Article snippet: President Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — by tweet — escalating the administration’s chaotic second-year shake-up. Mike Pompeo’s past comments are again triggering concern among Muslims after President Trump named him on Tuesday as his pick to take over the State Department. Despite persistent rumors that Trump was set to fire Tillerson at different points throughout his tenure, most recently in December, the president didn’t do it until now. When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was abruptly fired by President Trump, it was shocking but, at the same time, not unexpected. Michael A. Cohen One would be hard-pressed to identify a single notable diplomatic accomplishment that Tillerson has achieved. The Whitman Republican who is now running for the US Senate was a registered Democrat as recently as a decade ago. Caroline Beresford, deputy head of mission in Washington, later deleted the tweets. Capital Source State Senator Eileen Donoghue ended weeks of speculation Tuesday, confirming she’s applied to be her hometown’s next city manager. President Trump is considering replacing embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Capital Source The Whitman Republican who is now running for the US Senate was a registered Democrat as recently as a decade ago. <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is ... Link to the full article to read more