Headline RoundupAugust 2nd, 2019

Trump Drops Plan To Nominate Ratcliffe

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Donald Trump has dropped his plans to nominate Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-TX) for the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Ratcliffe was the nominee for a week; all after the sudden resignation of former DNI Dan Coats effective yesterday. Critics decried the nomination as partisan and the President playing favorites. To be clear, both President Trump and Rep. Ratcliffe announced that it was Ratcliffe's decision to not accept the nomination. Left-leaning media reflects upon the length of nomination that Ratcliffe had while also speaking out against the nomination at the same time. Some right-leaning media outlets have called the rescinding of the nomination to be reflective of media interference in a political process. This is breaking news, first announced by Ratcliffe via Twitter.

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