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The TAKE with Rick Klein The waters of the swamp are rising around Scott Pruitt.

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Capital Source State Senator Joseph Boncore will not run for Suffolk district attorney. Neither will City Councilor Michael Flaherty.  Capital Source Alex Goldstein was press secretary for Deval Patrick during his 2010 gubernatorial campaign.  Herbie Ziskend’s baseball glove won’t make it into Barack Obama’s presidential library.

The head of Homeland Security said some troops could begin arriving as soon as Wednesday night, though other officials cautioned that details were still being worked out.  As President Trump insisted it’s time for American troops to return home, the White House offered no firm timeline for a withdrawal.

The head of Homeland Security said some troops could begin arriving as soon as Wednesday night, though other officials cautioned that details were still being worked out.  As President Trump insisted it’s time for American troops to return home, the White House offered no firm timeline for a withdrawal.

The head of Homeland Security said some troops could begin arriving as soon as Wednesday night, though other officials cautioned that details were still being worked out.  As President Trump insisted it’s time for American troops to return home, the White House offered no firm timeline for a withdrawal.

Police on Tuesday said they responded to an active shooter at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif. San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini said they were still investigating the incident, but they found a woman dead with a "self-inflicted" wound that they "believe is the shooter." He added that four others had been wounded and had been sent to the hospital. "We have four victims who have all been transported for gunshot-related injuries," Barberini said.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator the Washington Examiner. “It’s toxic here in that regard,” Pruitt added. “This president’s courage and commitment to make those things happen and him empowering his teammates in each of these respective agencies to say, 'go forth and get results and get accountability,' it’s happening. It’s happening here, it’s happening elsewhere. And do I think that is something that some folks don’t like? Absolutely. And do I think they’ll use any means to [stop] it? Absolutely.

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Dutch lawyer Alex van der Zwaan to 30 days in prison for lying to federal investigators in the first criminal sentence to result from special counsel MORE's investigation. Van der Zwaan, who was also ordered to pay $20,000 in fines, pleaded guilty in late February to making “materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations” to the special counsel’s office and FBI agents.  According to the indictment, van der Zwaan lied about his contacts with Trump campaign official Richard Gates and a Ukraine-based busin

MORE said Tuesday he wants to deploy U.S.