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A5 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, ApRIL 8, 2019 Nielsen out at Homeland Security as Trump focuses on border By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated press WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Niel- sen has resigned amid President Donald Trump’s growing frustra- tion and bitterness over the num- ber of Central American families crossing the southern border. Trump announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan will take over as acting head of the department. McAleenan is a longtime border official who is well-respected by many members of Congress and within the administration. The decision to name a top immigra- tion officer to the post reflects Trump’s priority for the sprawl- ing department founded to com- bat terrorism following the Sept. 11 attacks. “I have determined that it is the right time for me to step aside,” Nielsen wrote in her resignation letter. “I hope that the next secre- tary will have the support of Con- gress and the courts in fixing the laws which have impeded our abil- ity to fully secure America’s bor- ders and which have contributed to discord in our nation’s discourse.” Though Trump aides were eye- ing a staff shake-up at the Depart- ment of Homeland Security and had already withdrawn the nom- ination for another key immigra- tion post, the development Sunday was unexpected. Still, it was unclear how McAleenan would immediately assume the role. The agency’s undersecretary of management, Claire Grady, is technically next in line for the job. Nielsen traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday with Trump to participate in a roundtable with border officers and local law enforcement. There she echoed Trump’s comments on the situation at the border, though she ducked out of the room while Trump spoke. As they toured a section of newly rebuilt barriers, Nielsen was at Trump’s side, intro- ducing him to local officials. She returned to Washington afterward as Trump continued on a fundrais- ing trip to California and Nevada. Nielsen had grown increasingly frustrated by what she saw as a lack of support from other depart- ments and increased meddling by Trump aides on difficult immigra- tion issues, sources said. She went into the White House on Sunday to meet with Trump not knowing whether she’d be fired or would resign. She ended up resigning, though she was not forced to do so. Nielsen, who says she’s staying on until Wednesday, is the latest person felled in the Trump admin- istration’s unprecedented churn of top staff and Cabinet officials, brought about by the president’s mercurial management style, insistence on blind loyalty and rash policy announcements. WORLD IN BRIEF Associated press US pulls forces from Libya as fighting approaches capital AP Photo/Chris O’Meara Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu drives to the basket as Baylor forward Lauren Cox defends. Brown, Cox lead Baylor over Oregon in 72-67 win By FRED GOODALL Associated press TAMPA, Fla. — Kalani Brown scored 22 points and Lauren Cox added 21 as Baylor held off Final Four newcomer Oregon 72-67 Fri- day night to reach the women’s championship game for the first time since 2012. The Lady Bears (36-1) won their 28th straight game, exerting themselves defensively down the stretch. Chloe Jackson delivered a tie- breaking layup with 39 seconds left and Brown and Cox finished out the victory with free throws for the overall top-seeded team. Baylor went on to win the national title 82-81 over Notre Dame on Sunday. All-American Sabrina Ionescu led Oregon (33-5) with 18 points, but didn’t score in the fourth quarter. She missed a layup that would have given her team the lead in the final min- ute and the Ducks misfired on 11 of their last 12 shots. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey gave Ionescu a hug and talked to her for a few moments in the postgame handshake line. Ionescu shot 6 for 24. After Jackson’s layup, Cox made two free throws and Brown finished with a foul shot in the closing seconds. The opening semifinal at sold-out Ama- lie Arena was billed as “old-school” vs. “new school” — a matchup of contrasting styles, with Baylor hoping to exploit a size advan- tage inside with an imposing frontcourt of the 6-foot-7 Brown and 6-4 Cox and Oregon look- ing to test the Lady Bears’ ability to defend the THE DAILY ASTORIAN M ONDAY E VENING A (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 Ionescu decides to stay at Oregon for senior season Associated press TAMPA, Fla. — Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu is returning for her senior season. The Ducks star bylined a story on The Players Tribune titled “Unfinished Business” on Saturday night, minutes after the deadline for her to declare for the WNBA draft expired. She was eligible to enter the draft follow- ing her junior season because she will turn 22 this year. The WNBA draft is Wednesday. 3-point line. Ionescu shrugged off a scoreless first quar- ter in which she attempted just two shots. She gave Oregon a 34-33 halftime lead after mak- ing a long 3 while being bumped to the ground by Baylor’s DiDi Richards. Ionescu sat on the floor and stared at Rich- ards, who she thought had fouled her on a shot she missed moments before, before climbing to her feet to make a free throw to finish a four- point play to put Oregon up at the break. Oregon was in the Final Four for the first time, finally breaking through under coach Kelly Graves after losing in the Elite Eight the past two years. BENGHAZI, Libya — The United States has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to “security con- ditions on the ground,” a top military offi- cial said Sunday as a Libyan commander’s forces advanced toward the capital of Trip- oli and clashed with rival militias. A small contingent of American troops has been in Libya in recent years, help- ing local forces combat Islamic State and al-Qaida militants, as well as protecting diplomatic facilities. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhau- ser, the head of U.S. Africa Command, did not provide details on the number of U.S. troops that have been withdrawn or how many remain in the country. Footage circulating online showed two apparent U.S. Navy transport craft maneu- vering off a beach in Janzour, east of Trip- oli, sending up plumes of spray as Ameri- can forces were ferried from the shore. US declares Iran’s guard force a ‘terrorist organization’ WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. is designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization,” in an effort to increase pressure on the country that could have significant diplomatic implica- tions in the Middle East. It is the first time that the U.S. has desig- nated a part of another government as a ter- rorist organization. The designation imposes sanctions that include freezes on assets the Islamic Rev- olutionary Guard Corps may have in U.S. jurisdictions and a ban on Americans doing business with it. Iran has threatened to retaliate for the decision. The IRGC is a paramilitary organization formed in the wake of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution to defend its clerically over- seen government. The force answers only to Iran’s supreme leader, operates inde- pendently of the regular military and has vast economic interests across the country. Uganda police say kidnapped US woman and driver are freed KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police said on Sunday they had rescued an Amer- ican woman and her driver who had been kidnapped by gunmen in a national park. SCHEDULE A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach The two “are in good health” and “in the safe hands” of security officials, police said in a Twitter update. Although authorities provided no details about how the rescue operation was carried out, a government spokesman said on Twit- ter that the kidnappers had taken their vic- tims to Congo, where the two were rescued by the security forces. Ugandan security teams had been hunt- ing down gunmen who had demanded a $500,000 ransom after kidnapping the American — Kim Endicott of Costa Mesa, California — and her Ugandan guide in a national park popular with tourists. They were ambushed on April 2 in Queen Eliz- abeth National Park, a protected area near the porous border with Congo. Rhino poacher killed by elephant and eaten by lions JOHANNESBURG — A rhinoceros poacher in a South Africa wildlife preserve was stomped to death by an elephant and eaten by lions, authorities said. Rangers at Kruger National Park found his skull and trousers. The man and two others were hunting for rhinos illegally last week when the ele- phant surprised them and trampled him, park spokesman Isaac Phaahla said. The two companions dragged his body to a spot near a road and told the man’s family what happened. South Africa, which has about 80% of the world’s remaining rhinos, has seen aggressive poaching of the animals in recent years. Last year 769 rhinos were killed illegally, down from more than 1,000 annually since 2013, according to Save the Rhino. Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minis- ter Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Saturday to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, a dramatic pol- icy shift apparently aimed at rallying his nationalist base in the final stretch of the tight race. Netanyahu has promoted Jewish settle- ment expansion in his four terms as prime minister, but until now refrained from pre- senting a detailed vision for the West Bank, seen by the Palestinians as the heartland of a future state. An Israeli annexation of large parts of the West Bank is bound to snuff out any last flicker of hope for an Israeli-Palestin- ian deal on the terms of a Palestinian state on lands Israel captured in 1967. Evening listings MONDAY A PRIL 8 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (N) Jeopardy! 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