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Meet the 24-year-old Trump campaign worker appointed to help lead the government's drug policy office — In May 2016, Taylor Weyeneth was an undergraduate at St. John's University in New York, a legal studies student and fraternity member who organized a golf tournament and other events to raise money for veterans and their families.
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Lewandowski: 'We've got a real problem' if Dems retake the House — 's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski — said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Trump and Republicans are “in trouble” if Democrats retake the House in the 2018 midterms. — In an interview with John Catsimatidis …
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Trump's nightmare — Trump's day of reckoning ... The one thing that could dramatically diminish President Trump's chances of avoiding impeachment and chalking up legislative wins is Democrats winning the House. — And, thanks to series of recent developments, Trump knows this no longer just seems plausible, but probable.


White House Disputes Trump Quote in Journal Interview — The Wall Street Journal stands by what it reported and releases audio of disputed portion of interview — WASHINGTON—The White House disputed that President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview Thursday that …
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Vulgarity used by president projected onto Trump hotel in D.C. — The expletive President Trump used last week in a discussion about immigration in the Oval Office and other slogans were projected Saturday night onto an outer wall of the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington.
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Column A close reading of Glenn Simpson's Trump-Russia testimony — Glenn Simpson's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, released this week, is a tale of two research projects. One is about the financier turned criminal-justice crusader William F. Browder.
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Fusion GPS, firm behind disputed Russia dossier, retracts its claim of FBI mole in Trump camp
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Anatomy of a Farce — Fusion GPS founder's testimony shows …
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I went on a date with Aziz Ansari. It turned into the worst night of my life — She approached him because she recognized his camera flash — Aziz Ansari was taking pictures at the 2017 Emmy Awards after-party with a film camera, not a digital one. “I stood up, and I'm like tipsy at this point and feeling really confident.
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How Conservatives Are Being Destroyed by Facebook, Twitter and Google Without Even Realizing It — Today, as you read this, my website Right Wing News is shutting down operations. It has been around since 2001, but became massive a few years ago because of Facebook.


Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to January 2018 Preliminary Injunction — Update: Due to a federal court order, USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided in this guidance …
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DACA Participants Can Again Apply for Renewal, Immigration Agency Says
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U.S. Resumes Accepting DACA Renewals
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Trump is like Stalin with ‘enemy of the people’ language: GOP senator to say in speech — Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, one of President Donald Trump's harshest critics from within his own party, plans to give a speech on the Senate floor this week slamming the White House for its …


'I'm Running,' Romney Says Privately, but as a Trump Friend or Foe? — SALT LAKE CITY — A few days after Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah announced that he would conclude his tenure after serving 42 years in office, the state's governor, Gary Herbert, was growing anxious about whether Mitt Romney would run for the seat.
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The Week and Political Wire


New alarm among Republicans that Democrats could win big this year … A raft of retirements, difficulty recruiting candidates and President Trump's continuing pattern of throwing his party off message have prompted new alarm among Republicans that they could be facing a Democratic electoral wave in November.

The Latest: Durbin spokesman: GOP senator has no credibility — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): — A spokesman for Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is questioning the credibility of a Republican senator who says President Donald Trump did not refer …
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Trump does more damage to himself than his opponents ever manage to do
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Am I a bad feminist? — Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 40 books of poetry, fiction and essays, including The Handmaid's Tale. — It seems that I am a “Bad Feminist.” I can add that to the other things I've been accused of since 1972, such as climbing to fame up a pyramid …


Chelsea Manning for U.S. Senate — We live in trying times. — Times of Fear— of suppression— of hate. — We don't need more—or better leaders. — We need someone willing to fight. — We need to stop asking them to give us our rights. — They won't support us.
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Trey Gowdy steps down from House Ethics Committee, citing ‘workload’ — (CNN)Rep. Trey Gowdy stepped down from the House Ethics Committee this week after five years of serving on the panel. — The South Carolina Republican tendered his resignation in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday …
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In Some Countries, Facebook's Fiddling Has Magnified Fake News — SAN FRANCISCO — One morning in October, the editors of Página Siete, Bolivia's third-largest news site, noticed that traffic to their outlet coming from Facebook was plummeting. — The publication had recently …
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Facebook Couldn't Handle News. Maybe It Never Wanted To.
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