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A close watch on Trump’s Cabinet, Republican dissent in Congress, how to verify refugees’ stories, and more
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What We’re Following

Cabinet Watch: Less than a week after he fired Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, several reports indicate that President Trump is planning to replace his national-security adviser, H.R. McMaster, but the White House says no immediate changes are planned. Meanwhile, writes Peter Beinart, Trump’s choice of Mike Pompeo as the new secretary of state could mean moderate-Republican foreign policy is on its way out, and that a leader with a worrying history of statements about Muslims is on his way in.

In the month since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killed 17 people, ’s Elaina Plott has talked to multiple Republican members of Congress who are dissatisfied with —and whose desire for action could cause new rifts in the party. For her part, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has an impressive record of mobilizing Democrats to unite behind (or against) legislation. Yet many of her colleagues hope to replace her.

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