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John Kelly may leave after clashing with the first lady Melania Trump: NBC News

• President Donald Trump's chief of staff John Kelly may be out of his job soon as a result of a conflict with first lady Melania Trump and other people in the White House, seven sources have told NBC News.
• Nick Ayers, Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, is being considered for the job among other candidates, three of the sources told NBC.
• NBC's report followed a slew of news that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen may be on her way out, too.

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly attends a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 16, 2018 in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump's chief of staff John Kelly may be out of his job soon as a result of a conflict with first lady Melania Trump and other people in the White House, seven sources have told NBC News.

Nick Ayers, Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, is being considered for the job among other candidates, three of the sources told NBC.

Two White House officials told NBC that Melania Trump had told the president earlier in 2018 that Kelly had repeatedly turned down requests to promote some of her aides, even as Kelly's staff received promotions. Trump reportedly directed Kelly to approve the first lady's requests after learning of the disputes.

Melania Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on NBC's story.

That report followed a slew of news that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen may be on her way out, too.

The secretary's potential forthcoming departure was reported a week after the midterm elections and days after the forced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

But multiple outlets reported recently that Trump was planning a staff shakeup that would lead to both Nielsen and Kelly being removed.

"The Secretary is honored to lead the men and women of DHS and is committed to implementing the President's security-focused agenda to protect Americans from all threats and will continue to do so," DHS press secretary Tyler Houlton said in a statement Tuesday.

Nielsen had served in the Trump administration under chief of staff John Kelly before being confirmed to the Cabinet-level position in December.

Trump had praised Nielsen over the summer after she defended the administration's border security goals amid a roiling controversy surrounding then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions' "zero tolerance" immigration policy.

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Homeland Security @SecNielsen did a fabulous job yesterday at the press conference explaining security at the border and for our country, while at the same time recommending changes to obsolete & nasty laws, which force family separation. We want “heart” and security in America!

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But in the White House tell-all book "Fear," Watergate reporter Bob Woodward wrote that Kelly had fought to convince Trump to confirm Nielsen.

"She's terrible," Trump reportedly told Kelly. "You're the only one that thinks she's any good. Maybe we'll have to withdraw her nomination." Trump ended up supporting Nielsen.

On Wednesday, Trump announced that Sessions, who said he was resigning at the president's "request" in a letter to Trump, would be replaced with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker before a permanent replacement was selected.

That announcement, which came less than a day after Democrats won back majority control of the House in the midterm elections, was immediately met with criticism from Democrats and legal experts, who alleged that Whitaker was unconstitutionally appointed, and was selected because of his past skepticism toward special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

--CNBC's Dan Mangan contributed to this report.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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Trump reportedly preparing to fire Kirstjen Nielsen

She's done a good job best I can tell on Hurricanes and Terrorism, but a total fail on immigration. She ran these stupid ads in Central America telling them to seek asylum at Ports of Entry. Who does that? Her goal was to force them to the Ports of Entry to reduce illegal border crossings, but instead she started caravans of people wanting to claim asylum at our Ports of Entry. Why would you do that?! It's like, "come to Port of Entry, tell us you're seeking asylum, and we'll let you in and give you a work permit". Unbelievably dumb.

BOOT THEM BOTH OUT!

WE WANT HARD CORE IMMIGRATION POLITICIANS TO STOP THIS INVASION NOW!

Caravan asylum seekers can enter at ports of entry only, Trump

Melania Trump calls for ouster of top aide

BREAKING NEWS

In a remarkable move, the First Lady publicly pushed for the dismissal of the deputy national security adviser

Now that John Kelly and Kirstjen Nielsen are OUT end TPS!

Start setting a quota of 5,000 a week of TPS to be processed and shipped out of here!


NO MORE TPS

THEY CANNOT STAY FOREVER!

"TEMPORARY" IS OVER.

DO NOT GO OUT KICKING AND SCREAMING GIVING US THE FINGER!

PACK UP AND LEAVE QUIETLY...SAY "THANK YOU" ON YOUR WAY OUT.

WE OWE YOU NOTHING.

TERMINATE AND DEFUND THIS PROGRAM.

WHERE IS "TPS" FOR OUR FIRE VICTIMS? OUR HURRICANE, TORNADO, VOLCANO, FLOOD VICTIMS? WE HAVE NONE!

SHUT THIS SHAM PROGRAM DOWN. ALL OUR VICTIM'S ARE BUSY CLEANING UP AND REBUILDING...THEY CAN GO HOME AND DO THE SAME!

BYE BYE!!

Originally Posted by Beezer

Now that John Kelly and Kirstjen Nielsen are OUT end TPS!

Start setting a quota of 5,000 a week of TPS to be processed and shipped out of here! . . .

A federal judge says they can't do that.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deporting 300,000 immigrants under TPS

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

A federal judge says they can't do that.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deporting 300,000 immigrants under TPS

Send it to the Supreme Court!

Temporary is over and we want them to go home!

Temporary is NOT amnesty, it is not citizenship, it is NOT a permanent path to stay!

Originally Posted by Beezer

Send it to the Supreme Court! . . .

It's more complicated than SEND IT to the supreme court.

The supreme court decides what cases it will hear.

U.S. Supreme Court
https://civilrights.org/judiciary/fe...supreme-court/
The Supreme Court gets about 7,000 requests to hear cases per year, so there are many cases that don't get heard . . .


How Does the Supreme Court Decide to Hear a Case?
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The Supreme Court decides to hear a case based on at least four of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court agreeing to grant the Petition for Certiorari.