Stephen Bannon.
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Stephen Bannon has resigned as chairman of Breitbart News, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Breitbart confirmed the news minutes later, publishing a statement by Bannon: "I'm proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform," he said.

The Times reports Bannon's resignation was "forced" by Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of billionaire Robert Mercer and a major Republican donor.

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.