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US-Canada Trade FACTS

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Canada's ambassador to the United States pushed back on Trump's claims on trade between the two countries:

Betsy Woodruff | Trump's Lawyers Take Aim at Mueller

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17 March 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SO FAR TODAY, "2" DONATIONS, "$25." - We are way behind for March and right now we have nothing coming in. The situation is quite serious and we sincerely need assistance. We love our small donors but we need a few larger ones too. Very important now. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Betsy Woodruff | Trump's Lawyers Take Aim at Mueller  Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast Woodruff writes: "President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, told The Daily Beast on Saturday morning that he hopes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will shut down Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's election interference." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

The 5-Minute Fix: Why is Trump firing everybody?

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Democracy Dies in Darkness Keeping up with politics is easy now   By Amber Phillips He fired his secretary of state via Twitter on Tuesday. On Thursday,  we learned he's decided to remove his national security adviser , H.R. McMaster. Any number of Cabinet secretaries are on the chopping block (mostly due to  self-inflicted ethical issues ). What's going on? Why is President Trump firing seemingly everyone? A few dynamics are at play here: 1. Trump is firing people he doesn't like or agree with:  And he's surrounding himself with people he does like or hopes will agree with him. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got swapped for one of Trump's closest confidantes, CIA Director Mike Pompeo. McMaster could get replaced by TV personality John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who frequently goes on Fox News to defend Trump. (Trump is considering lots of TV personalities, btw.) The problem with...