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• READ: Tim Morrison's opening remarks at impeachment hearing

  19-11-2019 21:51 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
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• Trump to 'temporarily hold off' declaring Mexican cartels terror organizations

  07-12-2019 02:33 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will "temporarily hold off" designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations as he said he would last week.
  
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• Pennsylvania state rep accused of stealing $500k from her charity for fur coats, vacation and campaign resigns

  07-12-2019 01:59 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  A Pennsylvania state lawmaker said this week that she plans to resign after prosecutors announced a number of corruption charges against her, alleging she used $500,000 from her own charity to fund a slew of personal expenses -- including fur coats, vacations and her campaign.
  
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• Fact-checking Rudy Giuliani's newest allegations from his Ukraine trip

  07-12-2019 01:49 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  A series of conspiratorial claims against Ukraine's government and the US embassy in Kiev have now been alleged by President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
  
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• Trump still uses his personal cell phone despite warnings and increased call scrutiny

  07-12-2019 01:30 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  President Donald Trump has continued to use his personal cell phone to make calls, despite repeated warnings from his staff that the practice could leave him vulnerable to foreign surveillance, multiple officials told CNN.
  
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• Supreme Court blocks Justice Department from restarting federal executions next week

  07-12-2019 01:22 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  A series of federal executions that were set to begin on Monday will remain on hold, the Supreme Court said on Friday.
  
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• Here is what we know about the US military's program to train foreign troops

  07-12-2019 01:16 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Pentagon programs to train foreign nationals are coming under new scrutiny after the man suspected of opening fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida Friday, killing at least three people and injuring several others, was identified as a member of the Saudi Arabian military.
  
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• Pelosi's daughter says speaker is telling women to 'define yourself'

  07-12-2019 01:00 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has faced criticism from prominent Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump for the way she has led the impeachment inquiry, but her daughter said that her mother's actions are an attempt to tell women to "define yourself."
  
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• Supreme Court puts temporary hold on House subpoenas to banks for Trump's financial documents

  07-12-2019 00:57 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to put on hold House subpoenas requesting his financial documents from two banks in the latest case concerning Trump's personal records to reach the high court.
  
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• Border Patrol facility notorious for chain-link cells to close for renovations

  07-12-2019 00:06 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  A US Border Patrol facility in south Texas that came under scrutiny this year for severe overcrowding and gained notoriety for its large chain-link cells is expected to close for renovations next spring, according to a senior Border Patrol official.
  
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• Duncan Hunter says he'll resign after holidays following guilty plea over misusing campaign funds

  06-12-2019 23:34 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California announced on Friday that he'll resign from Congress following the holiday season, news that comes after the congressman pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations.
  
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• White House says it won't participate in impeachment hearing

  06-12-2019 23:19 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The White House on Friday blasted the House's impeachment inquiry as "completely baseless" and a "reckless abuse of power" ahead of a deadline set by House Democrats for the White House to say whether it would participate in the impeachment proceedings.
  
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• More than 500 legal scholars sign letter saying Trump committed 'impeachable conduct'

  06-12-2019 22:58 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  More than 500 legal scholars signed on to a letter published Friday accusing President Donald Trump of having "engaged in impeachable conduct" in his dealings in Ukraine.
  
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• Haley: Dylann Roof 'hijacked' Confederate flag from people who saw it as symbolizing 'service, and sacrifice and heritage'

  06-12-2019 22:17 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said in an interview released this week that the man who killed black parishoners at a church in her state "hijacked" the meaning of the Confederate battle flag for people who felt it meant "sacrifice and heritage."
  
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• Independent lawmaker says he's ready to vote to impeach Trump

  06-12-2019 22:13 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Rep. Justin Amash said Friday that he is prepared to vote for three articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, ensuring that Democrats won't be the only ones to impeach the President when the historic vote hits the floor as soon as this month.
  
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• Senior State Dept. aide once called Obama a Kenyan and Pelosi a Nazi whose Botox wore off

  06-12-2019 21:56 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  A senior adviser at the State Department once said he thought then-President Barack Obama was a Kenyan and called House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi a Nazi whose Botox had worn off.
  
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• Some moderate Democrats feel frustrated as party leaders start writing articles of impeachment

  06-12-2019 21:16 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  A group of moderate Democrats are growing impatient with leadership, warning that any effort to include charges that the President obstructed justice in potential articles of impeachment could severely hurt the frontline members who help make a majority of the caucus, according to conversations with Democratic aides and members.
  
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• Trump asks Supreme Court to block House subpoenas to banks for financial documents

  06-12-2019 21:13 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to put on hold House subpoenas requesting his financial documents from two banks in the latest case concerning Trump's personal records to reach the high court.
  
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• Newly released illustrations depict post-9/11 torture techniques

  06-12-2019 21:12 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Newly released illustrations drawn this year by Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah depict in graphic detail how he was tortured in 2002 at a Central Intelligence Agency detention "black site," according to his civilian lawyer.
  
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• US announces sanctions on leaders of Iran-backed militias in Iraq for protestor killings

  06-12-2019 21:03 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The US announced sanctions Friday on the Iraqi leaders of three Iran-backed militias for killing dozens of innocent civilians who were protesting economic conditions and foreign interference in their country.
  
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• Virginia counties move to become 'Second Amendment sanctuaries'

  06-12-2019 20:55 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Less than a month after the Democratic takeover of the Virginia state legislature, nearly half the state's counties have passed resolutions in support of Second Amendment rights.
  
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• Bernie Sanders campaign parts ways with staffer after report of homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets

  06-12-2019 20:34 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Bernie Sanders' campaign has parted ways with a newly hired staffer after a conservative website unearthed a series of tweets allegedly from the staffer that contained anti-Semitic and homophobic language.
  
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• Booker says he was 'taken aback' by Bloomberg calling him 'well-spoken'

  06-12-2019 20:08 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said Friday he was "taken aback" by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg calling him "well-spoken," and said Bloomberg played into a tired trope about African Americans.
  
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• Bloomberg claims he wasn't asked about stop and frisk until he ran for president. That's not true.

  06-12-2019 19:36 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg falsely claimed in an interview that aired Friday that "nobody asked" him about the controversial stop and frisk policing tactic until he started running for president, despite being asked about -- and defending -- the policy as recently as earlier this year.
  
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• The Point: Donald Trump now has an obvious path to a second term

  06-12-2019 18:40 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The latest economic numbers -- 266,000 jobs created in November, unemployment at a 50-year low -- make one thing very clear: President Donald Trump has a path to win a second term next year.
  
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• North Carolina Republican won't seek reelection after congressional map redrawn

  06-12-2019 17:46 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  North Carolina Republican Rep. George Holding announced Friday that he will not seek reelection, saying in a statement that "newly redrawn congressional districts were part of the reason" for his decision.
  
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• Trump nabs win on rule that could reshape legal immigration, but hold remains in place

  06-12-2019 17:09 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration on a rule that makes it more difficult for immigrants who rely on government assistance to obtain legal status to take effect.
  
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• The Point: This is the most important moment of Nancy Pelosi's speakership

  06-12-2019 16:52 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Nancy Pelosi's place in the history books is already secure. She will always be the first woman ever to serve as speaker of the House -- and the first woman to do so twice. She helped usher the first major overhaul of the US health care system in decades through the House. She led the efforts to retake the House majority not once but twice,
  
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• Biden super PAC plans to air first TV ad in Iowa next week

  06-12-2019 16:05 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The super PAC supporting Joe Biden's presidential bid plans to air its first television ad in Iowa next week, CNN has learned.
  
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• Analysis: It's risky but the Russia report could bolster Democrats' impeachment case

  06-12-2019 16:04 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Democrats are debating a risky step that may immeasurably bolster their impeachment case but could multiply the political price for ramming it home.
  
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