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Hillary Clinton in Full: A Fiery New Documentary, Trump Regrets and Harsh Words for Bernie: “Nobody Likes Him” — With four-part Hulu series ‘Hillary’ set to premiere at Sundance, one of America's most groundbreaking (and polarizing) figures opens up about Monica Lewinsky, her marriage …
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Sanders apologizes to Biden for surrogate's op-ed alleging he has a “big corruption problem” — Des Moines, Iowa — Senator Bernie Sanders apologized to former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday for an op-ed written by one of his campaign surrogates that claimed Biden has a “big corruption problem.”
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Biden, Sanders, Social Security and Smears — Lying about a rival is bad, even if you don't like his past positions. — While the news media has been focused on the “spat” between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, something much more serious has been taking place between the Sanders campaign and Joe Biden.
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Sanders apologizes to Biden for supporter's op-ed alleging corruption
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Trump's lawyers, Senate GOP allies work privately to ensure Bolton does not testify publicly — President Trump's legal defense team and Senate GOP allies are quietly gaming out contingency plans should Democrats win enough votes to force witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial …
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Former GOP Senator Jeff Flake on impeachment: Republicans are on trial with Trump — Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, who declined to seek reelection over his disagreements with President Donald Trump, said Monday that the Republicans' “cult of personality” …
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McConnell Unveils Rules for Trump Impeachment Trial — On Monday, the president's lawyers asserted he did nothing wrong and urged the Senate to “swiftly reject” the charges against him. — WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, unveiled ground rules on Monday …
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White House appoints GOP House members to advise Trump's impeachment team — The White House announced Monday that President Trump appointed several prominent Republican House members to advise his impeachment defense team ahead of the Senate trial set to begin this week.
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Senate Republicans plan speedy Trump trial — Senate Republicans released their partisan impeachment trial resolution on Monday evening, a blueprint that could result in President Donald Trump's swift acquittal. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to pass impeachment trial rules giving …
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GAO report poses evidence test in Trump impeachment trial
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Impeachment resolution shortens trial's opening arguments to two days per side
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McConnell lays out terms for Senate impeachment trial
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Devin Nunes' Ukraine lies are a betrayal. Voters in his district deserve better — Kiev, Ukraine, is nearly 6,200 miles from Tulare, Calif. That's a long way from home for Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, who now faces explosive allegations that he and his staff contacted shadowy Ukrainian figures …
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The New Evidence Against Trump Since He Was Impeached
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MAGA stops, TV and the pope: How Pence plans to sidestep impeachment
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Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage — DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Young climate activists including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg told business and political elites gathered Tuesday at the World Economic Forum that they aren't doing enough to tackle the climate emergency …
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Swiss police suspect Davos plumbers of being Russian spies — Russian plumbers do not tend to summer in Davos. Even those with diplomatic passports. — Five months before world leaders began their pilgrimage to the annual World Economic Forum this week — among them US president Donald Trump …
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Trump addresses World Economic Forum in Davos, touts trade deals, US economy — President Trump on Tuesday addressed the global business community in Davos while his adversaries back home prepared for his impeachment trial. — Trump praised his own policies for creating a historic unemployment level …
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Trump calls impeachment trial a long-running ‘hoax’ at Davos Summit
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Richmond woman charged with wearing mask in public following gun-rights rally — A 21-year-old Richmond woman was charged Monday with wearing a mask in public following the gun-rights rally in Richmond. — Police said a Richmond officer warned Mikaela E. Beschler, of the 1100 block of North 34th Street …
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Dershowitz on impeachment reversal: ‘I am much more correct right now’ — Cooper presses Dershowitz over changing impeachment view — (CNN)Constitutional lawyer and Trump impeachment legal team member Alan Dershowitz said Monday that he is “much more correct right now” …
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‘Constitutional Nonsense’: Trump's Impeachment Defense Defies Legal Consensus
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Sanders, Biden lead tight pack of front-runners in Suffolk/Globe New Hampshire poll — Senator Bernie Sanders has the slimmest of leads among a knot of four top presidential contenders, with Senator Elizabeth Warren dropping to the rear of the top tier amid significantly weaker support among men …
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Justice Department backed Trump strongarm of House impeachment probe — The Justice Department secretly blessed President Donald Trump's decision to stonewall the Democratic-led House over impeachment last year, the president's legal team disclosed Monday. — The legal brief submitted …
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Trump Third Year Sets New Standard for Party Polarization — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighty-two percentage points separated Republicans' (89%) and Democrats' (7%) average job approval ratings of President Donald Trump during his third year in office. This is the largest degree of political polarization …
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CNN poll: 51% say Senate should remove Trump from office — Schumer: We will force votes on witnesses and documents — (CNN)About half of Americans say the Senate should vote to convict President Donald Trump and remove him from office in the upcoming impeachment trial (51%) …
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When New Jersey Next Redistricts, It Will Count Incarcerated People Where They Lived — A new law ends prison gerrymandering in legislative redistricting. New Jersey will continue to disenfranchise incarcerated people. — Most states draw political maps by counting incarcerated people …