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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted a gift of VA's Office of Inspector General. The 11-day trip to Copenhagen and London cost taxpayers at least $122,334, the report said. It also alleged that Shulkin's chief of staff altered a document and misrepresented information to ethics officials that ultimately caused his wife's airfare to be covered by taxpayer dollars. Shulkin, his wife Dr.

Michael Cohen has acknowledged using his private funds shortly before the 2016 election to pay $130,000 to a porn actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with Trump. “In a private transaction in 2016, I used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford,” Cohen said in a statement emailed to ABC News, referencing the actress also known as Stormy Daniels. Cohen’s statement, first reported by the New York Times, came in direct response to a Jan.

A group of senators reached a bipartisan agreement Wednesday aimed at balancing Democrats' fight to offer citizenship to young "Dreamer" immigrants with President Donald Trump's demands for billions to build his coveted border wall with Mexico. Though the compromise was announced by 16 senators with centrist views on the issue and was winning support from many Democrats, it faced an uncertain fate.

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Dorcena Forry’s surprise resignation — announced last month — marks the departure of a powerful voice from state politics.  Eileen Donoghue, a lawyer and former Lowell mayor, issued a carefully worded statement in response to Globe inquiries.  State Representative Keiko Orrall said she wants to bring “fiscal responsibility” to the office.  capital source Holly Robichaud is senior campaign consultant to state Representative Geoff Diehl.  CAPITAL SOURCE Its board of directors made the decision after investigating a complaint of “inappropriate behavior” by its executive director.  capital sou

Elizabeth Warren blasted President Trump’s derogatory nickname for her but did not apologize for her claims that her mother’s family had Cherokee blood.  The US senator received a standing ovation when she finished the speech Wednesday. The reaction from others nationwide was much more mixed.   President Trump is breaking his silence after defending former aide Rob Porter, who was accused by his ex-wives of domestic abuse.

Elizabeth Warren blasted President Trump’s derogatory nickname for her but did not apologize for her claims that her mother’s family had Cherokee blood.  The US senator received a standing ovation when she finished the speech Wednesday. The reaction from others nationwide was much more mixed.   President Trump is breaking his silence after defending former aide Rob Porter, who was accused by his ex-wives of domestic abuse.

Elizabeth Warren blasted President Trump’s derogatory nickname for her but did not apologize for her claims that her mother’s family had Cherokee blood.  The US senator received a standing ovation when she finished the speech Wednesday. The reaction from others nationwide was much more mixed.   President Trump is breaking his silence after defending former aide Rob Porter, who was accused by his ex-wives of domestic abuse.

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said that MORE’s budget proposal if he were still in Congress after the OMB director suggested he would not during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Mulvaney, who was on Capitol Hill to defend the proposal, said he “probably would have found enough shortcomings” in the document to vote against it if he were still a congressman. But the OMB said Mulvaney was referring to a spending cap deal reached last week, not the actual Trump budget. During the Senate Budget Committee’s hearing on Tuesday, Sen.