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The TAKE with Rick Klein It counts as a slow week when only one Cabinet secretary is ousted, just days after an adult-film star goes on television to allege an affair with the president. The replacement of David Shulkin as Veterans Affairs secretary might barely merit a footnote in this month of uncommon turbulence

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Herbie Ziskend’s baseball glove won’t make it into Barack Obama’s presidential library.

After Ingraham made fun of David Hogg’s college rejections, he compiled a list of 12 companies and encouraged the advertisers to pull out.   The attorney general said Thursday a senior federal prosecutor, Utah’s US attorney John Huber, is continuing to evaluate ‘‘certain issues.’’  Daniels can’t have a jury trial or question the president under oath because the request is premature, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Thursday.  In Ohio to promote his infrastructure plan, President Trump delivered his thoughts on a variety of topics, from the midterm elections to his North Korea talks.

After Ingraham made fun of David Hogg’s college rejections, he compiled a list of 12 companies and encouraged the advertisers to pull out.   The attorney general said Thursday a senior federal prosecutor, Utah’s US attorney John Huber, is continuing to evaluate ‘‘certain issues.’’  Daniels can’t have a jury trial or question the president under oath because the request is premature, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Thursday.  In Ohio to promote his infrastructure plan, President Trump delivered his thoughts on a variety of topics, from the midterm elections to his North Korea talks.

After Ingraham made fun of David Hogg’s college rejections, he compiled a list of 12 companies and encouraged the advertisers to pull out.   The attorney general said Thursday a senior federal prosecutor, Utah’s US attorney John Huber, is continuing to evaluate ‘‘certain issues.’’  Daniels can’t have a jury trial or question the president under oath because the request is premature, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Thursday.  In Ohio to promote his infrastructure plan, President Trump delivered his thoughts on a variety of topics, from the midterm elections to his North Korea talks.

MORE’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a Navy doctor with no experience leading a federal bureaucracy. Both the Republican chairman and the Democratic ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee said only that they look forward to meeting Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson. Several veterans groups expressed some concern about Jackson’s qualifications, but did not immediately oppose him, saying that questions need to be answered during the confirmation process. “We look forward to understanding more about the qualifications of Admiral Ronny L.

The White House vowed Thursday to "deal with" Russia's decision this week to expel dozens of American diplomats, declaring the move a "further deterioration" in relations between the two countries. "reserve the right to respond" to the move. Exactly what action the U.S. could take to push back on the latest move from Russia is unclear.

Several conservative GOP lawmakers on Thursday reaffirmed their demand for a second special counsel to investigate alleged surveillance abuses at the Justice Department. Reps.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham apologized Thursday over a critical tweet she sent out the day before about a Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor, as at least nine advertisers pulled their spots from her program. After mocking Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student He later tweeted out a list of Ingraham's advertisers, directing people to contact those companies. Hogg and fellow classmates have become the subjects of fierce criticism on the right.