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Mueller’s office disputes BuzzFeed report that Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress – CNNPolitics
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office disputed an explosive story from BuzzFeed News as “not accurate” Friday night, after the news outlet reported the President had directed his personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, for which Cohen was later prosecuted. “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents…
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Trump offers immigration compromise to end partial shutdown; Dems cool to offer | Fox News
President Trump, in a televised White House address Saturday, offered Democrats a compromise package on immigration in an effort to end the nearly monthlong partial government shutdown — although some prominent Democrats were dismissing the olive branch as a “non-starter” before Trump even spoke. Trump announced that he was prepared to back a three-year extension of protections for 700,000 immigrants who came…
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Chris Christie accuses Jared Kushner of political retaliation in new book.
In truth, they never liked each other to begin with. Christie put Kushner’s father behind federal bars years ago. And, Jared never liked him. Christie did try to make amends with Jared to a point. But, at the end of the day, Christie’s point was he was just doing his job. Source: Chris Christie accuses…
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Pelosi only gives Trump a bigger audience by canceling State of the Union
In a nutshell, the United States speaker the house does not have the power to specifically cancel a state of the union. But she does have the power to prevent the president of the United States from addressing the nation in the House of Representatives. Either way, it seems a little ludicrous that Pelosi would…
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Democratic 2020 hopefuls pay lip service to the left. Don’t be fooled | Bhaskar Sunkara | Opinion | The Guardian
It’s a framing that’s been everywhere over the past two years: the Resistance v Donald Trump. By some definitions that “resistance” even includes people like Mitt Romney and George W Bush. By almost all definitions it encompasses mainstream Democrats, such as the likely presidential hopefuls Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand. Source: Democratic 2020 hopefuls pay lip service…