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Defense attorneys for MORE on Wednesday seized on the prosecution's star witness, accusing former Trump campaign adviser Richard Gates of violating his plea agreement by lying to federal prosecutors about how many extramarital affairs he had. Gates, who was Manafort’s longtime business associate, had testified Tuesday that he had an affair in London, where he maintained an apartment for two months.

The Trump administration is imposing new sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s use of a nerve agent in Britain against an ex-Russian spy. The State Department said in a statement on Wednesday that the new sanctions would take effect on or around Aug.

For weeks, Republican strategists sent polling data to the White House that showed Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) would struggle to beat a Democrat in November. The same polls showed Gov.

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The TAKE with MaryAlice Parks There are some topics (and faces) we know animate voters on both sides: immigration, health care and President Barack Obama. In the last few days, some top Republicans appear to think impeachment might as well. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told a crowd Thursday that the 2018 midterms would be a referendum on the issue, encouraging Republican voters to mak

The TAKE with Rick Klein It might be just the matchup President which matchup to focus on. For the last time before November's midterm elections, voters choose between Democrats and Republicans this week, in a special House election in a historically deep-red Ohio district on Tuesday. Trump is positioning himself against Democrats in typicall

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