Article snippet: Now that the president is escalating his personal attacks on the Robert Mueller Russia investigation, Republicans in Congress are expressing reluctance to take specific steps. Because of how a 2015 bill by Attorney General Maura Healey was drafted, prosecutors say it’s extremely difficult to charge someone with fentanyl trafficking. The president pinned much of the blame for the opioid epidemic in the Granite State on Lawrence, but other factors are also at play. President Trump said he also congratulated the Russian president on his reelection, even as other world leaders hesitated to do so. A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald Trump sued Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence. ‘‘I am well aware that people are skeptical of me discussing this topic,’’ the first lady said. ‘‘But it will not stop me from doing what I know is right.” Anthony Amore, a Republican, had been planning a run for the state House of Representatives, but has shifted to chase the statewide office. Trump can already pursue the death penalty for drug dealers. Here’s why no other president has done it. Because of how a 2015 bill by Attorney General Maura Healey was drafted, prosecutors say it’s extremely difficult to charge someone with fentanyl trafficking. Trump also did not raise Russia’s apparent role in a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter on British soil. President Trump welcomed ... Link to the full article to read more