Edward Price, the former CIA official who resigned as National Security Council spokesman earlier this month, wrote an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Monday, claiming that his resignation was because of President Trump’s “disturbing actions,” and had “nothing to do with politics.” He failed to mention, however, that he gave thousands of dollars to Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful presidential campaign against Trump last fall, reports The Daily Caller.

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• The Hill: Tillerson Affirms Importance of ‘Constructive’ Ties With China
• Townhall: Poll: Obamacare Support Is…Rising?
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• Free Beacon: Feds Paid $1 Billion in Social Security Benefits to Individuals Without a SSN

USA Today reports that the Department of Homeland Security issued a dramatically broad set of orders Tuesday to fulfill President Trump’s plan to increase immigration enforcement, placing most of America’s 11 million illegal aliens at risk of deportation. The memos require undocumented immigrants to be placed in detention until their cases are resolved, increase the ability of local police to help in immigration enforcement, call for the hiring of 10,000 more immigration agents and allow planning to begin on an expansion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

• WashTimes: Mattis Breaks From Trump Vow to Seize Iraqi Oil
• The Hill: Trump Officials Weigh Fate of Birth-Control Mandate
• Daily Caller: Exclusive: House Dem It Guys in Security Probe Secretly Took $100k in Iraqi Money
• WashPost: Trump To Roll Back Obama’s Climate, Water Rules Through Executive Action
• Daily Caller: Fake News Site Lets Liberals Live in Alternate Reality Where Hillary Is President

A new analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies indicates that even if President Trump’s proposed border wall costs the high estimate of $16 billion, it would still pay for itself in three years of operation and could save $64 billion over a 10-year period. The savings would come from eliminating welfare, education, and other associated lifetime costs to federal, state and local taxpayers to care for the  immigrants who sneak across the border each year,reports the Washington Examiner.

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• Politico: White House Dismisses 6 Over Failed Background Checks
• The Hill: CIA Director Denies Withholding Intelligence From Trump
• WashTimes: Islamic Extremism Deadliest Ideology in US for First Time in 30 Years
• Reuters: Supreme Court to Set Guidelines for Trump Treatment of Non-Citizens