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WASHINGTON — Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, in an emotional speech on the Senate floor, announced on Thursday that he would resign from Congress, the most prominent figure in a growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions. At turns defiant and mournful but hardly contrite, Mr. Franken called it “the worst day of my political life,” as he denied allegations of groping and improper advances from at least six women. Instead, as his Democratic colleagues looked on, he took a parting shot at President Trump and Roy S.

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Eight-term Republican Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona announced Thursday night he is resigning from the U.S. House of Representatives after the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into his conduct over subordinates. "I have recently learned that the Ethics Committee is reviewing an inquiry regarding my discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates, making each feel uncomfortable," Franks said in a statement.

Donald Trump Jr.'s interview Wednesday with the House Intelligence Committee mainly focused on three areas, sources with knowledge of the interview told ABC News: the June 2016 meeting between Trump, Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and a Russian attorney; Trump's conversations with WikiLeaks; and past business by the Trump Organization. At one point, hours into the meeting, multiple sources told ABC News that Trump's lawyers asked how many more questions the committee had.

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This summer, in the midst of President transgender individuals. "We're going to protect the civil rights of everybody," Sessions promised, noting that he "personally directed" the Justice Department's civil rights division to review several murder cases involving transgender individuals. In February, Sessions backed a Trump administration decision to overturn Obama-era policies that said federal anti-discrimination laws meant students at schools across the country must be allowed to use the bathrooms corresponding to their ge

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capital source Scott Lively is not just leaving his fate to his God, as he told the Globe when he ran for governor as an independent in 2014.  capital source Charlie Baker’s aides say he is “disappointed” the Republican National Committee decided this week to provide financial support to Moore.  capital source As it has for years, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, which arranged and will lead the tour, is also paying the tab for the lawmakers — a price tag that can reach as high $6000 a person.

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