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GOP grassroots campaign sells Trump trade deal with Mexico, Canada to skeptical voters, lawmakers

Sarah Pabst | Bloomberg | Getty Images Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico’s president, from front left, U.S. president Donald Trump, and Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, sit for photographs as Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexico’s secretary of economy, from back left, Robert Lighthizer, U.S. trade representative, and Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of …

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Kamala Harris wants to give every American teacher a big raise

Ethan Miller | Getty Images U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks during a town hall meeting at Canyon Springs High School on March 1, 2019 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris proposed a huge pay raise for American teachers on Tuesday, in her latest bid to …

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Supreme Court denies ‘mystery Mueller case’ after probe finishes

Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images News | Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: Special counsel Robert Mueller walks with his wife Ann Mueller on March 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court on Monday turned back a company locked in a secretive fight against special counsel Robert Mueller …

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‘Total and complete exoneration’ of President Trump

Alex Wong | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn prior to his departure from the White House March 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, to meet with Caribbean leaders …

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Special counsel Mueller has no sealed indictments as Russia probe ends: NBC News

Mark Wilson | Getty Images Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrives at his office on March 21, 2019 in Washington DC. It is expected that Mueller will soon complete his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and release his report. Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation …

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Trump sends top officials to Beijing to continue China trade talks

Mark Schiefelbein | AFP | Getty Images US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Feb. 15, 2019 President Donald Trump is sending U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to Beijing, China, on Thursday to …

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AG reportedly won’t share Russia report findings with Congress on Saturday

Win McNamee | Getty Images U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home March 23, 2019 in McLean, Virginia. Attorney General William Barr will not be sending a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report to members of Congress on Saturday, a senior Justice Department official told NBC News. …

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Sam Adams is dedicating a beer to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Scott J. Ferrell | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives in the House chamber before Barack Obama’s first address to a joint session of the Congress in 2005. Boston brewer Sam Adams is dedicating a new beer to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, named …

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How SCOTUS justices bargained over fate of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Larry Downing | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, from left, stands with fellow justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan. Chief Justice John Roberts traded with liberal justices over the fate of a key plank in President Barack Obama’s signature …

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Two GOP bills seek to redirect funds from California bullet train project

California High-Speed Rail Authority | Getty Images In this handout image provided by the California High-Speed Rail Authority, Construction of the Cedar Viaduct seen from the Golden State Boulevard to west of State Route 99 on July 13, 2017 in Fresno, California. Two House bills introduced this month by Republicans …

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