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    Simon Says
    President Trump commuted the sentence of and later pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had received a life term in a drug case.
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    Opinion: The Truth About Pardons

    Dec 05, 2020
    The history of presidential pardons is often surprising — and revealing.
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    Elections
    First lady Melania Trump arrives to speak to the Republican National Convention from the White House on Tuesday. She empathized with those struggling with the coronavirus in her remarks.
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    4 Takeaways From Night 2 Of The Republican National Convention

    Aug 26, 2020
    Melania Trump empathized with those struggling with the coronavirus, while others sidestepped the pandemic's impact on the economy. The program disregarded old lines between official and political.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    Graffiti from recent demonstrations covers an area outside the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland on July 8. Protesters are facing off not just against the Portland police but a group of federal agents.
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    Federal Officers Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab People In Portland, Protesters Say

    Jul 17, 2020
    Federal law enforcement personnel have been deployed in the Oregon city since early July due to anti-police protests. Residents say they're using unmarked vehicles to snatch protesters off the street.
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    National
    Foxconn's substation under construction in Mount Pleasant, Wis., on Dec. 15, 2019. State officials hope the company will help turn the region into the next Silicon Valley.
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    Foxconn's Promises Slow To Materialize In Wisconsin

    Jan 14, 2020
    Foxconn was touted as part of a new revival in U.S. manufacturing, and state officials offered nearly $4 billion to lure the company to Wisconsin. Things haven't gone quite as planned.
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    Politics
    Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses a business group in Montgomery, Ala., last year. Sessions announced Thursday that he will run to regain his old Senate seat.
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    Jeff Sessions Says He Will Run To Regain His Old Senate Seat From Alabama

    Nov 07, 2019
    A year ago, Sessions resigned as attorney general after months of tension with President Trump who complained that the former Alabama senator was not sufficiently loyal.
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    Politics
    President Trump insists there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine — but the phrase was not always synonymous with a shakedown.
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    From Simple Exchange To Shakedown: The Evolution Of 'Quid Pro Quo'

    Oct 26, 2019
    The Latin phrase has played a key role in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But its meaning in that context is far removed from its original simplicity.
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    Law
    Migrants cross the Rio Grande into the United States, to turn themselves over to authorities and ask for asylum, in Ciudad, Juarez, in June.
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    Apprehensions At The U.S.-Mexico Border Decline For The 4th Consecutive Month

    Oct 08, 2019
    Administration officials credit a policy of returning asylum-seeking migrants to Mexico and an end to a policy referred to by critics as "catch and release."
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    Joe Biden Talks Impeachment And Green Economy During Reno Stop

    Feb 21, 2020

    Joe Biden has been leading in the polls since he announced he was running for president. 

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    Law
    Cesar Sayoc was sentenced to 20 years in prison for mailing 16 inoperative pipe bombs to public figures seen as critical of President Trump in 2018.
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    Florida Man Who Mailed Bombs To Democrats, Media Gets 20 Years In Prison

    Aug 05, 2019
    Cesar Sayoc blamed his attempted bombing spree on his mental illness and excessive use of steroids. His attorneys said he was obsessed with President Trump.
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    Politics
    Customers line up to enter the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York City in this 2010 file photo. Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll claims President Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at the Manhattan department store in the '90s.
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    'It Hurt. And It Was Against My Will': Trump Accuser Stands By Her Story

    Jun 22, 2019
    Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll repeats her claim that President Trump assaulted her in the 1990s, even as he tells reporters her story is "a total false accusation."
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    Business
    The Huawei Technologies Ltd. business location in Plano, Texas. Trump's executive order does not name Huawei, but it appears to be directed at the Chinese telecom manufacturer.
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    Trump Takes Aim At Huawei, Paves Way For Ban Of Foreign Telecom Equipment

    May 15, 2019
    Amid rising trade tensions, President Trump is moving against Chinese telecom firms that the administration says can exploit vulnerabilities in communications and information technology.
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    Middle East
    An explosion damaged a restaurant in Manbij, Syria, on Wednesday, as shown in a screen grab from the Kurdish Hawar News agency, or ANHA.
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    U.S. Troops Killed By Blast In Syria; Islamic State Claims Responsibility

    Jan 16, 2019
    Four Americans are reported dead, and three more injured, in a suicide bombing in northern Syria. The attack comes shortly after President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw troops from Syria.
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    News
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press in the newly inaugurated Cathedral of the Nativity Christ, east of Cairo, on Thursday.
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    Pompeo's Cairo Speech Is Met With Skepticism About Trump Policies

    Jan 10, 2019
    A former ambassador to Yemen, scholars and Muslim leaders question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claims that the U.S. under Trump is a positive influence in the Middle East.
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    Politics
    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to potential voters during a campaign stop on Friday in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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    What Iowa Democrats Want In A 2020 Candidate: Someone Who Can Beat Trump

    Jan 07, 2019
    Older voters and younger voters, former Clinton supporters and Bernie Sanders fans, all say they want a candidate who is electable. "I want somebody to get Trump out of there," said Marilynn Leggio.
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    Politics
    House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana (left) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California are running to keep their leadership jobs when Republicans move to the minority next year.
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    House Republicans To Choose Leaders After Midterm Defeat

    Nov 14, 2018
    With Democrats winning control of the House in the midterm elections House GOP members and incoming freshmen will elect leaders to run a smaller more conservative conference in the next Congress.
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    Elections
    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has outlined a legislative agenda that includes Democratic priorities like lowering prescription drug prices and overhauling campaign finance laws.
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    Taking Back The House Could Be 'Life And Death' For Democrats

    Nov 05, 2018
    If Democrats fail to take back the House and make significant gains at the state level, they'll be shut out just as they were in 2016, with little say in legislation and judicial appointments.
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    Politics
    President Trump has refused to divest himself of businesses and investments that could pose conflicts of interest. For example, the Trump International Hotel (seen here), located just blocks from the White House, regularly hosts events with foreign diplo
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    Congress Really Can Demand, And Get, Trump's Tax Returns. Here's How

    Oct 11, 2018
    Three House and Senate committees have "the unqualified right" to request taxpayers' returns from the IRS. There's no provision exempting the president.
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    She Votes
    A woman shouts slogans during the Women's March in New York City, January 20, 2018, as protestors took to the streets en masse across the United States. It was a sign of lasting outrage, coming a year after the first women's marches following President T
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    The Women's Wave: Backlash To Trump Persists, Reshaping Politics In 2018

    Sep 24, 2018
    A big gender gap threatens the GOP in November, as the energy of the women's marches the day after Donald Trump took office has been sustained by Democratic women invested in the midterms.
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    Politics
    President Trump, who visited Puerto Rico with first lady Melania Trump in October 2017, denies 3,000 people died as a result of last year's hurricanes and falsely claims Democrats inflated it to make him look bad.
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    Trump Denies Almost 3,000 Died In Puerto Rico, Falsely Claims Democrats Inflated Data

    Sep 13, 2018
    In tweets this morning, the president disavowed studies showing the death toll was much higher than initially reported and blamed Democrats for trying to make him "look as bad as possible."
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    Pres. Trump To Make Campaign Stop In Nevada

    Aug 22, 2018

    President Trump will be returning to Nevada within weeks to campaign in advance of the midterm elections, according to White House officials who spoke to reporters Tuesday. 

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    Politics
    GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania says his former job as an FBI agent gives him the tools to see President Trump was manipulated by Russian premiere Vladimir Putin. Seen in his official portrait, Fitzpatrick is among his party's harshest critics
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    GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick: 'The President Was Manipulated By Vladimir Putin'

    Jul 22, 2018
    Pennsylvania Congressman Fitzpatrick served in the FBI and says he has full confidence in the US intelligence community. Days ago, GOP Rep. Will Hurd of Texas came to the same conclusion.
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    Politics
    Air Force One after lands in Bagotville, Canada, in June. At the G-7 meeting there, President Trump threw traditional U.S. allies into disarray over his trade and security policies.
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    Stung By Trump At G-7, Allies Look For Better Outcome At NATO Summit

    Jul 09, 2018
    President Trump is heading to Brussels for a NATO summit this week. The alliance wants to present a united front, but Trump has complained other members are not spending enough on defense.
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    Politics
    Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was among the most controversial of President Trump's original Cabinet-level picks.
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    Scott Pruitt Out At EPA

    Jul 05, 2018
    After months of ethics scandals and investigations, the embattled Environmental Protection Agency head has resigned, the president said Thursday.
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    Politics
    A federal court hears arguments in a case brought by Democratic lawmakers about whether the Trump Organization's business dealings with foreign governments violates the Constitution's Emoluments Clause.
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    Trump Organization Deals In Asia Fuel Debate On Emoluments Lawsuit

    Jun 07, 2018
    Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the conflict between Trump's foreign-policy decisions and his business ventures "epitomizes why the founders put that emoluments clause into the Constitution."
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    Politics
    In <em>War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence</em>, Ronan Farrow writes about his time at the State Department and describes what he sees as a dangerous whittling away of the agency's influence.
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    'Shoot First, Ask Questions Later': Ronan Farrow On A Diplomacy-Less State Department

    Apr 18, 2018
    Journalist Ronan Farrow worked for years in the State Department. In his new book, he describes what he sees as a dangerous whittling away of the agency's influence.
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