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The Politics of Beto and Amy O'Rourke's Marriage — Beto O'Rourke plonked down on his living room sofa beside his wife, Amy, and promptly removed his shoes and socks. It was a late February morning, weeks before announcing his candidacy for president, and Beto had just returned from his favorite hike in the nearby Franklin Mountains.
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Beto O'Rourke in 2012 said the US had an ‘extravagant government’ that needed ‘significant’ spending cuts — (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke campaigned during his 2012 congressional race on a platform that called for “significant” spending cuts and tax increases to balance …
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Florida Prosecutors Offer to Drop Charges Against Patriots Owner Robert Kraft — Florida prosecutors have offered to drop charges against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and a number of other men charged with soliciting prostitution.
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Kushner's peace plan ‘includes land swaps with Saudi Arabia,’ book claims — A draft of the plan included an oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia to Gaza, according to newly released ‘Kushner, Inc.’ — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner's Middle East peace plan at one point included Jordan giving land …
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Who Do Jared and Ivanka Think They Are? — A new book probes …
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The ridiculousness of Devin Nunes suing ‘Devin Nunes’ cow' — and what it really signals — There is a Twitter account called “Devin Nunes' cow” that has tweeted nasty things about Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). Evidently, the account is not actually run by a cow belonging to Nunes.
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Rep. Nunes sues Twitter for $250 million over parody account of his disgruntled ‘cow’
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‘Devin Nunes’ Cow' reacts to lawsuit: 'I'm not quitting my day job'
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Michael Cohen's Emails Were Sought by Special Counsel in July 2017, Documents Show — Federal authorities began investigating the email accounts of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, as early as July 2017, only months after Mr. Trump took office, according to documents unsealed on Tuesday.
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Preet Bharara Expects a ‘Lengthy, Detailed’ Mueller Report
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Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid
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Feds Got Past Data On Where Cohen's Cell Phones Were In Run Up To Election
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Trump officials prepared to stonewall Democratic oversight demands — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler wrote to the White House last month demanding information about President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to fund the construction of a southern border wall.
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GOP: Few targets met House deadline on Trump corruption probe docs
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Mulvaney on cusp of permanent status upgrade
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Schiff: Real question is if Trump is under the influence of a foreign power — Whether Mueller will answer that question is unclear. But House Intel Chair Adam Schiff said he is steering his probe in a new direction to focus on it. — WASHINGTON — Nearly two years into his investigation …
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President Trump Has Some Stories to Tell About Deutsche Bank — Why a German banking giant is in the news, and why the White House might worry. — In 2006, Donald Trump sued me for libel, claiming that a biography I wrote, “TrumpNation,” lowballed his wealth and misrepresented his track record as a businessman.
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Supreme Court rules for Trump on detaining immigrants — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the federal government can detain immigrants indefinitely for past crimes, even if they have been previously released. — In a 5-4 decision that fell along ideological lines …
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Supreme Court says government can detain immigrants with past criminal records even years …
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U.S. Supreme Court hands Trump a victory on immigration detention
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Her son died. And then anti-vaxers attacked her — (CNN)Not long ago, a 4-year-old boy died of the flu. His mother, under doctor's orders, watched his two little brothers like a hawk, terrified they might get sick and die, too. — Grieving and frightened, just days after her son's death …
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Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog — Shortly before he gave speeches launching his 2020 campaign earlier this month, Bernie Sanders emailed his supporters, urging them to “do our very best to engage respectfully with our Democratic opponents—talking about the issues we are fighting for …


Mysterious Buyer Pumps $2.9 Million Into President Trump's Coffers — President Trump sold a $2.9 million New York City condo to a mysterious buyer March 8, in a previously unreported deal laid out in public documents. — Officially, the buyer was an entity named Koctagon LLC.


‘A total loser!’: Trump lashes out at George Conway, who has been questioning his mental health — President Trump on Tuesday ratcheted up a remarkable public spat with the husband of one of his top advisers, attacking Kellyanne Conway's husband as a “total loser” on Twitter in response …


The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court — Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration at least 63 times over the past two years, an extraordinary record of legal defeat that has stymied large parts of the president's agenda on the environment, immigration and other matters.
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Rosenstein Extending Stay At DOJ Indefinitely — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is extending his stay at the Department of Justice for at least “a little longer,” according to Tuesday NBC reporting. — Slated to leave in mid-March, Rosenstein has reportedly spoken …
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Rosenstein hanging on at DOJ amid Mueller probe wind-down, despite plans to leave by now
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New-Model Murdochs: Fox Corporation to Emerge Tuesday — UPDATED: 21st Century Fox said Tuesday it has completed the distribution of shares to birth the Fox Corporation. “21CF and FOX are now each a standalone, publicly traded company,” 21st Century Fox said in a statement issued at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan joins board of Fox Corporation
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Truth comes to light in Bezos spectacle — Sometimes stories are simpler than they're made out to be. That appears to be the case with Jeff Bezos. — When the National Enquirer reported that Bezos, the Amazon founder who is the world's richest man, was having an extramarital affair …
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How the National Enquirer Got Bezos' Texts: It Paid $200,000 to His Lover's Brother
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The demobilization of the resistance is a dangerous mistake — Remember when protest was the new brunch? — The Women's Marches over-awed Donald Trump's Inauguration. Protesters at airports checked the initial version of Trump's travel bans. Ordinary Americans' phone calls …
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Trump's campaign secret weapon: Facebook — Data: Adapted from a Bully Pulpit interactive chart; Chart: Axios Visuals — While Democrats' campaign launches have sucked up national attention, President Trump's re-election campaign has quietly spent nearly twice as much as the entire …


CNN Poll: Harris climbs in the Democratic race, as enthusiasm starts high for both parties — (CNN)An 8-point jump in support for California Sen. Kamala Harris stands out in a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS that shows a field of four in double digits in the race for the Democratic nomination for president.


Kazakhstan's president steps down after 30 years — MOSCOW (AP) — Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over the country's future course.


Ben Sasse Became the One Thing a Trump-Era Pol Should Never Be: Weak — With that pro-Trump emergency vote, the Nebraska senator threw away his credibility and showed he doesn't get the core lesson of Trumpism. — Matt Lewis — BEAST INSIDE — Fresh off of voting to uphold Trump's …
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Facebook Takes Steps to Prevent Bias in the Way It Shows Ads — After years of criticism, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers in key categories to show their message only to people of a certain race, gender or age group. — The company said that anyone …
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Andrew Yang, Upstart Democratic Presidential Candidate, Comes Out Against Circumcision — A candidate known for putting out position statements on virtually every policy adds a rather intimate one to the list. — Outsider presidential hopeful Andrew Yang's latest idea is both literally …
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Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun — Does the ubiquitous dance troupe really present five thousand years of civilization reborn? — Just as it is impossible for me to articulate with any certainty the moment I entered adulthood or began to believe that human life …