10 things you need to know today: August 19, 2017

Stephen Bannon fired from the White House, Boston anticipates thousands at competing protests, and more

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1. Stephen Bannon fired from the White House

President Trump on Friday decided to fire his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Bannon and Chief of Staff John Kelly "have mutually agreed that today would be Steve's last day," though The New York Times reported "a person close to Mr. Bannon insisted the parting of ways was his idea," initially to be announced earlier this week but rescheduled in light of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. "I want to thank Steve Bannon for his service," Trump tweeted Saturday morning. "He came to the campaign during my run against Crooked Hillary Clinton - it was great!"

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.