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The TAKE with Rick Klein Nobel Peace Prize – and somehow seems more stable than it’s been in a while. This particular split-screen – stepping toward an agreement with North Korea while bringing Americans home, stepping toward a confrontation with Iran with a fresh warning after ending the

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Percipient Strategies specializes in, among other things, identifying potential political and “reputational risk” for its clients.  Ayyadurai — who has three MIT degrees and no political background — apparently doesn’t go by the usual standards to measure support.   A presentation about the plastic bag ban got testy on Monday.   Massachusetts is ground zero in the latest round of the nation’s culture wars.  ‘’Everything about his challenger and her campaign makes me proud,’’ Deval Patrick said in a statement that did not mention Pressley by name.

Trump called his plan the ‘‘most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people.’’   Biden says Senator John McCain in a genuine hero and ‘‘he deserves better — so much better.’’  Sanders would not comment on reports that a communications aide mocked McCain’s opposition to Trump’s CIA pick by telling colleagues, “it doesn’t matter, he’s dying anyway.”  Kelly said most people coming into the country illegally ‘‘are not bad people,’’ but said they won’t assimilate easily. A New York lawyer filed a letter in court claiming that President Trump’s

Trump called his plan the ‘‘most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people.’’   Biden says Senator John McCain in a genuine hero and ‘‘he deserves better — so much better.’’  Sanders would not comment on reports that a communications aide mocked McCain’s opposition to Trump’s CIA pick by telling colleagues, “it doesn’t matter, he’s dying anyway.”  Kelly said most people coming into the country illegally ‘‘are not bad people,’’ but said they won’t assimilate easily. A New York lawyer filed a letter in court claiming that President Trump’s

Trump called his plan the ‘‘most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people.’’   Biden says Senator John McCain in a genuine hero and ‘‘he deserves better — so much better.’’  Sanders would not comment on reports that a communications aide mocked McCain’s opposition to Trump’s CIA pick by telling colleagues, “it doesn’t matter, he’s dying anyway.”  Kelly said most people coming into the country illegally ‘‘are not bad people,’’ but said they won’t assimilate easily. A New York lawyer filed a letter in court claiming that President Trump’s

Rudy Giuliani told The Hill on Thursday that the media ought to “calm down” in their coverage of money paid to Michael Cohen, MORE's longtime personal attorney.  The former New York City mayor and recent addition to Trump's legal team said of the allegations swirling around Cohen, “It doesn’t involve us at all.

Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) sought to put down a revolt from pro-immigration Republicans on Thursday, insisting he wants to bring a bipartisan immigration bill to the House floor before the crucial midterm elections. But the Speaker reiterated that the immigration legislation would need to get MORE’s endorsement first — a tall order given the inability of Trump and Democrats to agree on an immigration compromise. “I’d like to. I want to have — I want to fix this problem, so I would like to have an immigration vote before the midterms.

MORE on Thursday evening touted the release of three Americans prisoners from North Korea who arrived home this week, noting that the U.S. did not pay for their release. “[North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un did a great service to himself and to his country by doing this.