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A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, notified the president's legal team in recent days that they could no longer discuss the special counsel's investigation …
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Flynn's lawyer shuts down communications with Trump's team, a sign he may be cooperating with Mueller probe — Michael Flynn speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 1. A lawyer for the former national security adviser told President Trump's legal team this week …
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‘Keep coming at me guys!!!’: Donald Trump Jr. meets Russia scrutiny with defiance — Donald Trump Jr. had just posted a batch of private messages he exchanged with WikiLeaks during last year's campaign, confirming reports that he communicated with the website that published stolen Democratic emails obtained …

Sen. Al Franken vows to regain trust of Minnesota after harassment allegations — 'Let me say again that I'm sorry,' the senator wrote. He apologized for embraces that ‘crossed a line.’ — WASHINGTON - Sen. Al Franken said Thursday that he plans to stay in the U.S. Senate and try to win back Minnesotans' trust.
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Franken pledges to regain trust in Thanksgiving apology — (D-Minn.), who is facing a growing number of allegations of sexual misconduct, issued a new statement on Thursday promising to regain the trust of Minnesotans and apologizing for past behavior. — “I feel terribly that I've …
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Actor Billy Baldwin says President Trump hit on his wife during party at upscale Manhattan hotel — Actor Billy Baldwin claims President Trump hit on his wife during a ritzy hotel party in Manhattan over two decades ago, blasting the commander-in-chief as a “black belt” sexual harasser.
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Saudi Arabia's Arab Spring, at Last — The crown prince has big plans to bring back a level of tolerance to his society. — RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — I never thought I'd live long enough to write this sentence: The most significant reform process underway anywhere in the Middle East today is in Saudi Arabia.
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Here's What Trump Told The Coast Guard When He Visited Them On Thanksgiving — “I said, how good is this plane? They said, well, sir, you can't see it. I said but in a fight. You know, in a fight, like I watch on the movies.” — President Trump visited and addressed the Coast Guard in Riviera Beach …
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Ret. Lieutenant General calls Trump Thanksgiving remarks ‘insulting’ — A retired lieutenant general said Thursday that President Trump's comments to troops deployed overseas, which included remarks about the economy and military's recent success, were “somewhat insulting.”
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Trump's Thanksgiving message to troops: 'We're really winning'
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Trump has let down more than 50,000 Haitians in America — President Trump and his acting homeland security secretary have just put more than 50,000 Haitians in America at risk of being sent back to a dirt-poor nation that's been battered by a series of cataclysmic natural disasters.


The NFL ratings slump is getting worse — The TV audience for NFL games steepened its slide in Week 11, losing 1 million viewers versus last year's season-to-date average. — The 6.3 percent slump — worsening from comparable declines of 5.6 to 5.7 percent during the previous three weeks …
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Exclusive: Manafort flight records show deeper Kremlin ties than previously known — WASHINGTON — Political guru Paul Manafort took at least 18 trips to Moscow and was in frequent contact with Vladimir Putin's allies for nearly a decade as a consultant in Russia and Ukraine for oligarchs and pro-Kremlin parties.
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