AP Headline News Apr 08 2019 06:00 (EDT)

AP Radio News. I'm Rita Foley.

 

Were she fired? We were told Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen went to the White House yesterday, not knowing if she was gonna be fired. We were told she was not. She resigned.

In public Kirstjen Nielsen pushed the President's immigration policy and backed family separations at the border.

"It it important to know that these minors are very well taken care of. Don't believe the press."

But the Trump administration's been looking at a Homeland Security shakeup. Last week abruptly withdrew a key immigration nomination and yesterday Nielsen went to the White House to meet with the President with sources saying she didn't know if she resign or be fired. The President tapped Customs and Border Protection Chief Kevin McAleenan to temporarily lead the department which was founded to fight terrorism post 911. Sagar Meghani, Washington.

 

Is congress ever gonna get a look at President Trump's taxes? Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

"Oh no. Never. Nor should they. Keep in mind that that's an issue that was already litigated during the election. Voters knew the President could have given his tax returns. They knew that he didn't and they elected him anyway which of course is what drives the Democrats crazy."

Mick Mulvaney was on Fox News Sunday. The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Democrat Richard Neil has asked the IRS for the President's tax returns.

 

A Caliofornia woman kidnapped by gunmen in Uganda is free and in good shapes say officials there after what they call a rescue operation. The gunmen had demanded 500,000 dollars but it's not clear if any ransom was paid.

 

Baylor University's women won the NCAA basketball championship. They beat Nortedame 82 to 81.

 

Dan and Shay won several academy of couney music awards last night. Keith Urban was entertainer of the year at the award show.

 

A new survey of airline quality.

Delta has landed at the top of a long running study thank ranks U.S. airlines by how often filghts arrive on time and other stats. A just released report by academics at Witchita State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University used government data to conduct their research and as a whole U.S. airlines are getting better at handling baggages in overcrowded flights. They're even receiving fewer complaints from travellers. Jet Blue moves into 2nd where Dela was last year followed by South West and last year's winner Alaska Airlines. Discount carrier Frontier ranks last just behind American. Matt Small, Washington.

 

A new study in the journal pediatrics finds that sniffling kids who see a doctor via telemedicine are far more likey to

be prescribed anti-biotics than those who go to a doctor's office. They study finds that many of those prescriptions disregared medical guidelines, raising the risk that they could cause side effects or contributed to the rise of anti-biotic resistant germs. Rita Foley. AP Radio News.

 

 

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