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  1. 21st July 2017, 04:40 #1
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    Default Trump attacks his own Justice Department in Times interview

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    Trump denounced nearly every top official involved in the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US elections.

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    Default Trump, targeting special counsel, bashes his own Justice Department

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    The bizarre spectacle of a president publicly humiliating his top law enforcement official is the latest expression of a political conflict within the state that is tearing apart Trump’s own administration.

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    Default Trump shifts retired Marine general from Homeland Security to replace fired White Hou

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    With the elevation of fellow Wall Street oligarch Scaramucci and General Kelly to top White House positions, Trump is seeking to give his administration a more directly Bonapartist character.

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    Default White House shakeup: A further step toward authoritarian rule

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    The installation of retired Marine General John Kelly as White House chief of staff is part of a broader turn by President Trump to the military and police apparatus.

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    Default White House upheaval continues as General Kelly takes the reins

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    The retired Marine general’s first action as White House chief of staff was to fire Anthony Scaramucci, hired by Trump less than two weeks ago as communications director.

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    Default How the Trump Administration Broke the State Department

    Morale has hit rock bottom at Foggy Bottom, as American foreign service officers languish and Rex Tillerson builds a mini-empire.


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