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Kushner used private email to conduct White House business — Presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has corresponded with other administration officials about White House matters through a private email account set up during the transition last December …
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“How do you sleep at night?”: Former NFL player schools head of Trump's diversity coalition — The head of Donald Trump's “diversity coalition” got righteously schooled Sunday afternoon when he tried to defend Trump's attacks on the First Amendment rights of NFL players.
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NBA champion coach whose dad was assassinated by terrorists destroys Trump's fake patriotism
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“Stupid as a rock”: Dem rep nails Steve Mnuchin for denying NFL players' First Amendment rights

Mr. President: You Represent All of Us. Don't Divide Us. Bring Us Together
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Mnuchin: NFL players ‘can do free speech on their own time’
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NFL players can have the ‘First Amendment off the field’: Treasury chief Mnuchin says
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N.F.L. Live: Trump Blasts League for National Anthem Protests — N.F.L. players across the country demonstrated during the national anthem on Sunday in a show of solidarity against President Trump, who scolded the league and players on Twitter this weekend.
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NASCAR owners say they wouldn't tolerate national anthem protests at races — Several NASCAR team owners said Sunday they would not condone racers protesting during the national anthem, amid protests by sports players at football and baseball games. — There were no protests reported during …
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Steelers will remain in locker room for national anthem in Chicago, Mike Tomlin says — As part of a wave of protests throughout the NFL in the wake of President Donald Trump's NFL-related comments, the Steelers will not be on the field for the playing of the national anthem before their game against the Bears on Sunday.
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Donald Trump's Allies Join His Crusade Against The NFL — Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images — A political group with close ties to President Donald Trump is amplifying his attack on professional athletes who kneel during the national anthem as a form of protest.
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How Trump Bungled the Politics of Football — Colin Kaepernick's protest during the national anthem is an event a more talented or personally disciplined racial demagogue than Donald Trump could have fruitfully exploited. Kaepernick's gesture was rife for hostile interpretation.


Trump demands NFL teams ‘fire or suspend’ players or risk fan boycott

Jaguars owner joins players during anthem protest in first game since Trump's NFL remarks
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GOP health bill in major peril as resistance hardens among key senators — The floundering Republican attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act met hardening resistance from key GOP senators Sunday that left it on the verge of collapse even as advocates vowed to keep pushing for a vote this week.
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Strange in trouble in Alabama, White House and GOP fear — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The White House and senior Republicans are deeply worried about Sen. Luther Strange's chances in Tuesday's GOP runoff here — even after unleashing the full weight of the party machinery to stop his opponent, flame-throwing conservative Roy Moore.
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Nigel Farage to support controversial judge Roy Moore in Alabama election
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Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats — ENHANCING VETTING CAPABILITIES AND PROCESSES FOR DETECTING ATTEMPTED ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES BY TERRORISTS OR OTHER PUBLIC-SAFETY THREATS
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What the stunning success of AfD means for Germany and Europe — The radical right party profited from the fact immigration was the number one election issue. But can its breakthrough last? … n 1991 Belgium had its (first) black Sunday, when the populist radical right Flemish Block gained 6.8% of the national vote.
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Cruz opposes latest Obamacare repeal attempt — AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday said he doesn't support the latest Obamacare repeal plan, dealing a fresh blow to Republicans' last-ditch effort to kill Barack Obama's signature health care law. — After seven years of promises …
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Sen. Rand Paul lays out demands on health care as talks continue
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Obama tried to give Zuckerberg a wake-up call over fake news on Facebook — Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company's social network played a key role in the U.S. election, President Barack Obama pulled …
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Valerie Plame resigns from Ploughshares Fund after tweeting anti-Semitic article — Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson on Sunday announced that she has resigned from Ploughshares Fund after she tweeted an article that argued American Jews are pushing for wars in the Middle East.
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A's Bruce Maxwell first MLB player to kneel for anthem — A's rookie catcher Bruce Maxwell, who earlier in the day profanely bashed President Trump on Instagram, became the first major-league player to kneel during the national anthem on Saturday before Oakland's 1-0 win at the Coliseum.
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'To single out NFL players for doing this isn't something we should be doing': A's player takes up anthem protest
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‘If anyone can hear us ... help.’ Puerto Rico's mayors describe widespread devastation from Hurricane Maria — SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — In the northern Puerto Rican town of Vega Baja, the floodwaters reached more than 10 feet. Stranded residents screamed “save me, save me,” …
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The entire island of Puerto Rico may be without electricity for months
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Exclusive: NFL airing unity ad in prime time on Sunday — With President Trump taking aim at the NFL and its players who protest during the national anthem, the league is broadcasting a message of unity. — The NFL is dusting off a one-minute ad that it produced for the Super Bowl earlier this year.
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If Hillary truly loves America, she should support President Trump — BY DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/24/17 09:00 AM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — , during a recent interview promoting her new book …