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Roger Stone indicted on charges brought by special counsel — (CNN)Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who alleges that the longtime Donald Trump associate sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks that could damage Trump's opponents …
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Roger Stone, Adviser to Trump, Is Indicted in Mueller Investigation — WASHINGTON — Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to President Trump who has spent decades plying the dark arts of scandal-mongering and dirty tricks to help influence American political campaigns …
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Steve Bannon is the ‘high-ranking’ Trump official in Roger Stone indictment who asked about future WikiLeaks releases in October 2016 — Former White House chief strategist and Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon is the “high-ranking Trump campaign official” in special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of Roger Stone, CNBC has learned.
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Trump associate Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge — WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested in the special counsel's Russia investigation in a pre-dawn raid at his Florida home on Friday and was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing the probe.
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What the Roger Stone indictment tells us about the Trump campaign — Roger Stone's indictment by the Mueller investigation reveals a series of alleged conversations between the Republican operative and Trump campaign officials regarding the timing and content of Wikileaks' email dumps during …
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Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone indicted by special counsel in Russia investigation — Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to President Trump, was arrested by the FBI on Friday after being indicted in the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
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Trump Associate Roger Stone Arrested in Florida as Part of Special Counsel Probe
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As Stone waits for Mueller, he's back to going out for pizza on Fridays
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Roger Stone Indicted By Mueller Grand Jury
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Witness in special counsel probe, former Stone associate, collected payments from Infowars through job Stone arranged
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Roger Stone arrested in Mueller investigation
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Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone arrested as part of Mueller probe
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Roger Stone, longtime Trump friend, indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller
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Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled — Jared Kushner was rejected for a top secret clearance by 2 career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, say sources. — WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner's application …
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‘This is your fault’: GOP senators clash over shutdown inside private luncheon — Republican senators clashed with each other and confronted Vice President Pence inside a private luncheon on Thursday, as anger hit a boiling point over the longest government shutdown in history.
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GOP senators read Pence riot act before shutdown votes — Frustrated GOP senators read Vice President Pence the riot act at a closed-door meeting Thursday, telling him the partial government shutdown needs to end soon, according to lawmakers in the room. — Republican senators …
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Trump White House grows eager to escape losing shutdown fight — Now that the Senate has shot down President Donald Trump's compromise offer to end the month-long government shutdown, White House officials aren't sure of their next move. — But they do know one thing: they're losing, and they want to cut a deal.


POLITICO Playbook: The losing move — DRIVING THE DAY — DAY 35 ... NEW ... ONE IDEA that seems to be picking up steam at the White House and in some quarters on Capitol Hill is creating a commission to study border security and a border wall. — NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS WOULD BE REPUBLICANS FOLDING …
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'We're talking': McConnell and Schumer attempt to defuse shutdown
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LaGuardia Flights Halted as Shutdown Hits Air-Traffic Staffing — The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights into New York's LaGuardia Airport because of a shortage of air-traffic control staff, escalating the pressure on President Donald Trump and lawmakers to end the government shutdown.
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FAA briefly halts flights into LaGuardia amid staffing shortages, shutdown
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Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, plans to integrate the social network's messaging services — WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger — asserting his control over the company's sprawling divisions …
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The Facts About Facebook — We need your information for operation …
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Exclusive: White House preparing draft national emergency order, has identified $7 billion for wall — Washington (CNN)The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion …
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Nicholas Sandmann's family hires ‘attorney for the damned’ specializing in libel, slander — SCOTTSDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 8: Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain waits as his lawyer speaks at a press conference November 8, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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In Defense of the MAGA Hat
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Darwin Is Coming for the GOP — A new survey of Generation Z shows that the Republican party is going to have to adapt or die. — In 1964, 80 percent of Republican House members and 82 percent of Republican senators voted for the Civil Rights Act. In 1980, GOP presidential candidates spoke …


'Florida is Trump's state to lose' — The nation's biggest swing state looks even more like Trump Country heading into 2020. — Newly released Florida voter data suggest President Donald Trump will begin his reelection campaign as the favorite in a state that offers a windfall of 29 electoral votes.
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Why Trump Will Lose in 2020 — The president is running hard …
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Trump Administration memo opens door to mass sickout by ATC — This is a developing story and will be updated. — A sharp increasing in staffing issues at ATC centers around the U.S. may signal a tipping point in the month-long partial government shutdown.


Paul Manafort in court to face Mueller probe allegations he lied after pleading guilty — Paul Manafort appeared in federal court Friday morning to face a U.S. judge weighing whether President Trump's former campaign chairman breached his plea agreement by lying repeatedly to prosecutors …
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in court to confront special counsel's allegations of lying
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Bloomberg says Trump, at this point, ‘cannot be helped’ — Potential Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said Friday that Donald Trump's presidency “cannot be helped” and was “dangerous” for the country. — The former New York City mayor also described the partial government shutdown …
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Mark Warner's Enablers — The Virginia senator gets too much respect for his Trump-Russia conspiracy theories. — Hand it to Sen. Mark Warner. Of the many Russia-collusion theorists, how many get to claim “bipartisan” credentials? — That's one question that accompanied Thursday's supposedly big news …


Wilbur Ross says furloughed workers should take out a loan. His agency's own credit union is charging nearly 9 percent — The Department of Commerce federal credit union is charging furloughed employees almost 9 percent interest on emergency loans to cover their missing paychecks …
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Trump aides set off furor with out-of-touch shutdown remarks
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