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"Never Say Never": Hillary Clinton On 2020 US Presidential Bid
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she is under pressure from "many, many, many people" to pursue a 2020 White House bid, but she signaled that she isn't planning to run - at least, not at the moment.
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"Get Tougher, Fight": Trump Tells Republicans As Allies Slam Impeachment Response
President Trump lashed out against the impeachment process during a raucous Cabinet meeting Monday, turning the White House gathering into a Trump-run war room as he continues to unnerve many of his Republican allies
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"Everyone Is Shaky": Republican Reckoning Over Trump's Possible Impeachment
A torrent of impeachment developments has triggered a reckoning in the Republican Party, paralyzing many of its officeholders as they weigh their political futures, legacies and, ultimately, their allegiance to a president who has held them captive.
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After Clashing With Trump, John Bolton Out As National Security Advisor
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that John Bolton was no longer his national security adviser, ending a turbulent tenure marked by widening rifts between an unorthodox president seeking a foreign policy victory and an irascible foreign policy hawk who had been deeply skeptical of much of the president's agenda.
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"Every Day, It's A Trap": Democratic Senator On Trump's Racist Attacks
Sen. Amy Klobuchar's presidential campaign launched in February on a snow-pelted stage in Minneapolis. It has since struggled to gain traction in a crowded 2020 field - and former vice president Joe Biden, who leads the polls, has a centrist pitch that overlaps with that of the Minnesota Democrat.
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Amid Criticism, A Smear Campaign Against Khashoggi To Protect Trump
Hard-line Republicans and conservative commentators are mounting a dark whisper campaign against Jamal Khashoggi that is designed to protect President Donald Trump from criticism of his handling of the dissident journalist's alleged murder by Saudi Arabia operatives - and support Trump's continued aversion to a forceful response to the oil-rich des...
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Trump Creates Political Storm With Claim On Puerto Rico Hurricane Deaths
As Hurricane Florence churned toward the Carolinas, President Donald Trump on Thursday diverted attention from the government's preparations for the monster storm to his personal grievances over last year's Hurricane Maria by falsely claiming a conspiracy to inflate the death toll in Puerto Rico.
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Watergate Journalist To Reveal "Harrowing Life" In Trump's White House
In the worldwide capital of leaks and anonymous dishing that is Washington, secrets can be almost impossible to keep.
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Trump Explains After Uproar Over Putin Meet. It Hinged Heavily On A Word
President Donald Trump on Tuesday grudgingly sought to inch back his warm remarks about Russia and its leader during a summit in Helsinki a day earlier, saying he had misspoken when he appeared to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's denials that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election over the conclusions of his own intelligen...
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Donald Trump Says He Is "Close" To Choosing A Supreme Court Nominee
President Donald Trump said he was "close" to choosing a Supreme Court nominee Sunday after a weekend at his New Jersey golf club evaluating four leading candidates and mulling the likely response of key senators and his core supporters to each prospect, according to White House officials and Trump advisers involved in the discussions.
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Trump May Pardon 63-Year-Old Woman After Meeting With Kim Kardashian
President Donald Trump is privately telling aides that he is strongly considering pardoning Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence, after meeting with Kim Kardashian to discuss her case, as he becomes increasingly fixated on his ability to issue pardons.
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Who Is Stefan A. Halper, The FBI Source Who Assisted The Russia Investigation?
Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation and is at the center of a standoff between congressional Republicans and the Justice Department, is a well-connected veteran of past GOP administrations who convened senior intelligence officials for seminars at the University of Cambridge in England.
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Trump Demands Justice Department Probe If FBI "Infiltrated" His Campaign
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would demand that the Justice Department explore whether it or the FBI "infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes" - perhaps signaling the start of a showdown between the nation's chief executive and its federal law enforcement apparatus.
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"I Was Going To Get This Over With": Inside Giuliani's Explosive Stormy Daniels Revelation
He may have had a strategy, but Rudy Giuliani hatched it almost entirely in secret. The White House counsel had no idea. Neither did the White House chief of staff, nor the White House press secretary, nor the new White House lawyer overseeing its handling of the Russia investigation.
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"Like Dropping Bomb On Trump's Front Porch": FBI Raids President's Lawyer
President Donald Trump has howled in all caps for nearly a year as the Justice Department has delved deeper and deeper into his orbit. Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted his former campaign chairman. Then he secured a guilty plea from his former national security adviser. All the while, Mueller and his investigators have spent hours questionin...
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"Never Say Never": Hillary Clinton On 2020 US Presidential Bid
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she is under pressure from "many, many, many people" to pursue a 2020 White House bid, but she signaled that she isn't planning to run - at least, not at the moment.
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"Get Tougher, Fight": Trump Tells Republicans As Allies Slam Impeachment Response
President Trump lashed out against the impeachment process during a raucous Cabinet meeting Monday, turning the White House gathering into a Trump-run war room as he continues to unnerve many of his Republican allies
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"Everyone Is Shaky": Republican Reckoning Over Trump's Possible Impeachment
A torrent of impeachment developments has triggered a reckoning in the Republican Party, paralyzing many of its officeholders as they weigh their political futures, legacies and, ultimately, their allegiance to a president who has held them captive.
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After Clashing With Trump, John Bolton Out As National Security Advisor
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that John Bolton was no longer his national security adviser, ending a turbulent tenure marked by widening rifts between an unorthodox president seeking a foreign policy victory and an irascible foreign policy hawk who had been deeply skeptical of much of the president's agenda.
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"Every Day, It's A Trap": Democratic Senator On Trump's Racist Attacks
Sen. Amy Klobuchar's presidential campaign launched in February on a snow-pelted stage in Minneapolis. It has since struggled to gain traction in a crowded 2020 field - and former vice president Joe Biden, who leads the polls, has a centrist pitch that overlaps with that of the Minnesota Democrat.
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Amid Criticism, A Smear Campaign Against Khashoggi To Protect Trump
Hard-line Republicans and conservative commentators are mounting a dark whisper campaign against Jamal Khashoggi that is designed to protect President Donald Trump from criticism of his handling of the dissident journalist's alleged murder by Saudi Arabia operatives - and support Trump's continued aversion to a forceful response to the oil-rich des...
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Trump Creates Political Storm With Claim On Puerto Rico Hurricane Deaths
As Hurricane Florence churned toward the Carolinas, President Donald Trump on Thursday diverted attention from the government's preparations for the monster storm to his personal grievances over last year's Hurricane Maria by falsely claiming a conspiracy to inflate the death toll in Puerto Rico.
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Watergate Journalist To Reveal "Harrowing Life" In Trump's White House
In the worldwide capital of leaks and anonymous dishing that is Washington, secrets can be almost impossible to keep.
-
Trump Explains After Uproar Over Putin Meet. It Hinged Heavily On A Word
President Donald Trump on Tuesday grudgingly sought to inch back his warm remarks about Russia and its leader during a summit in Helsinki a day earlier, saying he had misspoken when he appeared to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's denials that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election over the conclusions of his own intelligen...
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Donald Trump Says He Is "Close" To Choosing A Supreme Court Nominee
President Donald Trump said he was "close" to choosing a Supreme Court nominee Sunday after a weekend at his New Jersey golf club evaluating four leading candidates and mulling the likely response of key senators and his core supporters to each prospect, according to White House officials and Trump advisers involved in the discussions.
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Trump May Pardon 63-Year-Old Woman After Meeting With Kim Kardashian
President Donald Trump is privately telling aides that he is strongly considering pardoning Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence, after meeting with Kim Kardashian to discuss her case, as he becomes increasingly fixated on his ability to issue pardons.
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Who Is Stefan A. Halper, The FBI Source Who Assisted The Russia Investigation?
Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation and is at the center of a standoff between congressional Republicans and the Justice Department, is a well-connected veteran of past GOP administrations who convened senior intelligence officials for seminars at the University of Cambridge in England.
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Trump Demands Justice Department Probe If FBI "Infiltrated" His Campaign
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would demand that the Justice Department explore whether it or the FBI "infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes" - perhaps signaling the start of a showdown between the nation's chief executive and its federal law enforcement apparatus.
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"I Was Going To Get This Over With": Inside Giuliani's Explosive Stormy Daniels Revelation
He may have had a strategy, but Rudy Giuliani hatched it almost entirely in secret. The White House counsel had no idea. Neither did the White House chief of staff, nor the White House press secretary, nor the new White House lawyer overseeing its handling of the Russia investigation.
-
"Like Dropping Bomb On Trump's Front Porch": FBI Raids President's Lawyer
President Donald Trump has howled in all caps for nearly a year as the Justice Department has delved deeper and deeper into his orbit. Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted his former campaign chairman. Then he secured a guilty plea from his former national security adviser. All the while, Mueller and his investigators have spent hours questionin...
