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WASHINGTON — In his six months as Homeland Security secretary, John F. Kelly often described the White House as one of the most dysfunctional organizations he had ever seen, complained to colleagues and allies about its meddling, incompetence and recklessness, and was once so angry he briefly considered quitting. Now as President Trump’s chief of staff, he is doing something about it — with a suddenness and force that have upended the West Wing. Mr. Kelly cuts off rambling advisers midsentence. He listens in on conversations between cabinet secretaries and the president.

WASHINGTON — In his six months as Homeland Security secretary, John F. Kelly often described the White House as one of the most dysfunctional organizations he had ever seen, complained to colleagues and allies about its meddling, incompetence and recklessness, and was once so angry he briefly considered quitting. Now as President Trump’s chief of staff, he is doing something about it — with a suddenness and force that have upended the West Wing. Mr. Kelly cuts off rambling advisers midsentence. He listens in on conversations between cabinet secretaries and the president.

The New York Times story published on Tuesday cited an "internal announcement to the ABC News' Mike Levine contributed to this report.

Newly appointed White House chief of staff Jeff Sessions on Saturday to reassure him about his job security, a senior level source familiar with the situation told ABC News. The Associated Press first reported on the conversation between Kelly and Sessions, on Wednesday.

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President Capitol Hill to present the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act. The bill aims to prioritize workers’ skills over family ties and would be the “most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century,” Trump said. The goal of the bill is to knock down the number of authorized immigrants to the U.S.

The White House said today that it was unaware of a grand jury being impaneled in the Russia investigation, but pledged cooperation in the probe. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of the grand jury.

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