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NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti, the attorney who rocketed to fame through his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her battles with President Trump, was charged Wednesday with ripping her off. Federal prosecutors in New York City say Avenatti used a doctored document to divert about $300,000 that Daniels was supposed to get from a book deal, then used the money for personal and business expenses.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York is refusing to block congressional subpoenas seeking financial records from two banks that did business with President Donald Trump. U.S.

Democratic presidential hopeful MORE for in the past saying he had bone spurs to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War, saying he faked the disability. “Well, I have a pretty dim view of his decision to use his privileged status to fake a disability in order to avoid serving in Vietnam,” Buttigieg, an Afghanistan War veteran, said during a livestreamed interview with The Washington Post.  “Yeah, at least not that one,” he doubled down when asked if he thought the condition was faked.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary MORE on Thursday sought to clarify his testimony to a House committee about the Trump administration’s plans to alter protections for homeless transgender people. Lawmakers grilled Carson on Tuesday about whether his department planned to roll back an Obama-era rule ensuring homeless transgender people are allowed to stay in single-sex shelters that match their gender identity. Carson told members of the House Financial Services Committee that he is “not currently anticipating changing” the Equal Access Rule.

MORE's report on Russian election interference — and renewing his vow to eschew collaboration until the probes cease. That was all before 8 a.m.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE wants to testify privately about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Nadler, appearing on “The MORE Show” on MSNBC Thursday night, said he doesn’t know why Mueller wants to testify privately as opposed to publicly. “He is willing to make an opening statement but he wants to testify in private,” Nadler said.

MORE said in a statement. The notice comes as Barr is conducting a review of what he has described as "spying" on members of the Trump campaign during the investigation into Russian interference. Sanders said Trump had directed the intelligence community to "quickly and fully" cooperate with the investigation at Barr's own request.  "Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last Presidential election and will restore confidence in our public institutions," Sanders sai

9NEWS obtained internal email records of correspondence between the Secretary of State’s Office and members of the media in the wake of the Alabama boycott news release from Griswold’s office.

One of the issues that came up in a contentious House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday was a HUD rule that would enforce an existing law that only U.S. citizens or legal residents have access to federal housing benefits. The same HUD rule  would amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to make sure that people in the country illegally don’t displace Americans from getting housing assistance. The rule could mean as many as 55,000 children who are believed to be in households with people who are in the country illegally could be affected. “Let me be clear,” Rep.