Weekly Roundup: Thursday, November 29
30 Nov 2018
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Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen admitted on Thursday that he and others working ...
House Democrats Nominate Pelosi For Speaker; Republicans Win Final Senate Seat
28 Nov 2018
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House Democrats nominated Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve as the next speaker of the House. If...
Trump Defends Use Of Tear Gas At The Border; Mississippi Senate Heads To A Runoff
26 Nov 2018
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The U.S. briefly closed border entries in Tijuana and used tear gas on the protesters after several ...
Pelosi's Democratic Challengers Go Public; Trump Says He Answered Mueller's Questions
20 Nov 2018
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Eleven House Democrats and five incoming freshmen have signed a letter promising to vote against Pel...
Election Update + Turkey Traditions
19 Nov 2018
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An update on where things stand in Georgia and Florida plus why President Trump is planning some ral...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, November 15
16 Nov 2018
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A recount is under way in Florida, rebel Democrats claim they can defeat Nancy Pelosi in a speaker v...
Congress Returns With A Long To-Do List
12 Nov 2018
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Congress is returning to Washington this week for an end of year session that's likely going to brin...
Election Night Hasn't Ended Just Yet
09 Nov 2018
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Election season hasn't actually ended yet as a recount becomes likely in Florida, where a vicious le...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, November 8
08 Nov 2018
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Jeff Sessions has been forced out of his job as Attorney General. Will his replacement undermine the...
After Election Night, Trump Lashes Out; Pelosi Offers An Olive Branch
07 Nov 2018
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In back to back press conferences, President Trump and Nancy Pelosi both talked about what bipartisa...
Democrats Win Control Of The House; Republicans Expand Senate Majority
07 Nov 2018
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In what was considered a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency, Congress splits control between De...
Midterm Update: Republicans & Democrats Make Their Final Pitches To Voters
05 Nov 2018
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In the final hours before the midterm elections Republicans point to the economy and stir up fears o...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, November 1
01 Nov 2018
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President Trump signaled in a speech at the White House that he wants to make changes to the asylum ...
Midterm Update: What You Should Pay Attention To On Election Night
31 Oct 2018
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This is your guide to what to pay attention to as the results roll in on Tuesday. The NPR Politics t...
Midterm Update: Trump Pivots To Immigration; Where The Parties Put Their Money
30 Oct 2018
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With a week left till the midterm elections President Trump is focusing on hardline immigration poli...
Feds Charge Man With Mailing Improvised Bombs To President Trump's Critics
26 Oct 2018
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The Justice Department has charged Cesar Sayoc, 56, in connection with a wave of improvised explosiv...
New NPR Poll Shows Trump is Key Factor in Midterms
26 Oct 2018
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According to a new survey from NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist Poll, more than two-thirds of registered vote...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, October 25
25 Oct 2018
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The list of prominent people, eight and counting, who were sent suspicious packages reads like a Tru...
Apparent 'Pipe Bombs' Mailed To Clinton, Obama And CNN
24 Oct 2018
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At least six suspicious packages containing what the FBI called potentially destructive devices have...
Midterm Update: Voter Suppression In Georgia; Trump Stumps For Former Rival In TX
23 Oct 2018
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Half a million voters were purged from the voter roll by the Republican candidate for governor in Ge...
U.S. Government Charges Russian With Interference In The 2018 Midterm Elections
19 Oct 2018
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Elena Khusyaynova, a Russian citizen, has been charged by the U.S. government with one count of cons...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, October 18
18 Oct 2018
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Senator Elizabeth Warren and President Trump reignite their fight over her ancestry weeks before the...
A Saudi Journalist Disappears in Turkey And Sets Off A Diplomatic Crisis
16 Oct 2018
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Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and critic of Saudi policy, walked into the Saudi cons...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, October 11
11 Oct 2018
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President Trump warned at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night that if his party loses in No...
Nikki Haley Resigns As U.N. Ambassador; Kavanaugh Debuts On The Supreme Court
09 Oct 2018
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Nikki Haley is resigning as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and will leave the Trump admin...
Kavanaugh Has The Votes To Be Confirmed To The Supreme Court
06 Oct 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on F...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, October 4
04 Oct 2018
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Key Republican senators who have been withholding judgment on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to t...
President Trump Mocks Ford; FBI Investigates Accusations Against Kavanaugh
03 Oct 2018
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President Trump is adding fresh animosity to the already tense debate over Brett Kavanaugh with new ...
The Lasting Political Impact of The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings
29 Sep 2018
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With less than six weeks until the midterm elections, how will Kavanaugh's nomination process — wi...
Kavanaugh & His Accuser Blasey Ford Testify About Sexual Misconduct Allegations
28 Sep 2018
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh was defiant and visibly angry as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Comm...
Senate Committee Reviews New Allegations Against Kavanaugh; Trump Defends His Nominee
27 Sep 2018
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing a statement from a third woman who has come forward with...
Kavanaugh Again Accused of Sexual Misconduct; Rosenstein Remains Deputy AG For Now
24 Sep 2018
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**This episode contains explicit details about alleged sexual misconduct and may not be suitable for...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, September 20
21 Sep 2018
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After days of back and forth over the terms of a hearing, attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the ...
Trump Escalates Trade War With China; China Retaliates
18 Sep 2018
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Hours after President Trump announced tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, China responded with...
Allegations Against Kavanaugh Cause Political Turmoil, Echoes of Anita Hill
18 Sep 2018
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The woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault revealed her identity ...
Manafort Pleads Guilty & Kavanaugh Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct
14 Sep 2018
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty on Friday and agreed to cooperate with s...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, September 13
13 Sep 2018
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President Trump denied the death toll of nearly 3,000 from hurricanes Maria and Irma, which swept ac...
NPR Poll: Midwest Abandons Trump, Democrats Chances Balloon Ahead of Midterms
12 Sep 2018
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In a troubling sign for Republicans less than two months before November's elections, Democrats' adv...
Obama Takes On Trump In First Midterm Campaign Speech
07 Sep 2018
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In his first major political speech in the U.S. since leaving office, former President Barack Obama ...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, September 6
06 Sep 2018
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The White House has denounced a scathing op-ed column about the president in the New York Times that...
Kavanaugh Hearing Day 2: SCOTUS Nominee Defends Dissents On Abortion, Gun Control
06 Sep 2018
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is presenting himself as an open-minded judge who is guided by...
Midterm Update: Ayanna Pressley's Upset Victory Shows Power Of Women Of Color
05 Sep 2018
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In a surprise defeat that reflects a changing Democratic Party, Boston City Council member Ayanna Pr...
Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Day One; New Book Details A Chaotic White House
05 Sep 2018
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Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh opened on a contentious note T...
John McCain Honored By Obama, Bush, & Others At Washington Funeral
01 Sep 2018
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Friends, family and former political rivals saluted the late Sen. John McCain on Saturday as a lovin...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, August 30
30 Aug 2018
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President Trump's White House Counsel Don McGahn may be leaving his post, but his goal of tilting th...
WH Counsel Don McGahn To Resign; Plus, FL's Governor's Race Is 2018's Bernie v. Trump
29 Aug 2018
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White House counsel Don McGahn is resigning this autumn after a tumultuous stretch as President Trum...
Midterm Update: Arizona, Florida, & Oklahoma Hold Primary Elections
27 Aug 2018
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On Tuesday Arizona and Florida hold some of the year's most anticipated primaries. The fight for Sen...
Sen. John McCain, Former Presidential Nominee And Prisoner Of War, Dies At 81
26 Aug 2018
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Arizona senator and former Republican presidential nominee John McCain died Saturday at the age of 8...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, August 23
23 Aug 2018
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President Trump has called his former campaign chairman who was found guilty in court a "brave man."...
Trump's Attorney Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty & Paul Manafort Found Guilty By Jury
22 Aug 2018
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Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, has pleaded guilty to eight count...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, August 16
16 Aug 2018
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President Trump revokes a former CIA director's security clearance and threatens to do the same to o...
Midterm Update: First Transgender Gubernatorial Nominee & #MeToo Enters A New Era
15 Aug 2018
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Tuesday's elections in four states — Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut and Vermont — produced so...
Omarosa Manigault Newman Secretly Records The President; Plus Tuesday's Primaries
13 Aug 2018
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One day after she was fired from her post at the White House, Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly reco...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, August 9
09 Aug 2018
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President Trump's lawyers are negotiating an interview with the special counsel. Trump's former camp...
Midterm Update: Tuesday's Primaries Raise Questions About Trump's Influence
08 Aug 2018
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There were lots of takeaways from Tuesday's election & primaries, from whether Republicans should st...
What to Watch For In Tuesday's Elections
06 Aug 2018
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Tuesday's primaries in Washington, Michigan, Kansas and Missouri will shape several high-profile gen...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, August 2
02 Aug 2018
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Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, is in court, and his trial is wrapping up...
Facebook Removes Accounts Involved In Deceptive Political Influence Campaign
31 Jul 2018
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Facebook announced Tuesday afternoon that it has removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts or pages...
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Goes To Trial
30 Jul 2018
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Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort's trial begins Tuesday. It is the first case by Robert ...
Hundreds Of Families Still Separated As Reunification Deadline Passes
27 Jul 2018
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A court-imposed deadline that required the Trump administration to reunite separated children with t...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, July 26
26 Jul 2018
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President Trump struck a deal with the European Commission President to not impose further tariffs o...
Cohen Leaks Secret Recording Of Trump & New NPR Poll After Trump-Putin Summit
25 Jul 2018
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Cohen released a tape of himself seeming to talk with then-candidate Trump about payments to a forme...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, July 19
19 Jul 2018
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The White House spent the week walking back and clarifying statements made by the president at his s...
Trump Walks Back Comments At Putin Summit & DOJ Charges Russian Operative
17 Jul 2018
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One day after his controversial news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Tru...
President Trump Sides With Putin At Historic Summit
16 Jul 2018
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Trump himself declared his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki a succes...
Justice Department Charges Russian Cyberspies With Attack On 2016 Election
13 Jul 2018
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The Justice Department charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with offenses related to Russia's ha...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, July 12
12 Jul 2018
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Reversing the harsh criticisms he has leveled at NATO, President Trump says the alliance is very str...
Trump Names Brett Kavanaugh For Supreme Court
10 Jul 2018
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President Trump announced his choice to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill t...
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Scandals
05 Jul 2018
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President Trump tweeted this afternoon that he accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as head of t...
Weekly Roundup: Tuesday, July 3
03 Jul 2018
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President Trump announced that he has met with at least four candidates to fill Justice Kennedy's se...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, June 28
28 Jun 2018
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President Trump has announced that he will hold a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, and as Suprem...
The Supreme Court's Swing Voter Justice Anthony Kennedy Retires
27 Jun 2018
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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement today, setting the stage for an epic ...
Midterm Update: 28-year-old Latina Defeats Establishment Democrat In Primary Upset
27 Jun 2018
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In a stunning primary upset, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — a young socialist activist, woman of color...
Analysis: The Impact Of The Supreme Court's Decision To Uphold Trump's Travel Ban
26 Jun 2018
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In a 5-4 ruling that gave broad leeway to presidential authority, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Pres...
The Supreme Court Rules On Racial Gerrymander & Tuesday's Primaries
25 Jun 2018
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The U.S. Supreme Court said that Texas' legislative and congressional maps are not a racial gerryman...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, June 21
21 Jun 2018
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Congress struggles to commit to immigration legislation, while the First Lady heads to the U.S.-Mexi...
Trump Signs Order To End Family Separations
20 Jun 2018
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President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to end his controversial policy that has resu...
The Trump Administration's Family Separation Border Policy Explained
18 Jun 2018
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The Trump administration spent the weekend and Monday defending its "zero tolerance" border policy, ...
Fact Check: Trump's Freewheeling Friday
15 Jun 2018
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President Trump began Friday by giving a wide-ranging interview to Fox News, and then he answered qu...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, June 14
14 Jun 2018
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A Justice Department watchdog on Thursday criticized former FBI Director James Comey for violating l...
Midterm Update: Tuesday's Primaries Underscore That The GOP Is Trump's Party Now
13 Jun 2018
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Results from Tuesday's primaries underscored one major theme – it's Donald Trump's Republican Part...
At A Historic Summit, President Trump Praises Kim's Commitment To Denuclearize
12 Jun 2018
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Following a historic summit in Singapore, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, June 7
07 Jun 2018
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President Trump prepares for a summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un while heading to Canada to defe...
Midterm Update: "Super Tuesday" Primaries Results
06 Jun 2018
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Democrats are feeling a little better about taking back the House after they advanced candidates in ...
NPR Politics Live From Charlotte: The Midterms Showdown
02 Jun 2018
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This is a special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at the McGlohon Theater at Spirit Sq...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, May 31
31 May 2018
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with a top North Korean delegate to prepare for a potentia...
The Supreme Court Rejects Planned Parenthood Case & President Trump Threatens New Tariffs On China
29 May 2018
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal of a restrictive abortion law in Arkansas, which could force al...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, May 24
24 May 2018
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President Trump has called off a highly anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and...
Midterm Update: First Black Woman Nominated For Governor & Other Tuesday Primaries Takeaways
23 May 2018
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It was a big night Tuesday for Democratic women again, from Georgia to Kentucky to Texas. It was als...
Trump Demands Review Of Russia Investigation Surveillance Tactics & Tuesday's Primaries
21 May 2018
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President Trump says that he will order an investigation into whether the FBI and the Department of ...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, May 17
17 May 2018
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As Republicans break off from their party leaders, an immigration vote edges closer to the House flo...
Senate Releases More Details on Trump Jr. And Russian Lawyer Meeting & Tuesday's Primaries Takeaways
16 May 2018
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The Senate Judiciary Committee released more than 2,500 pages related to an investigation of a meeti...
One Year Of Robert Mueller As Special Counsel
15 May 2018
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Thursday marks one year since Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to investigate Russian in...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, May 10
10 May 2018
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President Trump tweeted out the details of his upcoming meeting with Kim Jong Un. The announcement c...
Midterm Update: May 8th Primaries Takeaways
09 May 2018
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It's still too soon for big conclusions, but yesterday's primaries in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, ...
President Trump Says The U.S. "Will Withdraw" From The Iran Nuclear Deal
09 May 2018
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President Trump announced that he has decided to exit a multinational agreement in which Iran agreed...
Midterm Update: May 8th Primaries Look Ahead
07 May 2018
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Ohio, West Virginia, and Indiana hold primaries on Tuesday. We take a deep dive into the key races t...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, May 3
03 May 2018
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The new head of President Trump's legal team, Rudy Giuliani, said on national television that the pr...
Comedian Responds To Criticism After Controversial Remarks At The White House Correspondents' Dinner
30 Apr 2018
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President Trump's absence was the least controversial part of this year's White House Correspondents...
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, April 26
27 Apr 2018
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President Trump's embattled nominee Ronny Jackson withdrew his name to serve as the head of the VA. ...