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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onFebruary 20, 2018
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Article snippet: Officials are growing increasingly alarmed about the 2018 midterm elections, with a drumbeat of dire warning signs that Russia is determined to influence them.   Posting from his Florida estate, President Trump seemed most aggrieved that the special counsel’s team had unearthed 13 indictments against Russians on Friday - and alleged that they could have swayed the 2016 election to benefit him.  Here’s a quick guide to President Trump’s misstatements and misleading claims in his weekend Twitter barrage.  The students said they are organizing ‘‘March for Our Lives’’ rallies in Washington and other major US cities on March 24 to demand action on gun violence.   President Trump will host a listening session with high school students this week following the deadly school shooting in Florida.   Senator Charles Schumer says President Trump’s proposed budget cuts $12 million from federal programs that help maintain records on who is ineligible to purchase firearms.  The controversies that have ensnarled Superintendent Tommy Chang have run the gamut, from budget cuts and school closures to turbulent leadership and late school buses.   “A lot of people here felt like it was a reprieve from seven or eight days of just getting pummeled,” said one administration official.  The president spoke to Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, about legislation he helped introduce last fall.   The president spoke to Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, about le... Link to the full article to read more

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