Half the women are gone from Trump's Cabinet | Analysis by CNN's Zachary B. Wolf and JoElla Carman
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was forced out over the weekend because her boss wanted a more hardline immigration policy. The repercussions of her departure have already led to what one source described to CNN's Kaitlan Collins as a"near-systematic purge" at the agency that oversees immigration and the nation's borders, among many other things.
Trump pushed Sessions out of the role after more than a year of venting his frustration that Sessions had recused himself from the Russia election interference investigation. The President waited a month to nominate William Barr in Sessions' place. At the Pentagon, Patrick Shanahan has been acting secretary of defense for nearly four months and it's still not clear if Trump will nominate him as a permanent replacement.
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