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A.M. Links: Puzder Withdraws as Labor Secretary Nominee, More Arrests in Death of Kim Jon Un's Half-Brother

Damon Root | 2.16.2017 9:00 AM

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    Andrew Puzder has withdrawn as labor secretary nominee. His Senate confirmation hearings had been scheduled to begin today.

  • "A months-long inquiry into contacts between Russian government officials and associates of President Trump's campaign and business interests will continue despite the firing of national security adviser Michael Flynn for misleading White House officials about his communication with Russia."
  • House Republicans are calling for a Justice Department investigation into the leaks that resulted in Michael Flynn's ouster.
  • Three people have been arrested in Indonesia in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jon Un's half-brother.
  • Restaurants, stores, and other businesses around the country will be closed today as part of the "Day Without Immigrants" protest.

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of three books, including A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books). His latest book is Emancipation War: The Fall of Slavery and the Coming of the Thirteenth Amendment (Potomac Books).

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