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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump angrily assailed special counsel Robert Mueller’s motives on Thursday, a day after Mueller bluntly rebuffed Trump’s repeated claims that the Russia investigation had cleared him of committing a federal crime of obstruction of justice. The president also offered mixed messages on Russia’s efforts to help him defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election campaign.

JACKSON, Miss. — Former US Senator Thad Cochran, who served seven terms and used seniority to steer billions of dollars to his home state of Mississippi, has died. He was 81. Cochran’s final chief of staff, Brad White, said Cochran died Thursday at a veterans’ nursing home in Oxford. Cochran was elected to the U.S. House in 1972.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is releasing a new cost calculator to promote her universal child-care plan.

Representative Jim McGovern is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to begin an impeachment inquiry in the wake of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s televised statement on Wednesday highlighting the findings of his Russia report. “The next step is for the House Judiciary committee to open an inquiry to formally begin considering whether impeachment is warranted,” McGovern said Wednesday during an appearance on WGBH’s “The Scrum” podcast.

Advocates of legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes scored their most significant legislative victory of the year Friday when the Illinois state House gave final approval to a measure allowing residents over the age of 21 to purchase and use cannabis products. But their win in Springfield comes at the end of a string of defeats in what was supposed to be a banner year for legalization.

MORE announced Sunday that Kevin Hassett, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), would be departing the administration. "Kevin Hassett, who has done such a great job for me and the Administration, will be leaving shortly," the president tweeted while flying to Europe for a series of state visits. "His very talented replacement will be named as soon as I get back to the U.S.

New evidence about a Republican strategist's role in adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census is putting increased pressure on the Supreme Court. The justices are weighing whether the controversial question should be allowed on the census after opponents filed lawsuits arguing it would lead to an inaccurate population count.

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