Chief Trump Adviser Cohn Resigns | Justice Department Sues California

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Source: Getty](5a9fc851edaa4ea373f54365:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a8a0d1c9/c2f3153449fb5581db47d5a2fbe647ae/-8/) [White House Economic Adviser Gary Cohn to Resign](5a9fc851edaa4ea373f54365:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/092b86d3/6bce185d84c63d81ef2d6c25becfced9/-8/) Beware the wrath of Cohn. Markets rattled as the Wall Street titan said he’ll leave President Donald Trump’s team in the coming weeks after his [free trade](5a9fc851edaa4ea373f54365:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d50865d6/89cd72342f5f5860420e0c5fe433d84b/-8/) agenda took a blow with Trump’s announcement of high new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Cohn nearly resigned before, after Trump’s infamous comments about white nationalist protests in Charlottesville last August, but he was persuaded to stay and is credited with helping push the Republicans’ $1.5 trillion tax bill last year. Campaign adviser Larry Kudlow has been floated as a possible replacement. 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But now the Trump administration is suing the state, claiming the statutes obstruct federal [immigrationÂ](5a9fc851edaa4ea373f54365:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6aaa691c/2dcf6720c35539cf045b65ae15c6b04a/-8/)policy. Gov. Jerry Brown called the suit a “stunt” — but it’s also seen as a warning to other states pursuing similar legislation to derail the administration’s crackdown on immigrants. 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Pyongyang hasn’t confirmed or denied those terms yet, but U.S. officials expressed cautious optimism. Meanwhile, the State Department issued new sanctions against North Korea, echoing Malaysia’s year-old conclusion that Pyongyang used chemical weapon VX, a nerve agent, to murder Kim’s half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, in February 2017. 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The violence began Saturday, reportedly when a taxi carrying four Muslims collided with a van driven by a Sinhalese [Buddhist](5a9fc851edaa4ea373f54365:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a69b9ddb/ed83fa537f02aeaac8959412a2ca9bb9/-8/), who was beaten and died in the hospital. The four men were arrested, but scores of houses, shops and mosques have been burned and at least one man has died as government officials call for calm. 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