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A Trump-linked Texas firm declined a $150 million migrant-children contract just as another group took over the work, raising fresh alarms about who will represent kids in deportation cases.
Karoline Leavitt said she will leave the White House at the end of the month, ending a very visible stint as Trump’s press secretary and forcing another communications reset.