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According to McMahon, the XFL will be a “re-imagined” football game with eight teams, with the locations still undecided. He added that the league will differ from the NFL with safety issues, fewer rules, including a sped-up game, and the emphasis on getting back to football. McMahon told reporters in a live stream on Periscope that the league will have “nothing” to do with politics or social issues. “We’re here to play football,” McMahon stated. XFL players will be required to stand for the National Anthem.

According to McMahon, the XFL will be a “re-imagined” football game with eight teams, with the locations still undecided. He added that the league will differ from the NFL with safety issues, fewer rules, including a sped-up game, and the emphasis on getting back to football. McMahon told reporters in a live stream on Periscope that the league will have “nothing” to do with politics or social issues. “We’re here to play football,” McMahon stated. XFL players will be required to stand for the National Anthem.

President Trump Wednesday expressed optimism about reaching a bipartisan deal on immigration, suggesting he is even open to granting citizenship to Dreamers after a 10- to 12-year period as part of a comprehensive plan. He also told ABC News' Jonathan Karl that -- if a deal is in sight -- he is open to extending the March 5 deadline for ending the DACA program that protects some 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. He said DACA recipients shouldn't worry. "Tell them not to be concerned.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he did not remember asking the former acting director of the FBI who he voted for in the 2016 presidential election, amid ongoing questions about whether the president improperly sought a leader for the agency who would be loyal to him and his administration. The Washington Post first

For the past 24 hours, a number of Republican lawmakers have been suggesting that a months-old text message between two presidential election. But ABC News has obtained a copy of the one message that Republicans appear to be citing, and it's unclear if the message's reference to a “secret society” may have been made in jest. "Are you even going to give out your calendars? Seems kind of depressing.

Robert Mueller and would be willing to do so under oath. Trump made the comments during an impromptu gaggle with reporters in the White House West Wing on Wednesday. He added that his lawyers would have to work out the details on a sit-down with Mueller and that there's no date set, adding that it could happen "in two or three weeks." "I’m looking forward to it actually. Just so you understand. There’s been no collusion whatsoever. There’s no obstruction whatsoever.

The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump gets to be a Davos man, at least for a few days.

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Capital Source The juxtaposition is more likely a result of how the New Hampshire House operates more than some elaborate scheme to favor one vice over another.  CAPITAL SOURCE HE has a long way to go to close in on incumbent Willian F. Galvin   capital source One major Democratic fund-raiser claims the usual deep-pocketed donors are either going to support Governor Baker or hold back from his challengers in order not to cross Baker.

The Boston Democrat’s surprise decision to take an executive post at Suffolk Construction will leave the Senate with no black members.  For many Americans, it will be their first introduction to the latest Kennedy on the political scene.   Will Oprah Winfrey run for president in 2020?  The White House says President Trump is proposing to provide a path to citizenship for 1.8 million younger immigrants living in the US illegally.  ‘‘I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,’’ Trump said at the White House.