A new federal court filing, arguing for Russian national Maria Butina to be held without bail on charges that could carry more than a dozen years in prison, includes jaw dropping details of sex and deception that make her career as an alleged Russian agent read like a plotline from …
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At a JW Marriott hotel a few blocks from the White House last January, Denise Burke, a cheerful-looking 52-year old woman with wispy blond hair and a lopsided smile, explained to attendees of the 2018 Evangelicals For Life conference exactly how she and her colleagues intended to make abortion illegal …
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Stephen Colbert celebrated the upset victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and broke down several other surprising election results on The Late Show Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez beat incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, one of the most senior Democrats in Washington, in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th district. Not only was …
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The first two days of Bill Clinton‘s book tour with James Patterson haven’t exactly gone according to plan. On the Today show Monday morning to promote the spy thriller they co-authored, Clinton was grilled by Craig Melvin about Monica Lewinsky and the #MeToo movement. The former presidentwent on the defensive, …
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You may remember that little over a week after Attorney General Sessions recused himself from the Russia invesitgation, President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Though this all has long reeked of obstruction of justice on the part of the president, Trump on Thursday insisted he didn’t fire Comey because …
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Ms. L, as the American Civil Liberties Union identified her, is a Congolese woman who sought asylum in the United States last November. She feared imminent death amid the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence that has displaced millions of residents. I learned about her circumstance reading …
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Struggling to speak over the whir of nearby aircraft, President Trump on Friday gave impromptu news conferences outside the White House and, later, at Andrews Air Force Base, in which he defended embattled legal adviser Rudy Giuliani, teased that he might be willing to meet with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, …
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Everytime there’s a shooting in the news, right-wing pundits and politicians dust offtheir talking points to explain why the latest gun tragedydoesn’t mean the U.S. should tighten up access to deadly firearms. Well, guys, I hate to break it to you, but we heard you the first time. And the …
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Pro-pot lawmakers in the nation’s capital spent much of last year fighting behind the scenes to protect their state’s legal marijuana industries, but now the cannabis fight is out in the open after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he’s unwinding the Obama-era guidance that directed U.S. Attorneys to not go …
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There are a few high stakes games of chicken being played simultaneously on Capitol Hill, and, as of now, neither side is signaling a willingness to back down. On Wednesday, Democratic leaders said the vast majority of their party would oppose another short term spending bill unless Republicans agree to …
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