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Consider it a Bluth family motto for the West Wing: There’s always a job at the White House. That’s because in the 24 or so months since President Trump took office, more than 30 people have left the administration — whether they resigned, forcibly resigned, or were fired. But, as news outlets have reported, Trump doesn’t like getting his hands dirty.

WASHINGTON — What did about three dozen House Democrats do over their summer vacation? They decided they wanted to try to impeach President Trump. As lawmakers returned to the nation’s capital this week, the addition of those new converts means more than half of the 235 Democrats in the House now support the start of an impeachment inquiry against Trump.

A coalition of 50 attorneys general will be investigating Google for potential violations of antitrust law, a step that could potentially lead to a broad legal challenge to the company’s market dominance. The investigation, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine (D), was announced on the steps of the Supreme Court building Monday afternoon after months of rumors about states seeking to turn up the pressure on Silicon Valley.  The probe will focus on Google’s dominance in the online search and advertising markets. "We have 50 attorneys ge

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — MORE made an aggressive, eleventh-hour pitch for Republican Dan Bishop on Monday as they sought to head off a potentially embarrassing defeat in the looming special election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.

Speaking at a rally here, Trump went on the attack against Bishop’s Democratic opponent, Marine Corps veteran and businessman Dan McCready. The crucial vote on Tuesday will decide the fate of a hotly contested House seat that has remained vacant for the better part of a year.

  Democrats are holding a full court press to sway Trump, including making appeals to his ego.  Senate Minority Leader   “We implore you to seize this moment when your leadership and influence over Republicans in Congress on the issue of guns is so critical. ...

  Peace talks with the Taliban are “dead,” MORE said Monday, following a roller-coaster weekend that saw Trump reveal and then cancel a planned Camp David summit with Taliban leaders. “They’re dead,” he said Monday of U.S. talks with the Taliban. “As far as I’m concerned, they’re dead.” The president’s comments on Monday came after some GOP lawmakers questioned the wisdom of hosting the Taliban for peace talks on U.S. soil just days before the anniversary of the Sept.

MORE’s campaign is moving to block three Republicans challenging him in next year’s primary election, cognizant of the potential threat those challengers represent to Trump’s hold on his vaunted Republican base. The Trump campaign has worked for months to limit a challenger’s ability to test Trump’s hold on his Republican base. They have installed pro-Trump party officials in key states, sometimes ousting incumbents to do so. Over the weekend, several states voted to end primaries or caucuses that would have given those challengers an opportunity to attract votes.

During a rally for Republican congressional candidate State Sen. Dan Bishop (R), who is running against McCready in North Carolina’s 9th congressional district, Trump blasted the state’s sanctuary city policies that have resulted in nearly 500 criminal illegal aliens being released from police custody since October 2018. “One of the biggest issues in this election is, in fact, sanctuary cities,” Trump said.

Mattis recalled being in Baghdad for a change of command ceremony in late summer 2010, a time when Al Qaeda had been driven “to its knees.” He wrote: The Obama White House supported the incumbent prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, despite him garnering less votes than the opposition in recent elections. Mattis said he was opposed to backing Maliki. Mattis recalled having dinner after the change of command ceremony with Biden, then-U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Jim Jeffrey, White House staffers, and U.S. generals. He told Biden, “Prime Minister Maliki is highly untrustworthy, Mr.