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President civil rights groups. What to know about the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity Through an voter registration and voting. Critics of the newly-formed panel say that its true purpose is to validate repeated false claims by Trump that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election, and that its review

The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump held a previously undisclosed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 in Hamburg, Germany, earlier this month. "There was a couples-only social dinner at the G-20," Michael Anton, a senior national security official in the Trump administration, told a small group of reporters today, a White House official told ABC News. "Toward the end, the president spoke to Putin at the dinner." Anton did not reveal the length or content of the meeting, according to the White House official.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The following is a transcript of full remarks made by President Donald Trump during a Tuesday luncheon with servicemembers, as provided by the White House: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I’m pleased to have Vice President Pence with us and four great soldiers who spent a lot of time in Afghanistan. And I’m going to be talking to you about Afghanistan -- what you think, your views. These are people on the ground -- know it probably better than anybody.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump and the Republican Party were dealt another defeat as three GOP senators said they won’t support a plan to repeal Obamacare and replace it later.   Dissent from the conservative wing could surface in other Republican policies.

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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE On Monday, almost a year to the day after he was offered the running-mate spot, Kaine was back at One Beacon Street.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump and the Republican Party were dealt another defeat as three GOP senators said they won’t support a plan to repeal Obamacare and replace it later.   Dissent from the conservative wing could surface in other Republican policies.

The Republican push for a vote on a replacement health care plan has been delayed once again, this time because a key vote in the Senate is missing. Sen.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer held a briefing for the first time in weeks, off camera, in which he appeared to mischaracterize the motivation for Donald Trump Jr.'s controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign. Since news of that June 9, 2016, meeting broke last week, Trump Jr. has released multiple statements about the meeting and published emails that showed the planning that went into the meeting.

The roster of lawyers involved in defending President Donald Trump and his team continues to grow. While the names and resumes of many of the lawyers are publicly available, it’s unclear how they are being paid - whether by their clients directly or by associated groups. The means of payment for only one of the lawyers – Alan Futerfas, who is representing Donald Trump Jr.