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In a series of posts, Trump announced that he would be replacing McAleenan next week after the former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner had served as head of DHS since April. Trump wrote: “Congratulations Kevin, on a job well done,” Trump continued. “I will be announcing the new Acting Secretary next week.

The impeachment inquiry into President Trump over his pressure on Ukraine to conduct an investigation into a political rival, former vice president Joe Biden, is moving rapidly, and developments are coming to light at all hours. Here’s a summary of what you might have missed, and what’s expected to happen next. Here’s what happened Thursday and overnight: ■  Two associates of Rudy Giuliani were arrested at Dulles International Airport as they allegedly tried to flee the country with one-way tickets.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s financial records must be turned over to the House of Representatives. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that lawmakers should get the documents they have subpoenaed from Mazars USA. The firm has provided accounting services to Trump. Trump went to court to prevent Mazars from turning over the records. He could appeal to the Supreme Court. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform subpoenaed records from Mazars in April.

President Trump’s rally Thursday night in Minneapolis was several things: very long, occasionally profane, and decidedly not “Minnesota nice.” Trump spoke for more than 90 minutes before a crowd of supporters inside the Target Center, railing against Democrats, the media, Somali refugees, and polls as protesters gathered outside.

WASHINGTON — The State Department’s request went in early March to Marie Yovanovitch, a longtime diplomat who had served six presidents: Would she extend her term as ambassador to Ukraine, scheduled to end in August, into 2020? Less than two months later came another departmental communiqué: Get “on the next plane” to Washington. Her ambassadorship was over. How and why Yovanovitch was removed from her job has emerged as a major focus of the impeachment inquiry being conducted by House Democrats.

MORE who were arrested on campaign finance charges, but acknowledged he may have been photographed with them at some point. “I don’t know those gentleman. Now, it’s possible I have a picture with them because I have a picture with everybody,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. “I don’t know them, I don’t know about them, I don’t know what they do,” Trump added. “I don’t know, maybe they were clients of Rudy’s.

Two associates of MORE’s personal lawyer. The Ukraine-born businessmen, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were arrested late Wednesday at Dulles International Airport with one-way international tickets. Parnas and Fruman, who are both U.S.