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Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , Bitch’ — After hearing Rachel Maddow discuss our recent story about Kasowitz, a man emailed the attorney urging him to resign. Kasowitz responded with threats and profanity. — Marc Kasowitz, President Trump's …
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Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails back in June — President Trump's legal team was informed more than three weeks ago about the email chain showing that his son Donald Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer last June, two sources familiar with the handling of the matter told Yahoo News.
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Kushner pushed for more aggressive defense of Trump Jr. meeting — Jared Kushner has been pressing other White House aides to more vigorously defend the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked lawyer that Kushner also attended, but has faced resistance from some of Trump's top press aides …
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How A False Conspiracy Theory About The Russian Lawyer Who Met With Don Jr. Spread To Trump — Pro-Trump media figures have gone as far as to falsely suggest that the Russian attorney may have planted a listening device for the Obama administration. — Right-wing outlets …
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WH aides exposed to scrutiny over Russia meeting response — (CNN)A scramble by White House aides to respond to the brewing controversy over Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer may have exposed those aides to special counsel scrutiny. — They can now be called on by investigators led …
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Trump's legal team faces tensions — and a client who often takes his own counsel — The challenge for President Trump's attorneys has become, at its core, managing the unmanageable — their client. — He won't follow instructions. After one meeting in which they urged Trump to steer clear …
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Watch Kellyanne Conway Use Flashcards to Infantalize Concern Over Trump, Russia — White House counselor evades questions about Donald Trump Jr.'s leaked emails with props on Fox News — Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News following the release of Donald Trump Jr.'s emails with a Russian lawyer last summer.
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DOJ Settled Massive Russian Fraud Case Involving Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr. — Lawmakers are concerned Justice's abrupt settlement ‘may be connected’ to Russian overtures to Trump campaign. — Democratic congressmen on the House Judiciary Committee want to know why Attorney General …
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Co-founder of firm behind Trump-Russia dossier will not testify before Senate next week
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Top Democrat on Senate Intelligence Committee fears Trump will pardon anyone who colluded
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All Roads Now Lead to Kushner
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Rep. Flores says President Trump's children should be removed from White House
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Peter W. Smith, GOP operative who sought Clinton's emails from Russian hackers, committed suicide, records show — In late June 2017, the Wall Street Journal published a story about a longtime Republican political operative from the Chicago area. His name was Peter Smith and the story focused …
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Excerpts From Trump's Conversation With Journalists on Air Force One — The following are excerpts, as prepared and released on Thursday by the White House, from a conversation aboard Air Force One between President Trump and members of the press corps as they flew to Paris on Wednesday night.
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Here's the White House's Transcript of What Trump Told Reporters Off the Record
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Trump's off-the-record on-the-record toggle vexes reporters
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Gov. Brian Sandoval: ‘Great concern’ over new Senate GOP health care bill — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Providence, Rhode Island (CNN)Gov. Brian Sandoval expressed “great concern” Thursday with the new Senate Republican health care bill and said he plans to meet one-on-one with top administration officials …
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Five takeaways from the GOP's healthcare reboot
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New GOP health care bill could allow cheaper plans with fewer benefits
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Senate GOP may not use CBO to score Cruz amendment
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What's Inside Mitch McConnell's Latest Health-Care Proposal
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Newly released security document confirms Jeff Sessions “successfully misled the FBI” — Forced by court order to release his security clearance form, the document confirms Attorney General Jeff Sessions omitted all mention of his previous contacts with Russians.
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Here's The Speech Jeff Sessions Delivered To Christian First Amendment Lawyers
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Senate Republicans exempt own health coverage from part of latest proposal — Senate Republicans included a provision that exempts members of Congress and their staff from part of their latest health care plan. — This exemption could have the effect of ensuring that members of Congress …
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GOP Health Bill Steers Cash to the Home State of a Reluctant Senator — Alaska would benefit disproportionately from funding formula — Senator Lisa Murkowski has been a holdout on Republican bill — Call it the Polar Payoff. — Changes made to the Republican legislation …
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Leaked Documents Suggest Secretive Billionaire Trump Donors Are Milo's Patrons — Photo illustration by BuzzFeed News; Getty Images — Secretive hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his family launched themselves into the top rank of American power through a series …
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Two Former Employees of House Member Indicted On Federal Charges in Cyberstalking Case — WASHINGTON - Two former staff employees of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives have been indicted following an investigation into the circulation of private, nude images and videos of the member …
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Two former staffers charged in cyberstalking of U.S. House member, husband
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Trump Tells First Lady of France: 'You're in Such Good Shape' — Shortly after President Trump arrived in France on Friday for an official visit, he took a moment to tell the country's first lady, Brigitte Macron, what he thought of her physical appearance.
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Once again the press is wrong. — Once again the press is wrong. First of all, I've got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC! Second, I'm not signed to Warner Bros!!! - which simple fact-checking would have revealed. I have recently worked out a unique deal with BMG …
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Beto O'Rourke raises more than Ted Cruz in second quarter — U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, posted a strong first fundraising quarter as a Senate candidate. — Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's fundraising numbers.


Steve Bannon misreports $2 million debt in financial disclosure — Top Trump adviser to amend filing after Center for Public Integrity questions — White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon failed to properly disclose more than $2 million in mortgage debt on his required financial disclosure form …


Federal Judge Says Trump Travel Ban Can't Keep Out Grandparents And Other Family Members — The federal judge in Hawaii who initially put President Trump's revised travel and refugee ban on hold on Thursday placed limits on the administration's recent rules enforcing a limited version of that ban.
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WATCH: Dem NYC council member tells constituents that it's harder being rich than being poor — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A Democratic New York City Council member this week told his constituents that being a rich person was much more difficult than being a poor person.