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HOW HILLARY CLINTON STILL CAN, AND SHOULD, BECOME PRESIDENT AFTER THE TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION — Sure, it's been more than 340 days since Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, but there's still one very narrow, highly unlikely and entirely unprecedented way that Clinton could become president.
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FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow — Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence …

White House denies Trump joked about Pence being anti-gay
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Trump issues warning to McCain after senator's tough speech — https://apnews.com/cd337697c2f04726b690 76627c014eb7 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a warning shot after Republican Sen. John McCain questioned “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in America's foreign policy.
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Sen. John McCain warns against ‘spurious nationalism’ in Liberty Medal speech
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Trump and McCain smack at each other over ‘spurious nationalism’ comments
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Trump White House Uses John Kelly's Dead Son to Trash Obama … On Tuesday morning, the White House, not just President Donald Trump, went out of its way to turn Chief of Staff John Kelly's dead son into a political football for the purpose of attacking Barack Obama's character.
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Trump invokes death of John Kelly's son in furor over calls to fallen soldiers
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Trump: Ask Kelly whether Obama called after his son was killed in action
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Fox News Poll: Roy Moore, Doug Jones neck-and-neck in Alabama Senate race — Republican Roy Moore, the anti-Republican establishment candidate, is tied at 42 percent apiece with Democrat Doug Jones in the U.S. Senate race in deep-red Alabama. — A Fox News Poll also finds that among …
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Bob Weinstein Accused of Sexual Harassment by TV Showrunner — A female showrunner who worked on the Weinstein Co. drama “The Mist” has accused Bob Weinstein of sexual harassment during the production of the Spike TV series. — Amanda Segel, an executive producer of “Mist,” …
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Harvey Weinstein, I'm Gonna Keep Making Movies, With or Without TWC — Harvey Weinstein — I'm Gonna Keep Making Movies With Or Without You, Bro — EXCLUSIVE — Harvey Weinstein is not giving up — not even close — he vows he'll continue making movies, whether it's with The Weinstein Co. or someplace else.
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Save the Phony Weinstein Outrage, Republicans
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Spicer interviewed by Mueller's team — The former press secretary met with prosecutors in the Russia probe on Monday. — President Donald Trump's former press secretary Sean Spicer met with special counsel Robert Mueller's team on Monday for an interview that lasted much of the day …
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Alexander, Murray strike bipartisan Obamacare deal providing subsidies, state flexibility — Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray say they have reached an agreement on a bipartisan Obamacare deal to fund a key insurance subsidy program and provide states flexibility to skirt some requirements of the health care law.
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Alexander, Murray reach bipartisan ACA deal
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2 Senators Have Deal on Health Subsidies That Trump Cut Off
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Exclusive: Putin's ‘chef,’ the man behind the troll factory — (CNN)Yevgeny Prigozhin is a Russian oligarch dubbed “chef” to President Vladimir Putin by the Russian press. In 2002, he served caviar and truffles to President George W. Bush during a summit in St. Petersburg.
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Russian troll factory paid US activists to help fund protests during election
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Trump's alternative reality — President Trump “goes there, on just about every topic imaginable,” as NBC's Brian Williams put it, during a pair of Q&As, two hours apart yesterday — one in the Cabinet Room and one with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Rose Garden .
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White House says Obama didn't call Kelly after his son's death
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White House now blaming Pentagon “paperwork” for Trump's failure to honor fallen US troops
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Clinton lawyer pounds CNN's Chris Cillizza on email analysis piece — CNN politics reporter and editor-at-large Chris Cillizza grabbed his Outrage-Timing Stopwatch. He used this device to count the number of days that had passed before former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton denounced …
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The Finance 202: Trump's tax package is shrinking before the fight has even begun — THE TICKER — President Trump speaks to the media with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at his side in the Rose Garden on Monday. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
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Rand Paul opposes Senate GOP budget
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Senate one step closer to approving tax cuts after vote to open budget debate
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CNN poll: Trump approval steady, but more say he's leading in the wrong direction — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating holds steady in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but that overall stability belies declining views on how things are going in the country today.
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Jesus Campos, Vegas security guard shot before rampage, appears to have vanished — A security vehicle blocks an entrance at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Oct. 4 in Las Vegas. (David Becker / Getty Images) — The story seemed straightforward: The unarmed security guard approached …
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‘Dr. Doom’ Faber: ‘Thank God white people populated America’ — The market pessimist Marc “Dr. Doom” Faber claims that the U.S. is great primarily because it is ruled by white people. — “I am not a racist, but the reality — no matter how politically incorrect — needs to be spelled out …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute — Virginia — Race for Governor Deadlocked — Regional partisan divides widen; Eastern/Central VA up for grabs — West Long Branch, NJ - The campaign for governor of Virginia remains up for grabs, with Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam locked in a one point race.


Trump's net worth drops $600 million on Forbes' rich list, falls 92 spots — Trump's golf clubs in Scotland are losing millions — The rich are getting richer. But not Donald Trump. — The Forbes list of 400 richest Americans shows that the billionaire-in-chief's fortune fell by $600 million to $3.1 billion.
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George Soros Transfers $18 Billion to His Foundation, Creating an Instant Giant — The pioneer of hedge-fund investing has transferred the bulk of his wealth to Open Society Foundations — George Soros, who built one of the world's largest fortunes through a famous series of trades …
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Exclusive: Neo-Nazi and National Front organiser quits movement, opens up about Jewish heritage, comes out as gay — After a lifetime of involvement with the far-right Kevin Wilshaw announces on Channel 4 News that he is leaving the movement - at the same time publicly coming out as gay.
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Jane Fonda says she's not proud of America — Jane Fonda made it clear she is not proud of America. — During a recent interview with the BBC, Fonda was asked, “Are you proud of America today?” — The actress was very quick to reply with a hard “no.” — “But, I'm proud of the resistance,” she elaborated.
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LeBron James Is the Greatest Living Athlete (and Here's Why) — LeBron James has been basketball's best player for the better part of 14 years. But it's his work off the court—in business, in movies, and increasingly in politics—that will define the depth of his greatness.
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