Article snippet: President Donald Trump’s administration, invoking national security powers meant to protect the United States against threats from abroad, announced the new rules Thursday. The Marine captain has moved from the war zone of Iraq to the mine zone that is D.C. politics. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has written opinion pieces in the past about the investigation, and is a friend and political ally of a witness. The midterms held a particular resonance for some residents of a city who had watched an all-too-real incarnation of hatred and fear spill into its streets. The special counsel’s team has sought to interview a number of Stone associates or have them appear before the grand jury as part of the 18-month-old probe. Race and equality are the persistent and preeminent questions of our national life, according to Joseph Ellis in “American Dialogue.’’ The midterms held a particular resonance for some residents of a city who had watched an all-too-real incarnation of hatred and fear spill into its streets. Senator Elizabeth Warren said she did not have a timeline for that decision-making process. State Representative James J. Lyons Jr., a four-term Republican legislator from Andover, became Massachusetts liberals’ favorite villain this election cycle. JOAN VENNOCHI This is Massachusetts. Presidential dreams are part of the political DNA. Michael A. Cohen This election, for all its ugliness, has highlighted the nation’s extraordi... Link to the full article to read more