White House reportedly bids to purge `Never Trumpers` from key roles - live
(The Guardian United States)

Presidential loyalist reportedly identifying staff as anti-Trump Dana Rohrabacher offered pardon on Trump´s behalf, lawyers sayBernie Sanders rises in Nevada polling ahead of Saturday vote 5.35pm GMT It´s unclear which four candidates Trump is considering for the job of director of national intelligence, but one frontrunner for the role has already ruled it out.The president told reporters yesterday that he was considering Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House judiciary commitee, for the job. 5.14pm GMT After Trump dismissed reports of Russia´s preference for him in the 2020 race as a Democratic `misinformation campaign,` the former CIA chief of Russian operations tweeted this:If the question is `why would Putin favor Trump in 2020, he´s been tough on Russia`, remember Putin´s first goal: divide and weaken America. That´s why Trump is valuable to Russia. Continue reading...