POLITICS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRAVEL BAN: "President Trump fired his acting attorney general [Sally Q. Yates] on Monday night, removing her as the nation’s top law enforcement officer after she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation’s borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries."
– “Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him,” The New York Times online, Jan 30, 2017, Michael D. Shear, Mark Landler, Matt Apuzzo, and Eric Lightblau, 1/30/2017