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Senate made criminal referral of Trump Jr., Bannon, Kushner and two others to federal prosecutors — WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic chairmen of the Senate Intelligence Committee made criminal referrals of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Erik Prince and Sam Clovis …
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Trump's 2016 campaign chair was a ‘grave counterintelligence threat,’ had contact with Russian intelligence, Senate panel finds — The Trump campaign chairman's contacts with Kremlin-linked officials posed a “grave counterintelligence threat,” according to the final volume …
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Bipartisan Senate report describes 2016 Trump campaign eager to accept help from foreign power — WASHINGTON — In a thousand-page bipartisan report released Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee said the Trump administration obstructed its investigation with “novel claims” of executive privilege.
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Manafort associate is Russian spy, may have helped coordinate e-mail hack-and-leak, report says
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Senate report finds Manafort passed campaign data to Russian intelligence officer
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Senate Intel Panel Found ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ Of Collusion, Faced Roadblocks In Probe Of Steele Dossier
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AP Exclusive: Cindy McCain video on Joe Biden to air at DNC — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night's Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden's close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
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What we're looking for on Night 2 of the Democratic convention — On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, the party laid out its overarching message: If you don't like Donald Trump, you have a home with us. — Starting tonight through Thursday, the goal is to round out its nominee, Joe Biden.


Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Leaves Stephen Colbert Speechless
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The Official 2020 Democratic National Convention Drinking Game
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Cindy McCain is the latest Republican to speak on Biden's behalf at convention
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From Bill Clinton to AOC, Democrats to highlight party's heritage and future
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Statement — WASHINGTON, DC — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued the following statement today: — “The United States Postal Service will play a critical role this year in delivering election mail for millions of voters across the country.
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Postmaster general announces he is ‘suspending’ policies that were blamed for causing mail delays — The U.S. Postal Service will halt its controversial cost-cutting initiatives until after the election — canceling service reductions, reinstating overtime hours and ceasing the removal …


Susan Collins Engineered the USPS Disaster She's Now Protesting — Trump may be trying to sabotage the election, but the war against the Postal Service goes back decades. — At this point, it should come as no surprise that the vast majority of Congressional Republicans have responded …
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GOP and Trump ties run deep on the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors — Most members of the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors have numerous ties to the Republican Party as well as President Donald Trump's associates and administration. — The Postal Service's leadership …
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At least 21 states plan to sue the Postal Service over service delays, threat to election — At least 21 states plan to file lawsuits this week against the U.S. Postal Service and its new postmaster, Louis DeJoy, seeking to reverse service changes that have prompted widespread reports of delays …


DeJoy suspends Postal Service changes amid election fears
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US Postal Service delays force Department of Veterans Affairs to shift prescription delivery methods
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Would you mind giving it a crack?’ Bill Clinton leans back and smiles while receiving neck massage from Epstein victim, 22, in never-before-seen photos during trip on pedophile's plane to Africa in 2002 - as he addresses Dem convention TONIGHT — Bill Clinton is seen enjoying …


TV News Networks Worried About Airing Two Hours of Trump's Convention — Sources said the networks have given DNC officials a new reason they won't air their event in full: Because they'd also have to air Trump's in full—lies, warts, and all. — Over the last few U.S. presidential election cycles …
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Alice Johnson's Life Sentence Was Commuted by Trump. Now She Will Speak at His Convention.
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The security guard blurted ‘I love you’ to Joe Biden in an elevator. One viral video later, she will nominate him for president. — WILMINGTON, Del. — She was last seen blurting “I love you” to Joe Biden as she escorted him in an elevator to an editorial board meeting at the New York Times last December …
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What if Trumpism Is the G.O.P.'s Natural State? — Beating Trump would be just the beginning. Democrats would still be confronted with a radical Republican Party. — Mr. Jentleson was a deputy chief of staff for Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. — Buckle up, Democrats …
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Senate Republicans preparing $500B virus relief proposal
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Republicans to renew push for coronavirus stimulus deal with smaller aid package
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After Reopening, Notre Dame to Move Classes Online Due to Coronavirus Cases — The school reopened last week, but male senior students who attended off-campus parties are leading a Covid-19 surge — The University of Notre Dame is canceling in-person classes and moving them online …
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Engel Statement on State Department Temper Tantrum — Bronx, NY—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement: — “As the Committee gets closer to answers on a range of pressing oversight issues, Secretary Pompeo has tried to thwart us at every turn.
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Georgia voters to be made ‘inactive’ after absentee mail undeliverable — Tens of thousands of Georgia voter registrations are on track to be changed to inactive status because absentee ballot applications mailed to them last spring were undeliverable. — These voters will still be able …
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Former DHS official: Trump will ‘align with dictators around the world’ if he wins — (CNN)A former senior Trump administration official who is endorsing Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump wins a second term he will “align with dictators around the world.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene visited the Capitol and tried to get Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to retake their oaths on the Bible — Republican congressional candidate and right-wing pundit Marjorie Taylor Greene is a bigot both on and offline. — In February 2019, she visited Capitol Hill …
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Roger Stone drops appeals of felony convictions — Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone has unexpectedly dropped the appeal of his seven federal felony convictions for seeking to thwart a House investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. — Stone's lawyers submitted …
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WHY I DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE APPEAL OF MY UNJUST CONVICTION IN THE MUELLER WITCH HUNT
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Sleepwalking into Secession — We have flirted with disaster before. Now we must avert it. — Recently, the New York Times reported on a set of simulations run by a bipartisan group called the Transition Integrity Project. Both the Project itself and the mainstream media reports …


Trump's unhinged Twitter meltdown shows Michelle Obama drew blood — President Trump unleashed a torrent of rage tweets about Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic convention that was spectacularly cringeworthy even by his standards — but it only underscored how effectively the former …
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