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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

White House pulls Elise Stefanik nomination as UN Ambassador so she can stay in the House

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was withdrawing New York Representative Elise Stefanik’s nomination to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations because the slim House Republican majority and his policy agenda could be imperiled without her vote in the lower chamber.

The news of Stefanik’s nomination getting pulled was first reported by CBS News and confirmed by Trump himself in a post on his Truth Social website.

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