News Analysis: U.S. deputy attorney general's job hanging in balance, partisan animosity sensed in Washington

File photo taken on Sept. 4, 2018 shows U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein attending a Senate confirmation hearing in Washington D.C., the United States. After Monday's flurry of conflicting U.S. media reports, it remains unknown whether U.S. President Donald Trump will fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. (Xinhua/Ting Shen)??