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Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds — WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …
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McConnell blocks two election security bills
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Senate Probe Finds ‘Extensive’ Russian Meddling in U.S. Election
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Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: ‘Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?’ — Trump security pick plagiarized in 2012 book — (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for the top spokeswoman job at the Treasury Department repeatedly spread conspiracy theories …
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CNN Photo Editor Resigns From Network Over Vicious Anti-Semitic Tweets on Deaths of ‘Jewish Pigs’ — A CNN photo editor resigned from the network Thursday after his past, vicious tweets about Jews and Israel, including posts apparently celebrating the deaths of “Jewish pigs,” were unearthed.
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Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony — On Wednesday, the former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.
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Actually, Robert Mueller Was Awesome
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Washington Post Fact Checks Only Republicans During Mueller Hearings
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Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump — Charles Leazott hadn't thought about the seal in months. — The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis.
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Trump appeared in front of this doctored seal and now a TPUSA aide is fired — (CNN)An audiovisual aide for conservative student group Turning Point USA was fired this week after President Donald Trump appeared on a stage in front of a parody image of the presidential seal at its Teen Student Action Summit.
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Trump appears in front of altered presidential seal saying ‘45 is a puppet’
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How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women — In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria's Secret. He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand's catalog.
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We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial. Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation. — OXFORD, Miss. — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation …

Fox News Poll, July 25 — Joe Biden is the lone top tier candidate in the Democratic nomination race, according to the latest Fox News Poll.
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Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination
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Biden Holds Large Edge
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A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise — A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days.
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Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft — Exclusive: Danielle Stella, reported to support baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, held twice this year over alleged shoplifting — A pro-Trump Republican candidate for Congress who is aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar …
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Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sues Google for $50 Million — Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the long-shot presidential candidate from Hawaii, said in a federal lawsuit that Google infringed on her free speech when it briefly suspended her campaign's advertising account after the first Democratic debate in June.
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Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for $50 Million, Alleging Censorship
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Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark Calls for Impeachment Inquiry — July 25, 2019, Washington, D.C. - Today, Vice Chair Congresswoman Katherine Clark issued the below statement: — Throughout his life and presidency, Donald Trump has proven himself unfit to serve.
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Dem lawmaker to her party: ‘Take action’ on impeachment by September or ‘shut it down’
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Mueller Testimony Deepens Democratic Divide on Impeachment — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III's long-awaited testimony has inflamed divisions among Democrats over impeachment, with some senior lawmakers pushing on Thursday to begin formal impeachment hearings soon, and vulnerable moderates pleading …
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Meghan McCain Confronts Adam Schiff: Show Me Your ‘Smoking Gun’ on Trump Collusion Now — “The Russians offered dirt on Hillary Clinton in writing and sent it to [Donald Trump Jr.],” Schiff stated. “And Don Jr's response was in writing.” — The View's Meghan McCain pressed House …
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Mueller Testifies Russia Had Blackmail on Trump
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Elizabeth Warren Has a Radical Plan to Beat Trump at His Own Game — The professor-turned-senator worked inside the system for decades. Now she's stepping outside—way outside—and forcing Democrats to go with her. — Last fall, Elizabeth Warren got an email from Klaus Schwab …
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CNN to host climate crisis town hall with 2020 Democratic candidates
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Fox's Napolitano Says Trump Has Changed: He Has ‘Unleashed a Torrent of Hatred’ — Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano lamented that President Donald Trump is a changed man in a new op-ed accusing his old friend of unleashing a “torrent of hatred.” — “I have known President Trump personally since 1986.
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Will Trump's Racist Attacks Help Him? Ask Blue-Collar White Women. — Donald Trump's turn toward more overt racism in his “go back” attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color rests on an unspoken bet: that the women who are part of his core constituencies will respond to his acrimony as enthusiastically as the men.


Trump's good week — In a 72-hour stretch this week, President Donald Trump went a long way toward putting two looming threats to his bid to retain power to rest. — The first, impeachment, took a blow on Wednesday when former special counsel Robert Mueller delivered muted …
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Sweeping budget deal passes House despite weak GOP support
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Susan Collins might back out of 2020 election as her approval rating plummets — It's been one week to the day since Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) public job approval ratings showed she was in trouble. As a result, she may be rethinking running at all in 2020.


Mueller didn't fail. The country did. — Being thousands of miles away from home in Portugal, a country that 45 years ago was in the grasp of a brutal dictatorship, gives me an interesting perspective on former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Wednesday testimony and on the now nearly forgotten …


Automakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike a Deal With California — WASHINGTON — Four of the world's largest automakers have struck a deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, siding with the state in its fight with President Trump over one of his most consequential regulatory rollbacks.


Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas — The troops “monitor” migrants at a Texas facility. One congressman said they shouldn't be prison guards, and are close to breaking the posse comitatus law. — WASHINGTON — Active-duty U.S. troops are now stationed inside …
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“She's Dangerous”: GOP Insiders Fear Kamala Could Be the Next Obama — Rattled by her deft vivisection of Joe Biden at the last debate, Republicans wonder how Harris might do against a real villain like Trump. “She doesn't come across as a nutjob,” worries one GOP operative.


Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse — Attorney General William P. Barr Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons to Adopt an Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and Schedule the Executions of Five Death-Row Inmates Convicted of Murdering Children
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