Here and ilhan omar was born in somalia but grew up here in the United States. He suggested nancy pelosi would be happy to arrange it. Nancy pelosi rejected what she calls the president s xenophobic comments and went on to criticize the raids happening today. Boris sanchez is at the white house tonight. Theres little doubt who the president s tweet was referring to. Why target them . President trump is trying to exploit a rift in the democratic party. These four progressive members have been critical of House Speaker nancy pelosi, specifically saying that she caved to the administration with the passage of this immigration funding bill last week. Pelosi has been frustrated with their use of social media, believing they are often too critical of other democrats. But the president s tweet appears to have backfired. These two sides now apparently refocused on their common enemy. And thats President Trump. Omar posting this tweet. She writes, you are stoking White Nationalism because you a
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. President trump on defense unloading at the white house as another cabinet secretary leaves the administration under the shadow of scandal, this time labor secretary alex acosta claiming hes leaving willingly to he is not a distraction but privately President Trump was stewing over the unwanted attention to the Trump Administration and the president was worried about the steady stream of revelations to come involving the 2008 plea deal acosta brokers with wellconnected multimillionaire and accused child rapist jeffreyef steen. And President Trump went from praising acosta to questioning why the victims had not been notified about that plea agreement ahead of time as mandated by law. And that is a key request many of us have been asking and a federal judge in february found should have been done. Ruling that acosta broke the law. As Kaitlan Collins reports, the exit comes as President Trump is weighing whether another
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Maria Macario pauses as she talks about her family during an interview at the First Parish church, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Bedford, Mass. For three years, Macario has been too afraid to leave the confines of the church, which she moved in to avoid deportation, spending most of her time in a converted Sunday school classroom stocked with a hot plate, mini-fridge, TV and single bed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
BEDFORD, Mass. – For over three years, Maria Macario has been too afraid to leave the white steepled First Parish church just outside Boston.