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Internal Justice Department probe eyes McCabe's role in final weeks of 2016 election … The Justice Department's inspector general has been focused for months on why Andrew McCabe, as the No. 2 official at the FBI, appeared not to act for about three weeks on a request to examine a batch …
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DOJ gives special counsel internal docs on thwarted Sessions resignation, source says — In the weeks before special counsel Robert Mueller's team interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Justice Department turned over a cache of internal correspondence, including documents related …
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Justice Dept. officials appealed to White House to halt release of memo alleging FBI abuses related to author of Trump dossier … Top Justice Department officials made a last-ditch plea Monday to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly about the dangers of publicly releasing a memo alleging abuses …


The Real Aim of the Secret Memo Is the Mueller Investigation — WASHINGTON — When House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said on Tuesday that he wanted Americans to see a secret memo that portrays the early stages of the Trump-Russia investigation as scandalous, he also said he cautioned his Republican colleagues …
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FBI's Wray Opposes GOP Memo Release, Citing Inaccuracies — Trump overheard saying memo ‘100 percent’ should be released — Republicans say memo raises doubts about Russia probe — FBI Director Christopher Wray has informed the White House of his opposition to releasing a controversial …


Devin Nunes Won't Say if He Worked With White House on Anti-FBI Memo — The House intel committee GOP leader refused to answer behind closed doors if he coordinated with the president's team on his report blasting Rosenstein, Comey, and McCabe. — BETSY WOODRUFF, SPENCER ACKERMAN1.30.18 6:17 PM ET
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I'm a Republican. Why Is My Party Gaslighting America?
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Fix the F.B.I. Don't Politicize It.
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A call for unity against a backdrop of controversy and division
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FBI officials review surveillance memo, could not cite ‘any factual inaccuracies’: source
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The Nunes Conspiracy — First, a few words on the State of the Union address.
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Viewers approve of Trump's first State of the Union address - CBS News poll — Views of the speech — Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump's State of the Union address tonight approved of the speech he gave. Just a quarter disapproved. — How did the speech make you feel?
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CNN Instant poll: Trump gets least positive reaction in at least 20 years — Washington (CNN)Almost half of Americans who watched President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address — 48% — say they had a “very positive” impression of the speech, down from 57% of speech-watchers …
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FACT CHECK: Trump's State Of The Union Address — In his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Trump is expected to take a bipartisan tone. He is expected to focus on jobs and the economy, infrastructure, immigration, trade and national security.
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Kennedy responds to Trump: ‘We all feel the fault lines of a fractured country’
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Updates: Trump to deliver first State of the Union amid Washington discord
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Longest State of the Union? Not Quite, but Trump's Was Long
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Giving North Korea a ‘bloody nose’ carries a huge risk to Americans — Victor Cha is a professor at Georgetown University and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. — North Korea, if not stopped, will build an arsenal with multiple nuclear missiles meant …
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Disagreement on North Korea policy derails White House choice for ambassador to South Korea
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In State of the Union, Trump Goes Where Kim Jong Un Fears Most: Human Rights
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Trump's lawyers argue Mueller has not met threshold for presidential interview — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's attorneys are arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person …
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Melania Trump arrived at State of the Union separately from the President — Washington (CNN)In a break with longstanding tradition, Melania Trump opted to ride with the guests she invited to share her first lady's box during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.
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The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women. I've tried to do so here at home, around the world, and in the organizations I've run. I started in my twenties, and four decades later I'm nowhere near being done. I'm proud that it's the work I'm most associated with …

Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union speech — President Donald Trump offered a rosy assessment of American life in his first State of the Union address — but several of his points were factually flawed. — “This is our new American moment,” Trump said.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's claims in his State of Union address
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Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts — The Trump administration's top public health official bought shares in a tobacco company one month into her leadership of the agency charged with reducing tobacco use — the leading cause of preventable disease …
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In Joe Kennedy's speech, Democrats rediscovered Barack Obama's compelling vision — America is about equality, across all dimensions. — No State of the Union response speech has ever been a truly great speech, but Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) delivered what's probably the best entry in the genre that I've ever heard Tuesday night.
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Kennedy responds for the Democrats
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Donald Trump is teaching Republicans how to fight — It's an observation so strikingly true that you wonder why you didn't think of it earlier. “Donald Trump,” a friend said the other day, “is teaching the Republican Party how to fight and how to win.” — The evidence is everywhere every day …
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Trump's plans for immigration, infrastructure meet swift resistance in Congress
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Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries Into Fake Accounts — Federal and state authorities are investigating the sellers of artificial followers and other fraudulent social media engagement. — More than a million followers have disappeared from the accounts of dozens of prominent Twitter users …
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Donald Trump is still the man to these blue-collar voters — VENETIA, PA. — Tony and Michelle Ripepi always make sure their children are civically engaged, from following local and national elections to watching big decisions, speeches and moments coming from the White House.


Mueller won't indict Trump. But here's what he can do. — Control of Congress could determine whether Trump faces any direct consequences from the special counsel investigation. — For decades, scholars have debated the question of whether the Constitution allows a sitting president …
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