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Conservatives moving to impeach Rosenstein soon: report
Conservative lawmakers in the House are preparing to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein,
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Trump-Putin summit 'is on' says White House
The US says the Helsinki meeting will happen despite new charges of Russian election interference.
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The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump
Two of the most monstrous regimes in human history came to power in the 20th century, and both were predicated on the violation and despoiling of truth, on the knowledge that cynicism and weariness and fear can make people susceptible to the lies and false promises of leaders bent on unconditional power. As Hannah Arendt wrote in her 1951 book The Origins of Totalitarianism, “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction...
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Why American Spies Worry When Trump Meets Putin
Just as the Russian leader has unleashed his intelligence and security services, the American president has kneecapped and undermined his own.
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Let's drop the euphemisms: Donald Trump is a racist president
Trump is a walking contradiction – but his nativism is consistent. On his UK tour, he has threatened the safety of migrants worldwide
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Trump's NATO comment made his own staff squirm
CNN's Tom Foreman takes a closer look at what body language says during face-to-face meetings with America's NATO allies.
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Ex-President Jimmy Carter unloads on 'cruel' Trump: US government is now 'worse than it has been before'
When speaking with Salon about his famous “Crisis of Confidence” speech, former President Jimmy Carter had this observation about America’s current commander-in-chief, Donald Trump. “I think that under Trump the government is worse than it has been before,” Carter explained by email. “This is the first time I remember when the truth is ignored, allies are deliberately aggravated, China, Europe, Mexico and Canada are hurt economically and have to hurt us in response, Americans see the future worse than the present, and immigrants are treated cruelly.”
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Trump labels the European Union a 'foe'
President Trump declared in an interview aired Sunday that the European Union (EU) "is a foe" because of its economic policies. Asked by CBS News's Jeff Glor what he considers his biggest foe globally, Trump cited the EU and its trade practices before mentioning Russia and China. "I think we have a lot of foes. I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now you wouldn't think of the European Union, but they're a foe," Trump said from his golf course in Scotland.
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Trump: ‘I hadn’t thought’ of asking Putin to extradite indicted Russians
President Trump on Sunday said he "hadn't thought about" asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to extradite the Russian officials indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller for conspiring to hack Democratic National Committee
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On Eve of Talks, Trump Congratulates Putin and Calls E.U. a Trade ‘Foe’
The president made the remarks in an interview with CBS while he was at his golf resort in Scotland, ahead of his meeting with the Russian president in Finland on Monday.
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Trump, Treasonous Traitor
The president fails to protect the country from an ongoing attack.
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Trump sides with Russia against FBI
The US president contradicts intelligence agencies over claims of interference in the US election.
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Schumer: Trump "took the word of the KGB over the men and women of the CIA"
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was "appalled" by President Trump's comments at his press conference with Russia's Vladimir Putin today, saying he "couldn't get worse than his performance at the NATO summit — but it sure did." At the press conference, Trump declined to side with US intelligence on Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. "He took the word of the KGB over the men and women of the CIA," Schumer said. "The President put what's best for him over what's best for the security and well-being of the United States."
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Obama gives Trump sharp rebuke in Mandela address on values
Without ever mentioning President Donald Trump by name, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at "strongman politics" in his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values now under threat in an impassioned address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's birth.
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Protests erupt outside of White House as Trump returns from Putin summit
Protesters greeted President Trump as he returned from his summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, with dozens gathering outside the White House and yelling "traitor" late into the night.
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Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States
Remote-access software and modems on election equipment 'is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.'
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I.R.S. Will No Longer Force Kochs and Other Groups to Disclose Donors
The change by the Trump administration applies to many nonprofits that are active in politics, and was praised by conservatives.
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Hillary Clinton was exactly right about Trump being Putin's puppet
Hillary Clinton's tweet, ahead of Trump's summit with Putin, asking which team Trump plays for, seemed to foretell his display of trust in Putin over his own intelligence community, writes Anushay Hossain
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The White House Transcript Is Missing the Most Explosive Part of the Trump–Putin Press Conference
It was perhaps the most explosive exchange in an incendiary press conference: Russian President Vladimir Putin appearing to frankly admit to a motive for, and maybe even to the act of, meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, despite repeatedly denying Russian interference in American politics during the rest of his appearance with Donald Trump in Finland on Monday.
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Ex-Defense Chief: ‘No question’ Putin knows something ‘that intimidates’ Trump
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday said that President Trump's performance at a news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday sent a "clear signal" that the Russians could have compromising material on the U.S. leader.
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