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The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump is less into flipping scripts than he is rewriting them altogether. But the plot surrounding his golden opportunity to remake the Supreme Court is playing out according to Trump's directions, as his self-imposed Monday deadline for making a selection to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy approaches. Generating a

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The “American Idol” alum is scheduled to perform at a fund-raising concert in Barnstable Thursday night to benefit GOP operative Beth Lindstrom’s campaign.  Representative Michael Capuano got a little testy Monday when asked about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s win in New York and calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement.   Capital Source In a statewide campaign for governor, Jay Gonzalez made a quick stop at City Hall Plaza Thursday, where he earned the support of nearly half of Boston’s City Council.

On the issues, Deval Patrick and Elizabeth Warren are almost twins. But their contrasting styles offer a window into a debate coursing through the Democratic Party.  Lawyers for President Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year.  North Korea accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nuclear program after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed.

On the issues, Deval Patrick and Elizabeth Warren are almost twins. But their contrasting styles offer a window into a debate coursing through the Democratic Party.  Lawyers for President Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year.  North Korea accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nuclear program after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed.

On the issues, Deval Patrick and Elizabeth Warren are almost twins. But their contrasting styles offer a window into a debate coursing through the Democratic Party.  Lawyers for President Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year.  North Korea accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nuclear program after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed.

Hollywood celebrities have been raising the heat in their rhetoric against MORE, but critics say the often-profane criticism could actually inflame a pro-Trump backlash ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump is considered vulgar Enemy No.

Gorsuch 2.0. That’s how conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt described Raymond Kethledge, the Sixth Circuit judge who reportedly sits near the top of MORE once described the “destruction of the administrative state” as a central goal of the Trump administration, and it’s one that conservatives think Kethledge could help hasten. That could be useful in tough Senate confirmation hearings.

Legal commentator David Lat agreed.

MORE if the special counsel has evidence that Trump committed a crime and that the president’s testimony is needed to complete the probe. Giuliani told The New York Times that it is still possible that Trump could agree to interview with Mueller, but said that the likelihood that the president would agree to a voluntary interview is growing less likely. “If they can come to us and show us the basis and that it’s legitimate and that they have uncovered something, we can go

Special counsel MORE obtain more than $6 million in loans while that executive tried to land a position in the Trump campaign. Prosecutors for Mueller revealed the plans in a filing Friday for Manafort’s trial on fraud charges in Virginia that will begin later this month.