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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's chosen Alexander Acosta to be labor secretary — a day after Trump's first nominee, fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, withdrew when he lost support among Republican senators. Trump told a White House news conference that he believes Acosta will be "tremendous" in the Cabinet job. Acosta is dean of the Florida International University law school, has a law degree from Harvard and is a former member of the National Labor Relations Board. Puzder pulled out after it was revealed that he once employed a housekeeper who was not authorized to work in the U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The evidence may suggest otherwise -- but President Donald Trump claims his administration is running like "a fine-tuned machine." Trump told a White House news conference that he turns on the TV and opens the newspapers and sees "stories of chaos." He says the truth is that "it is the exact opposite." Trump's comments come amid a period of apparent dysfunction at the White House marked by leaks, division and a couple of high-profile exits.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump sees it, the "press is out of control." At a White House news conference, he said the "level of dishonesty is out of control," and that he'll take his message "straight to the people." Trump's criticism of the media has grown amid reports that members of his administration had associations or communications with the Russian government.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has asked the co-founder of a New York-based equity fund to lead a review of the intelligence community. A senior White House official says Stephen Feinberg of Cerberus Capital Management has been asked to head a review of the various intelligence agencies and make recommendations on improvements. President Donald Trump has been highly critical of the intelligence community amid leaks that led to revelations about associations and conversations with Russia by some senior members of his staff.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California man has pleaded guilty to providing the high-powered rifles used to kill 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack. The plea agreement between 25-year-old Enrique Marquez Jr. and prosecutors was accepted today by a federal judge in Riverside, California. In addition to providing material support to terrorists, Marquez also pleaded guilty to conspiring with one of the San Bernardino shooters in plots for mass killings that were never carried out.
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