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Democratic enthusiasm and a GOP malaise surrounding MORE have set the stage for a potentially devastating midterm election for the House Republican majority. In a series of special elections mostly in reliably GOP districts, Democratic candidates have routinely outperformed MORE’s share of the vote from 2016.

Special counsel MORE be sentenced to zero to six months in prison and face a fine of $9,500. Mueller stated in a court filing Friday that those penalties “are warranted and appropriate” for Papadopoulos's conduct in lying to federal investigators. Mueller wrote in the filing that Papadopoulos chose to lie to federal investigators during a voluntary interview and that he “was expressly warned that it is a crime to lie to federal investigators.” "The defendant knew the questions he was asked by the FBI were important, and he knew his answers were false at the time he ga

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The jury in the tax and bank fraud trial against former Trump campaign chairman MORE failed to reach a verdict Friday after its second day of deliberations. The jury had signaled in a note to Judge T.S. Ellis in the afternoon it would be going home for the weekend without a decision.

The Pentagon is off the hook — at least for the time being — for planning MORE’s display of military might down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Trump cancelled his desired military parade after its $92 million price tag leaked to the media, blaming D.C. officials for the high cost and saying he’d attend a parade in Paris and one at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland instead.

The cancellation lifts a burden off the Pentagon, which would have had to divert resources for a parade as it works to recover from what it has described as a readiness crisis.

Al Sharpton told Politico this week that 2020 contenders have to “stand up and go after people of color’s vote unapologetically,” adding that he believes Democrats “only can fight” Trump “with a street fight, and anybody who does not want to deal with the race part of that street fight should stay out of this fight.” Sen.

Al Sharpton told Politico this week that 2020 contenders have to “stand up and go after people of color’s vote unapologetically,” adding that he believes Democrats “only can fight” Trump “with a street fight, and anybody who does not want to deal with the race part of that street fight should stay out of this fight.” Sen.

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The TAKE with MaryAlice Parks From the White House to Wisconsin … Oh, the irony. First, let's be clear, the president himself has added to the tabloid-like drama unfolding this week as former White House adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman continues her book tour.