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Why Trump’s GOP fears this midterm election

Extraordinary support from those non-college whites is what keeps Trump’s national approval from falling below 40 percent. They approve of his job performance by 58 percent to 39 percent while, among...

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Texas takes DACA to court, says immediate injunction against Obama-era...

The state of Texas is seeking a nationwide injunction against the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA), telling a federal judge in a hearing Wednesday that the government...

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Trump lawyer Giuliani calls for Mueller to end probe, rejects interview

President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday called on special counsel Robert Mueller to conclude his probe “without further delay” shortly after responding to Mueller’s latest...

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Obama, Pelosi are ‘traitors’ to Hispanics, Cuban-American journalist running...

President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were “traitors” to Hispanics in the U.S. for dithering on immigration when Democrats controlled the presidency and both chambers of Congress, a...

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GOP corruption scandals can Democratic candidates in midterms

Twelve years ago, during George W. Bush’s presidency, Republican scandals turned a bad mid-term election into a terrible one. Unexpectedly, Democrats recaptured House and Senate majorities. This year,...

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Kansas Gov. Colyer hires lawyer for contested GOP primary

Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer dug in for a legal fight over this past week’s Republican gubernatorial primary, hiring an outside lawyer for the vote-counting process with Secretary of State Kris Kobach...

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Trump’s Space Force will face hypersonic weapons: Air Force General

“If you think missile defense is easy, think again, you’re shooting a bullet with a bullet, and that’s as good as it gets. It gets worse when the bullet is going 13 times the speed of sound and can...

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Giuliani unloads on ‘moron’ New York Times reporter for dismissing concerns...

President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani slammed as an “idiot” a New York Times reporter during an interview Sunday on Fox News’ “Media Buzz,” saying it should be apparent that even honest...

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Trump spokeswoman says Omarosa Manigault Newman book riddled with lies

Dominick Reuter | AFP | Getty Images Omarosa Manigault, a staffer for US President-elect Donald Trump, listens as Martin Luther King III speaks to the media after meeting with the President-elect at...

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De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question

Aug 11: New York’s Mayor Bill deBlasio addresses the media.  (NYC Mayor’s Twitter) Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a...

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Lockheed Martin gets $480 million hypersonics contract from Pentagon

Lockheed Martin has won a second multimillion-dollar Air Force contract to design a hypersonic weapon prototype, as the U.S. tries to match Russia and China in hypersonic development. The award, which...

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Leah Vukmir projected to win Wisconsin GOP Senate primary, face Baldwin in...

Wisconsin Sen. Leah Vukmir was projected to defeat political outsider Kevin Nicholson in Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary, clearing the way for a closely watched general election battle against Democratic...

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Here are the charges ex-Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort faces

Number of counts: 4 counts of bank fraud; 5 counts of bank fraud conspiracyMaximum prison sentence per count: 30 years During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Manafort resorted to bank fraud to...

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Omarosa book raises questions on what the top-paid White House official...

Omarosa Manigault Newman raked in $179,700 a year at the White House – the top salary for a presidential aide, on the same level as chief of staff, press secretary and national security adviser. But...

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Mueller proposes 1,000 exhibits for next trial of Paul Manafort

Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who will preside over the Washington trial, had given Manafort’s lawyers and Mueller until next Monday to file a joint pretrial statement. That statement would detail their...

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US ends Syria stabilization funding, cites more allied cash

The Trump administration is ending funding for Syria stabilization projects as it moves to extricate the U.S. from the conflict, citing increased contributions from anti-Islamic State coalition...

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Judge in Paul Manafort trial said he’s been threatened

AP This Aug. 7, 2018 courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates, right, testifying during questioning in the bank fraud and tax evasion trial of Paul Manafort at federal court in Alexandria, Va. The judge is...

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White House Counsel Don McGahn spoke to Mueller team three times, sources say

White House Counsel Don McGahn has spoken with investigators from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team multiple times, Fox News confirmed Saturday. The revelation comes amid a New York...

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Trump refuses to say if he will pardon ex-campign boss Paul Manafort

With Paul Manafort’s jury deliberating bank and tax fraud charges, President Donald Trump refused to say Friday whether he would pardon his ex-campaign chief. “I don’t talk about that,” Trump told...

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Brennan considers legal action against Trump, report says

John Brennan, the former CIA director and outspoken critic of President Trump, said in an interview Sunday that he is willing to do whatever he can to prevent others from having their security...

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