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Lawmakers: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress next month
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress next month.
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Graham says Barr expressed confidence in special counsel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said attorney general nominee William Barr has confidence in special counsel Robert Mueller and will let him complete his Russia investigation. Sen. Lindsey Graham,…
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Bill by Oregon congressman would regulate weed like alcohol
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon, seeks to regulate marijuana like alcohol. The bill introduced Wednesday would take marijuana off the federal controlled substances list…
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Kansas Senate president considering 2020 race for US Senate
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The top Republican in the Kansas Senate said Wednesday that she is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2020, saying she believes Congress needs more conservative Republican women. Senate…
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Witness alleging ballot fraud in congressional race arrested
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of more than a dozen witnesses alleging ballot misconduct in the nation’s last undecided congressional election now faces drug and weapons charges. Bladen County Sheriff’s officials said Wednesday 48-year-old Christopher…
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Treasury chief to brief House on Russia sanctions decision
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (mih-NOO’-shin) will brief House members on his department’s decision to ease sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. The classified briefing Thursday for all members of…
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Democrats: Trump using misinformation, malice in wall debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional Democrats said President Donald Trump “has chosen fear” in his drive to build a southern border wall and called on him to reopen the government shuttered because of the standoff…
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House Speaker Pelosi accuses Trump of ‘manufacturing a crisis’ at border, calls on him to ‘re-open the government’
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Pelosi accuses Trump of ‘manufacturing a crisis’ at border, calls on him to ‘re-open the government’
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WATCH: Trump, Dems address border wall, shutdown in televised speech
Watch President Donald Trump deliver a prime-time address from the Oval Office Tuesday, calling for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border while a partial government shutdown continues. And watch the Democratic rebuttal by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Dems block Senate bill on Israel boycotts, citing shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans’ first bill of the new Congress was intended to insert the legislative branch into President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy — but also to drive a wedge between centrist and…
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House Democrats demand briefing on Russia sanctions decision
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of seven House committees are calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to explain why the United States is easing sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. It’s one…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activists map out next steps in ‘Green New Deal’ bid
Ocasio-Cortez and progressive activists are now poised to throw their organizing muscle behind a suite of policy proposals which would move the country toward 100 percent renewable energy.
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Alabama asks federal officials to investigate Senate race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama attorney general has asked federal election regulators to investigate reports of online fakery in the 2017 Alabama Senate race, a spokesman said Monday. Attorney General Steve Marshall had previously…
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Democratic Wisconsin governor takes office, urges compromise
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly sworn-in Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called for a rejection of “the tired politics of the past” in his inauguration speech Monday, urging lawmakers to find bipartisan solutions to the…
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Senators renew attempt to protect special counsel Mueller
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are renewing their attempt to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job, sending a signal to President Donald Trump as he keeps up his criticism…
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