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Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicated to lawyers for President Donald Trump that his office will seek answers directly from the president on the circumstances around the firings of former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former FBI Director James Comey, sources with knowledge of the matter confirm to ABC News. For the last several weeks, the president's lawyers have been researching and crafting arguments on how to respond to an expected formal request from Mueller to interview the president. As ABC News reported earlier this month, options the president's legal team have

The TAKE with Rick Klein Robert Mueller has a particular way of making his presence known. And his footsteps are starting to be heard just outside the White House itself. We continue to know approximately as much about the special counsel’s investigation as Mueller wants us to know.

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Capital Source The administration is seeking a replacement.  capital source Gabriel Gomez is sending out signals he is considering changing his Republican Party affiliation and running against Warren as an independent.   capital source Jay Gonzalez has hired Healey’s pollster. Healey has repeatedly affirmed she is running for reelection as attorney general.  That fund-raising cements his status as a serious contender for the seat that US Representative Niki Tsongas is vacating.   Capital Source Joseph Gargan, Kennedy’s close cousin, died Dec.

The budget also would start taxing people who use sites like Airbnb.  ‘‘I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,’’ Trump said at the White House. ‘‘I would do it under oath, absolutely.’’  Democrats asked the state ethics commission to investigate whether the conservative website has violated campaign finance laws.  Sarah Sanders wouldn’t say if the framework will include a pathway to citizenship for young immigrants brought to the country as children.

The budget also would start taxing people who use sites like Airbnb.  ‘‘I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,’’ Trump said at the White House. ‘‘I would do it under oath, absolutely.’’  Democrats asked the state ethics commission to investigate whether the conservative website has violated campaign finance laws.  Sarah Sanders wouldn’t say if the framework will include a pathway to citizenship for young immigrants brought to the country as children.

The budget also would start taxing people who use sites like Airbnb.  ‘‘I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,’’ Trump said at the White House. ‘‘I would do it under oath, absolutely.’’  Democrats asked the state ethics commission to investigate whether the conservative website has violated campaign finance laws.  Sarah Sanders wouldn’t say if the framework will include a pathway to citizenship for young immigrants brought to the country as children.

Senate Minority Leader MORE (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday defended his decision to back a spending measure and end the government shutdown without securing protections for certain young immigrants brought to the U.S.

Special counsel MORE last week in connection with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and now wants to question the president. The Sessions interview came on the heels of the special counsel’s reported questioning of fired FBI Director MORE on his decision to fire Comey and Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser.

Emboldened by what they believe was a victory in the three-day government shutdown, House conservatives are raising the pressure on Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) to bring a tough border enforcement bill to the floor. House Freedom Caucus Chairman MORE (R-Texas), which is much more conservative than a bipartisan Senate plan to shield recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from deportation. Leaders of another conservative group, the Republican Study Committee (RSC), called Tuesday for Ryan’s leadership team to bring the