10 things you need to know today: July 22, 2017

Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary, U.S. intel reportedly suggests Sessions talked Trump campaign with Russia, and more

Resigned Press Secretary Sean Spicer
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1. Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday, telling President Trump he "vehemently disagreed with the appointment" of Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director earlier Friday. Trump reportedly asked Spicer to stay on, but Spicer declined, calling Scaramucci's selection a major mistake. The communications job has been open since Mike Dubke's brief tenure ended in May. Spicer will remain in the White House through August, at which point White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will replace him. Scaramucci has a history of criticizing Trump, but the president claimed Saturday he was a very early campaign supporter.

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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.