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Accountant of ex-Trump aide Manafort testifies she helped falsify documents
An accountant for Paul Manafort admitted in trial testimony that she helped backdate documents and falsify financial records at his request to reduce his tax burden.
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Donald Trump Says Son's Trump Tower Meeting Was To Get Clinton Dirt But 'Totally Legal'
The president and his legal team have issued a number of contradicting statements about Donald Trump Jr.'s June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer.
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For the first time, Trump confesses that his campaign turned to Russia for help
In Sunday tweet, Trump admits 2016 meeting with Russian lawyer was to "get information" on Clinton.
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It's Looking Extremely Likely That QAnon Is A Leftist Prank On Trump Supporters
"What the fuck is wrong with boomers?"
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Mike Pence's moral case for removing a president from office
Vice President Mike Pence once argued the president of the United States should be held to the highest moral standards to determine whether he should resign or be removed from office. Pence made the argument in two columns in the late 1990s, where he wrote that then-President Bill Clinton's admission of an affair with a White House intern and prior lies to the public about the matter, possibly under oath, meant Clinton should be removed from office.
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Ajit Pai admits FCC lied about “DDoS,” blames it on Obama administration
Former CIO "provided inaccurate information" about comment outage, Pai says.
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New York Congressman Chris Collins indicted on insider trading charges
Collins along with his son and his son's fiancee's father were indicted on Wednesday
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Georgia defends voting system despite 243-percent turnout in one precinct
A federal lawsuit alleges significant problems with voting in the Peach state.
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North Korea rejects repeated US proposal to slash nuclear arsenal: report
North Korea has reportedly rejected a formal timeline for its denuclearization proposed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Vox reported Wednesday that Pyongyang has rejected the timeline several times over the past two months amid continued negotiations over North Korea's nuclear program. The timeline Pompeo proposed would mandate North Korea hand over 60 to 70 percent of its nuclear warheads to a third party within six to eight months, according to the report.
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Judge orders US to bring back asylum seekers deported while court was hearing case
A federal judge ordered the government to return an asylum-seeking mother and her daughter to the US after the Trump administration revealed in a Thursday court hearing that they had sent the migrants to Central America while the court was still considering their case. The judge, Emmet Sullivan, said it was unacceptable the government had deported the family and threatened to hold the US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in contempt if the situation was not resolved.
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Once ‘No Longer a Nuclear Threat,’ North Korea Now in Standoff With U.S.
Pyongyang wants the U.S. to formally declare the end of the Korean War before it begins dismantling its nuclear arsenal. Officials said that was not part of the Singapore deal. North Korea is insisting that the United States declare that the Korean War is over before providing a detailed, written disclosure of all its atomic weapons stockpiles, its nuclear production facilities and its missiles as a first major step toward denuclearization.
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Trump threatens auto tariffs against Canada if trade talks fail
Donald Trump launched a fresh auto tariff threat against Canada late Friday at a time when Ottawa finds itself in a holding pattern on NAFTA negotiations as it awaits the completion of one-on-one talks between the United States and Mexico. In a tweet that appeared to reference NAFTA's renegotiation, the U.S. president said the "deal with Mexico is coming along nicely" and that "Canada must wait."
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PC case maker CaseLabs says it has been 'forced into bankruptcy and liquidation' by US tariffs
'Our user community has been very devoted to us and it’s awful to think that we have let any of you down'
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Comrade Falwell Pushed Trump to Befriend Putin
When you can’t trust Christian leaders, who can you trust?! Jerry Falwell Jr. – son of the late, great evangelist Jerry Falwell and Liberty University President – publicly stated that he PUSHED President Trump to BEFRIEND Putin. Hey, Falwell… remember WWII?! The Cold War?! The Russians are NOT our friends!!!
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Carpenters, Steamfitters, and Other Trade Unions Coalesced Around Notorious Ferguson Prosecutor. Why?
The unions — all except one — argued that Bob McCulloch’s longtime support of organized labor deserved loyalty. By Aída Chávez, Ryan Grim.
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Hell on Wheels
Fatal accidents, off-the-books workers, a union once run by a mobster. The rogue world of one of New York’s major trash haulers. By Kiera Feldman.
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FBI fires Peter Strzok over anti-Trump texts
The FBI has fired Peter Strzok over anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with his lover during the 2016 presidential campaign, Strzok's lawyer Aitan Goelman confirmed Monday.
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Why US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-attacks
Officials have dragged their feet on updating machines and securing data – and a climate of fear could undermine voter confidence
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US reaps more than $1.4 billion from steel and aluminum tariffs
Trump has suggested revenue from tariffs could be used to reduce the federal deficit, which rose to $77 billion in July. In less than five months, the Trump administration has collected more than $1.4 billion in new revenue from steel and aluminum tariffs, according to a recent report prepared for members of Congress. The Congressional Research Service estimated that, between March 23 and July 16, the U.S. reaped $1.1 billion...
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Melissa Howard reverses course, drops out of race after degree scandal
A day after saying she planned to continue running for a state House seat despite revelations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University and went to great lengths to deceive people, Melissa Howard reversed course Tuesday and dropped out of a contest that has received national attention. Howard said in a text message to the Herald-Tribune that “I have come to the realization that the right thing to do for my community is to withdraw from the race. I will do so today.”
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