Article snippet: <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story.]> A suspended Massachusetts State Police trooper from Braintree pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to collecting pay for hours he did not work, according to federal prosecutors. Recounts will go forward as scheduled in all other towns and cities in the Third District. book review Jill Lepore’s book is a narrative of events and ideas that comes as a divided America cannot even agree on our founding principles. ‘‘What kind of mind twists that statistic into ‘Oh, fake news is trying to hurt my image,’ ’’ said Representative Ileana Ros Lehtinen, a Florida Republican. ‘‘How can you be so self-centered and try to distort the truth so much? It’s mind boggling.’’ Welcome to the conflicted top of the state’s 2018 Republican ticket. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to two federal crimes after cutting a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel’s Russia probe. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s denial comes after a report of an alleged incident that took place while Kavanaugh was attending Georgetown Preparatory School. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his Obama-era predecessor John Kerry h... Link to the full article to read more