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posted onSeptember 7, 2017
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Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump overruled congressional Republicans to cut a deal with Democrats, as part of an agreement to speed a $7.9 billion Harvey aid bill to his desk.  Well, 2017 keeps rolling along, every day feeling like a week, every breaking news alert fraying our nerves just a little bit more.   Democrats in Washington have proven themselves fairly unified in recent months. But the revelations in Clinton’s book may undermine all that.  The president’s oldest son was expected to meet privately with a Senate committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.   The proposed Trump budget slashes funding and staffing for the agency significantly.  Company officials reported that they traced the ad sales, totaling $100,000, to a Russian ‘‘troll farm,’’ sources said.   US Senator Bob Menendez “sold his office for a lifestyle he couldn’t afford” by accepting luxury trips from a wealthy doctor seeking political influence in return, a government prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.  The states hope to block plans by the Trump administration to end a policy that has shielded nearly 800,000 young immigrants from deportation.  Though he voted against Question 4, Steve Hoffman acknowledges he last smoked pot a year ago.  analysis President Trump has a pattern of asking Congress to solve problems and tackle difficult issues, shifting... Link to the full article to read more

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