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WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama blasts President Donald Trump in her new book, writing how she reacted in shock the night she learned he would replace her husband in the Oval Office and tried to ‘‘block it all out.’’ She also denounces Trump’s ‘‘birther’’ campaign questioning her husband’s citizenship, calling it bigoted and dangerous, ‘‘deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks.’’ In her memoir ‘‘Becoming,’’ set to come out Tuesday, Obama writes openly about everything from growing up in Chicago to confronting racism in public life to her amazement at becoming the country’s first black

The revelations come ahead of her memoir ‘‘Becoming,’’ where she writes openly about growing up in Chicago, confronting racism in public life, and becoming the country’s first black first lady.  President Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from his new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, whose comments on the Russia investigation have drawn scrutiny.  Border Patrol agents last month arrested 23,121 migrant family members, the highest one-month total on record.  No other state in the country saw such a dramatic shift in power in its capital as Maine.

The revelations come ahead of her memoir ‘‘Becoming,’’ where she writes openly about growing up in Chicago, confronting racism in public life, and becoming the country’s first black first lady.  President Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from his new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, whose comments on the Russia investigation have drawn scrutiny.  Border Patrol agents last month arrested 23,121 migrant family members, the highest one-month total on record.  No other state in the country saw such a dramatic shift in power in its capital as Maine.

The revelations come ahead of her memoir ‘‘Becoming,’’ where she writes openly about growing up in Chicago, confronting racism in public life, and becoming the country’s first black first lady.  President Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from his new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, whose comments on the Russia investigation have drawn scrutiny.  Border Patrol agents last month arrested 23,121 migrant family members, the highest one-month total on record.  No other state in the country saw such a dramatic shift in power in its capital as Maine.

A federal judge blocked the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline Thursday, saying the Trump administration’s justification for approving it last year was incomplete. In a major victory for environmentalists and indigenous rights groups, Judge Brian Morris of the District Court for the District of Montana overturned MORE’s permit for the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, which the president signed shortly after taking office last year. Morris’s ruling repeatedly faulted the Trump administration for reversing former President Obama’s 2015 denial of the pipeline permit without

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D) took the lead in Arizona’s too-close-to-call Senate race on Thursday night, holding a thin lead of 9,610 votes over Rep.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is suing Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, alleging that her office has withheld crucial voter information as Scott's closely watched Senate race against Sen. MORE (D) appears set for a recount. The lawsuit, filed Thursday evening, accuses Snipes’s office of withholding records regarding how many people voted, how many ballots have been counted and how many more votes remain untallied in Broward. “The lack of transparency raises substantial concerns about the validity of the election process,” his lawsuit reads.

The 2020 elections are almost two years away but the battle for control of Congress is already shaping up to be a dog fight as parties look to make up lost ground from the 2018 midterms. Results are still trickling in from a handful of Tuesday races that haven’t been decided yet, but with the toplines locked down — Republicans will control the the Senate, Democrats the House — both sides are turning their focus to a fierce fight for control in 2020. Injecting uncertainty into the map is a plethora of unknowns this far out, such as MORE’s popularity in battleground sta

Broward County Board of Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes is in charge of vote counting in the area and has yet to disclose how many ballots are still not counted despite the election for governor and Senate occurring two days ago. Currently, in the Senate race, Republican Rick Scott is leading Democrat incumbent Bill Nelson by more than 20,000 votes.