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Madeleine Westerhout: White House aide fired after leaks on Trump family
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FBI's James Comey broke rules with Trump memo, says watchdog
Former FBI Director James Comey has been criticised in a Department of Justice report for the leak of memos on his interactions with President Trump.
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Trump official revises Statue of Liberty poem to defend migrant rule change
A top US immigration official has revised a quote inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in defence of a new policy that denies food aid to legal migrants.
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Trump campaign sues California over new law requiring candidates to release tax returns
President Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican Party sued California on Tuesday over a new state law requiring presidential primary candidates to release their tax returns.
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Sanders, Warren fight back at U.S. Democratic debate against moderate rivals
High-stakes debate pits voters' hearts against heads in fight for political left
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‘Trump’s a racist, but who cares’
Donald Trump is being slammed for racist tweets (again), but who cares? This isn’t about racism, it’s about maths, argues Joe Hildebrand.
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5 key takeaways from Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress
Moments after being sworn in for his testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning, former special counsel Robert Mueller again doubled down on his commitment not to take his testimony beyond the bounds of his 448-page report.
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Robert Mueller's Made-For-TV Moment Arrives: "This Is The Super Bowl of Hearings"
"Bob Mueller is not known for providing riveting TV," CBS News bureau chief Christopher Isham cautioned.
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Republicans silent as Trump renews racist attack on congresswomen
Condemnation of Trump’s attack on the congresswomen was widespread on Sunday, with the four Democrats, senior party figures and mainstream press outlets condemning them as racist
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Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen
US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen.
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US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta resigns over Epstein case
US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning amid criticism of his brokering of a plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein in a child sex case.
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Trump abandons census efforts, but will still pursue citizenship info
U.S. president orders records on non-citizens be handed over to Commerce Department
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Trump labor secretary who cut Epstein deal plans to slash funds for sex trafficking victims
Democrats condemn as ‘amoral’ Alex Acosta’s proposed 80% funding cut for US agency that combats child sex trafficking
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Woman who could beat Donald Trump
Senator Kamala Harris is being touted the Democrats’ best chance for beating Donald Trump in the 2020 US election. Here’s why.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear DACA case in win for Trump administration
The court will hear the case during its next term, which begins in October, and a decision likely wouldn't come until 2020.
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Citizenship question on 2020 census? SCOTUS says it's complicated
The Supreme Court has effectively blocked the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, arguing that the government’s reasoning for the proposal was inadequately explained.
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‘BORING!’ says Trump as Democrats argue if Russia or climate change pose greater risk to US
The first Democratic debate saw 10 largely-interchangeable candidates square off to trade platitudes in a free-for-all plagued with technical difficulties, mysterious shifts into Spanish, and belligerent posturing.
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President Trump hires Stephanie Grisham to replace Sarah Sanders as press secretary
The announcement was made Tuesday by the first lady via Twitter.
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Trump: If it was up to John Bolton we’d be fighting WHOLE WORLD at once
Donald Trump has confirmed that his top foreign policy adviser wants to embroil the US in multiple international conflicts. But the US president insists he retains final say on whether American missiles are to fly into Iran.
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Democrats accuse ex-Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks of not answering questions in congressional testimony
Hicks’ name appears more than 180 times in the Mueller report’s text and footnotes.
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