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The Justice Department on Thursday filed to appeal a federal judge's decision to approve the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger. In a massive blow to prosecutors, Judge Richard Leon of the U.S.

MORE on Thursday said United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May’s “soft” Brexit plan would “kill” any future trade deal between the U.S. and U.K. “If they do a deal like that, we would be dealing with the European Union instead of dealing with the U.K., so it will probably kill the deal,” Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with the conservative British newspaper paper, The Sun, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, a close ally of the president's.

Peter Strzok on Thursday faced a fierce public grilling from House Republicans who view the controversial FBI counterintelligence agent as the key to exposing what they say was systemic bias by top government officials against Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. The joint hearing before the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform committees ran close to 10 hours, with Republicans unleashing on Strzok in what was, from the beginning, a rancorous, partisan cage match. During the hearing, GOP lawmakers repeatedly scrutinized the details of Strzok's

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The TAKE with Rick Klein Washington has gotten used to President Donald Trump as a disruptor, with political instincts that push him toward division and conflict. Now comes a legacy-defining week that will test those instincts, at home and abroad. Trump's NATO ambassador, Kay Bailey Hutchison, is promising a NATO summit that will emphasize the alliance's "strength and unity." It will be up to the president to make good on that theme, at a

The TAKE with Rick Klein Now the chance to remake the Supreme Court for a generation becomes an opportunity for President Donald Trump to further rock the political landscape. Questions for Brett Kavanaugh will hinge less on qualifications and even judicial ideology than they will on partisanship.

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That question arose this past week when the upstart challenger Josh Zakim blasted William Galvin for refusing to debate him in any of the six public events he has proposed.

“There are a lot of people who are tired of talking about and tired of hearing about Donald Trump nonstop,” said Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster.  FBI agent Peter Strzok had his moment on an extremely hot seat Thursday morning in a contentious hearing that quickly devolved into angry yelling, interjections and parliamentary maneuvering.  As President Trump landed in Britain, protesters have been in battle-preparation mode, with demonstrations planned for every stage of his visit.