspect, killing him in the trunk of a car in the city’s Mission District after he fired first on police, department officials said during a boisterous town hall meeting Monday. More than 200 people packed into the gymnasium at Cesar Chavez Elementary School, many shouting at police in outrage over the killing of 19-year-old Jesus Delgado Duarte shortly after 10:30 p.m. last Tuesday. The Police Department played five videos during the meeting before releasing nine more videos online, showing the lead up to the fatal encounter, the shooting and its aftermath.
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