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A White House lawyer’s appearance at two briefings Thursday on the FBI’s tactics in the Russian investigation was immediately criticized by Democrats, who said it raised serious questions about the administration’s motives for the meetings. They said Emmet Flood’s attendance at the beginning of the two meetings was a disturbing breach of the traditional firewall between the Justice Department and the White House and possible evidence that the meetings were a pretense to funnel information from the investigation to the president’s legal team. “Never seen a Gang of Eight meeting that included a

MORE’s decision to cancel a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has left a sense of unease over the region’s future that many had hoped wouldn’t return after a tumultuous 2017. The cancelation wasn’t a complete surprise given the ramped-up rhetoric from Pyongyang over the past week.

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The TAKE with Rick Klein Robert Mueller’s investigation is now more than a year in, and we’re now less than half a year from the midterms. For all that, it is becoming clear how much President Donald Trump is counting on … Kim Jong Un to come through. A week that looked like it would bring a big step back for the Trump-Kim summit is end

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Capital Source Immediately after the state GOP convention, John Kingston began cutting his field staff’s salaries — a move that prompted four of the five people in those positions to quit.  Ground Game He’s running for Congress. His daughter is running for state representative. And, yes, he is “so proud” of her.   On Saturday, the former mayoral candidate will be one of three people to receive an honorary degree at the University of New Hampshire commencement ceremonies.   Capital Source Scott Lively is challenging Governor Charlie Baker in the GOP primary on Sept. 4.

His willingness to employ bold, seat-of-the-pants strategies has thrilled his base but has met more severe limits in the high-stakes setting of international relations.  Evan Horowitz | Quick Study With the summit abandoned, at least for now, there’s a risk that goodwill-enhancing and relationship-improving steps might be lost, too.  President Trump announced on Thursday morning that he has pulled out of a June summit with the leader of North Korea.

His willingness to employ bold, seat-of-the-pants strategies has thrilled his base but has met more severe limits in the high-stakes setting of international relations.  Evan Horowitz | Quick Study With the summit abandoned, at least for now, there’s a risk that goodwill-enhancing and relationship-improving steps might be lost, too.  President Trump announced on Thursday morning that he has pulled out of a June summit with the leader of North Korea.