| Tillerson fired: Why top diplomat was never a good fit with disruptor-in-chief Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:08 PM PDT ![Tillerson fired: Why top diplomat was never a good fit with disruptor-in-chief]( "Tillerson fired: Why top diplomat was never a good fit with disruptor-in-chief") In the end, Rex Tillerson was simply not enough of a disruptor to last as President Trump's secretary of State. Time and again over the course of Mr. Trump's first year in office, his chief diplomat sounded a cautious and conventional note on foreign policy matters that the president had chosen as issues on which he could stand apart from the traditional approach to American statecraft. The president who came into office on an anti-establishment wave seems to have realized fairly quickly that he had picked a solidly establishment secretary of State. But it wasn't until Tuesday, a little over a year into his presidency, that Trump announced that Mr. Tillerson was out – to be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
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| For suburban GOP lawmakers, new pressure on guns Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:09 AM PDT ![For suburban GOP lawmakers, new pressure on guns]( "For suburban GOP lawmakers, new pressure on guns") Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman (R) is used to tough campaigns. Mrs. Clinton, in fact, beat President Trump in the district by 9 points – almost the same margin by which Representative Coffman beat his last Democratic challenger. Emotional participants confronted Coffman repeatedly over his stance on gun-control legislation and whether he would continue to accept campaign donations from the National Rifle Association.
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| Take the taint out of March Madness Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:04 AM PDT ![Take the taint out of March Madness]( "Take the taint out of March Madness") For some time the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been looking into illegal payments made to college basketball players and their families. By one estimate at least 50 college basketball programs eventually may be found to be compromised. To players interested in receiving a college education, an athletic scholarship does offer a sizable financial enticement.
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| Serving time with Mom in prison: cruel sentence, or a child's right? Posted: 13 Mar 2018 08:21 AM PDT ![Serving time with Mom in prison: cruel sentence, or a child's right?]( "Serving time with Mom in prison: cruel sentence, or a child's right?") From the pint-sized toilets to the colorful bedrooms and backyard filled with overturned tricycles, there's no question children live here. What's less obvious is that the 38 babies and toddlers bunking with their mothers at the Vilma Curling Rivera Institutional Service Center are in prison.
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