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President Donald Trump responded for the first time on Thursday to questions about a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. While speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One following an appearance in West Virginia, Trump was asked if he knew about the $130,000 payment Trump’s longtime personal attorney and confidant Michael Cohen arranged for Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, as she was shopping the story of her alleged 2006 affair with Trump to several major media outlets shortly before the 2016

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Capital Source State Representative Geoff Diehl’s campaign said he has raised the most funds so far this year.  capital source The former chief of staff to Mayor Martin Walsh raised more than $900,000 in the first quarter of the year.  John Kingston, who is facing faces an April 28 Republican convention to get on the primary ballot, tore up his party registration after Trump got the nomination in 2016.   Capital Source State Senator Joseph Boncore will not run for Suffolk district attorney.

The early-morning searches enraged President Trump, associates said, setting off an angry public tirade Monday evening.  Prosecutors typically only carry out such searches, specialists say, if they fear the lawyer might tamper with evidence they are seeking.  The FBI raid on the office and hotel room of Michael Cohen provoked visceral rage from the president — and a burst of misstatements.   Senators asked Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg about a range of topics Tuesday. He apologized for privacy breaches and promised better performance from the company.

The early-morning searches enraged President Trump, associates said, setting off an angry public tirade Monday evening.  Prosecutors typically only carry out such searches, specialists say, if they fear the lawyer might tamper with evidence they are seeking.  The FBI raid on the office and hotel room of Michael Cohen provoked visceral rage from the president — and a burst of misstatements.   Senators asked Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg about a range of topics Tuesday. He apologized for privacy breaches and promised better performance from the company.

The early-morning searches enraged President Trump, associates said, setting off an angry public tirade Monday evening.  Prosecutors typically only carry out such searches, specialists say, if they fear the lawyer might tamper with evidence they are seeking.  The FBI raid on the office and hotel room of Michael Cohen provoked visceral rage from the president — and a burst of misstatements.   Senators asked Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg about a range of topics Tuesday. He apologized for privacy breaches and promised better performance from the company.

MORE is widely expected to take action against Syria following a suspected chemical attack on Saturday that is being blamed on forces loyal to Bashar Assad. But the debate is exposing fissures among Trump’s team about his broader foreign policy stances.  On one side, conservatives worry that Trump’s isolationist instincts and unpredictable nature will give up hard-won gains in Syria and across the region, especially against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

MORE, renewing speculation over the fate of the special counsel's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. During a meeting with military officials, Trump was asked about Mueller, who issued a referral that helped lead to a Monday FBI raid on Michael Cohen, Trump's personal attorney. “We’ll see what happens.

Facebook CEO MORE will feel the glare of the national spotlight on Tuesday as he testifies to Congress for the first time. Lawmakers are demanding answers about how Cambridge Analytica, a British data firm hired by the Trump campaign, was able to improperly obtain data on upwards of 87 million Facebook users. The hearings are certain to produce a media spectacle, with wall-to-wall coverage expected on cable news.