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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. Neither will City Councilor Michael Flaherty.  Capital Source Alex Goldstein was press secretary for Deval Patrick during his 2010 gubernatorial campaign.  Herbie Ziskend’s baseball glove won’t make it into Barack Obama’s presidential library.

Experts say he’s one of the largest publishers of fake news on the Internet. Christopher Blair says he’s a satirist. The truth, in the Internet age, is hard to define.  No member of the Trump family was at the Manhattan building Saturday. Todd Brassner purchased the apartment in 1996.  Roger Stone says that he spent Christmas of 2016 recovering after an assassination attempt.

Experts say he’s one of the largest publishers of fake news on the Internet. Christopher Blair says he’s a satirist. The truth, in the Internet age, is hard to define.  No member of the Trump family was at the Manhattan building Saturday. Todd Brassner purchased the apartment in 1996.  Roger Stone says that he spent Christmas of 2016 recovering after an assassination attempt.

Experts say he’s one of the largest publishers of fake news on the Internet. Christopher Blair says he’s a satirist. The truth, in the Internet age, is hard to define.  No member of the Trump family was at the Manhattan building Saturday. Todd Brassner purchased the apartment in 1996.  Roger Stone says that he spent Christmas of 2016 recovering after an assassination attempt.

Rep. Friday that he is resigning from Congress immediately after facing a backlash over using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim. “While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I know in my heart it’s time for me to move along and look for new ways to serve," Farenthold said in a statement. The abrupt resignation is effective as of 5 p.m. on Friday, according to his office.

House Oversight Committee Chairman MORE’s $50-a-night housing arrangement on Capitol Hill, a GOP source told The Hill Friday night. The investigation adds to a growing controversy surrounding Pruitt, who already faces some calls to resign from both sides of the aisle. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee “has been looking into Pruitt’s condo deal,” a Gowdy aide said.

The National Guard will deploy up to 4,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border beginning Friday night, according to a newly signed memo from Defense Secretary MORE called for troops to shore up the area until his border wall is built The memo authorizes the use of Title 32 and Defense Department dollars for up to 4,000 National Guard personnel to support the Department of Homeland Security’s “southern border security mission while under the command and control of their respective governors through September 30, 2018.” It also states that troops will not perf