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    <em>The Atlantic </em>Politics &amp; Policy<em> </em>Daily: Department of Job Insecurity

    Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned and Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles was ousted, within 24 hours. Plus: Kamala Harris takes her shot.
    by Olivia Paschal Apr 08, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Jacquelyn Martin / AP

    What We’re Following Today

    It’s Monday, April 8.

    The Department of Homeland Security has lost two of its top officials in just two days. Today, Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles was ousted, and on Sunday Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned, reportedly under pressure from Donald Trump. The child-separation policy enacted during Nielsen’s tenure shows that not even career bureaucrats can writes David A. Graham. “Her tenure is the plainest example yet of the futility of trying to restrain Trump from inside—and the personal cost

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