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“Given the defendant’s substantial assistance and other considerations set forth below, a sentence at the low end of the guideline range—including a sentence that does not impose a term of incarceration—is appropriate and warranted,” the filing reads.

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Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador.  Eric Trump tweets that presidential foe George Conway shows ‘utter disrespect’ for wife Kellyanne Conway, the White House adviser.  The National Republican Congressional Committee says it was hit with a “cyber intrusion” during the 2018 midterm campaign.  The president insists that US farmers and automakers would reap immediate benefits, but the pact has yet to produce any concrete commitments and created more questions than answers about what Chin

Deval Patrick, the former two-term Democratic governor of Massachusetts, plans to announce shortly that he will not run for president in 2020, according to a person close to Patrick. Patrick had been discussing a possible run with associates and had been traveling around the country to support Democratic candidates in the midterm elections.

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador.  Eric Trump tweets that presidential foe George Conway shows ‘utter disrespect’ for wife Kellyanne Conway, the White House adviser.  The National Republican Congressional Committee says it was hit with a “cyber intrusion” during the 2018 midterm campaign.  The president insists that US farmers and automakers would reap immediate benefits, but the pact has yet to produce any concrete commitments and created more questions than answers about what Chin

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador.  Eric Trump tweets that presidential foe George Conway shows ‘utter disrespect’ for wife Kellyanne Conway, the White House adviser.  The National Republican Congressional Committee says it was hit with a “cyber intrusion” during the 2018 midterm campaign.  The president insists that US farmers and automakers would reap immediate benefits, but the pact has yet to produce any concrete commitments and created more questions than answers about what Chin

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CIA Director Gina Haspel will brief Senate leaders on the death of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after senators criticized her absence from a briefing last week. Haspel will brief members of the Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Appropriations committees on Tuesday, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill.  The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Last week, Defense Secretary MORE briefed the whole Senate

Republican legislators in several states are moving to cement their authority at the expense of Democrats who won November's midterm elections — before those Democrats are sworn into office. In Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina, lame-duck sessions of Republican-controlled state legislatures are working on measures that would alter the balance of power in the GOP's favor. In Missouri, legislators are contemplating a plan that would weaken a voter-passed initiative that limits the value of gifts lawmakers can accept from lobbyists and implements a cooling-off period before retiring legislat

Republican and Democratic leaders on Monday agreed to a two-week stopgap spending measure that would put to rest fears of a partial government shutdown later this week. The short-term spending deal, if passed, would fund government agencies and extend expiring programs such as the National Flood Insurance Program through Dec. 21. It also would postpone a fight over funding levels for MORE’s proposed border wall. Sen.