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McFarland Contradicted Herself on Russia Contacts, Congressional Testimony Shows — WASHINGTON — An email sent during the transition by President Trump's former deputy national security adviser, K.T. McFarland, appears to contradict testimony she gave to Congress over the summer …
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McFarland testified she wasn't aware of Flynn contacts she emailed about
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Why the Trump Team Should Fear the Logan Act
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Missing the big picture in Flynn plea: Trump team crippled American diplomatic power
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WH lawyer told Trump that Flynn misled FBI and Pence — Trump's lawyer says he wrote Flynn tweet — Washington (CNN)The White House's chief lawyer told President Donald Trump in January he believed then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the FBI and lied to Vice President Mike Pence …
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Exclusive: Trump lawyer claims the “President cannot obstruct justice” — John Dowd, President Trump's outside lawyer, outlined to me a new and highly controversial defense/theory in the Russia probe: A president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice. — The “President cannot obstruct justice …
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Sessions argued in Clinton impeachment that presidents can obstruct justice — Donald Trump's personal lawyer argued Monday that, as the nominal head of federal law enforcement, the president is legally unable to obstruct justice. But the exact opposite view was once argued by another senior Trump lawyer …
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White House paranoid: 'Everyone thinks they're being recorded'
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Manafort worked on op-ed with Russian while out on bail, prosecutors say — Washington (CNN)Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was ghostwriting an op-ed while out on bail last month with a Russian who has ties to the Russian intelligence service, Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Muller's team said Monday.
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Mueller: Paul Manafort Wrote Op-Ed With Russian Operative Last Week
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Manafort tried to pen positive op-ed on Ukraine work: special counsel
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Mueller just abruptly reversed course on his bail agreement with Manafort

Prosecutors: Manafort wrote op-ed with colleague in Russia
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'I've Got a Crook Running My Campaign'
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Mueller urges judge to deny Manafort's request to lift house arrest
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Woman shares new evidence of relationship with Roy Moore when she was 17 — Delray Beach, Fla. — Debbie Wesson Gibson was in her attic hauling out boxes of Christmas decorations last week when she noticed a storage bin she said she had forgotten about. Inside was a scrapbook from her senior year …


FBI agent dismissed from Mueller probe changed Comey's description of Clinton to ‘extremely careless’ — Washington (CNN)A former top counterintelligence expert at the FBI, now at the center of a political uproar for exchanging private messages that appeared to mock President Donald Trump …
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EXCLUSIVE: FBI Supervisor BOOTED from Mueller Probe INTERVIEWED Mike Flynn

After Flynn Plea, What Comes Next In Russia Investigation?
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Dismissed FBI agent changed Comey's language on Clinton emails to ‘extremely careless’: report
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Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban while legal challenges continue — The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Trump's request that his revised travel ban be enforced fully while legal challenges to it proceed in lower courts. — The justices approved a request …
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Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
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Supreme Court lets Trump fully impose latest travel ban
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MSNBC to Cut Ties With Sam Seder After Roman Polanski Rape Joke (Exclusive) — “Internally there was disgust over the tweet,” an individual familiar with the matter tells TheWrap — MSNBC has decided not to renew its contract with contributor Sam Seder after an old tweet emerged …
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President Trump Expected to Shrink Bears Ears by as Much as 90 Percent — SALT LAKE CITY — President Trump is expected to announce a historic reduction to Bears Ears National Monument on Monday, a sprawling region of red rock canyons in Utah that has been at the center of a national fight …
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Bill O'Reilly Is Sued by Woman Who Settled Over Harassment Accusations — A woman who reached a settlement with Bill O'Reilly over harassment allegations sued Mr. O'Reilly and Fox News on Monday for defamation and breach of contract, saying that public statements he and the network made violated …
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Tucker Carlson explains why he has avoided covering sexual-harassment stories about Fox News
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The Senate GOP Accidentally Killed Some of Its Donors' Favorite Tax Breaks — On Friday, Senate Republicans rewrote the American tax code over lunch — and passed their (partially handwritten) legislation around 2 a.m. the following morning. … Mitch McConnell never subjected his blueprint …
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TIME Announces 2017 Person of the Year Shortlist on Today Show — The shortlist of candidates for TIME's 2017 Person of the Year was unveiled Monday morning on NBC's Today. Since 1927, TIME has identified the Person of the Year, recognizing the person or group of people who most influenced …
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Farenthold: “I didn't do anything wrong.” — CORPUS CHRISTI - — U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold says he's going to pay back the money taxpayers spent settling a lawsuit filed against his office by a former employee. — The four-term Congressmen tells 6 Investigates he was not given a choice …
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It Is Now an Obstruction Investigation — Which means that it's an impeachment investigation — The smoke is clearing from an explosive Mueller investigation weekend of charges, chattering, and tweets. Before the next aftershock, it might be helpful to make three points about where things stand.
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Republicans Sought to Undercut an Unfavorable Analysis of the Tax Plan — WASHINGTON — A Republican requirement that Congress consider the full cost of major legislation threatened to derail the party's $1.5 trillion tax rewrite last week. So lawmakers went on the offensive to discredit the agency performing the analysis.
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Exclusive: Feds issue 4,000 orders to seize guns from people who failed background checks — A USA TODAY review finds thousands of guns were sold to people who should have failed their background checks. Now, federal agents have the dangerous jobs of trying to get those guns back. — CONNECT


Trump pick for top UN position praised Milo Yiannopoulos, shared inflammatory memes on Facebook — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for a top post at the United Nations repeatedly praised far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and shared disparaging memes …
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