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Republicans donate Steve Wynn contributions amid misconduct claims

Calvin Sit | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steve Wynn, chairman and chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts Ltd. Some Republicans in Congress are announcing plans to donate campaign contributions linked to Steve Wynn as the casino mogul faces claims of sexual misconduct. GOP lawmakers aimed to distance themselves from the …

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NAFTA negotiators are still divided, but see some progress in trade talks

Lars Hagberg | AFP | Getty Images (L-R) Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, and United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer gather for a trilateral meeting at Global Affairs on the final day of the third round of the NAFTA renegotiations …

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‘America first does not mean America alone’

Denis Balibouse | Reuters President Donald Trump is seen before his speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 26, 2018. Trump’s decision to come to Davos in the first place raised eyebrows. A sitting American president has not attended the annual event since Bill …

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Months of missing texts found from former special counsel agent: DOJ

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Michael Horowitz, inspector general of the Justice Department The Justice Department’s internal watchdog says his office has found missing text messages from an FBI agent removed last summer from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team. Inspector General Michael Horowitz says in …

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What will Trump say at WEF

Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images The ‘Marine One’ helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump comes in to land in Davos on January 25, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived at the Davos ski resort for the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday morning where he is expected …

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Congress asks Apple, Intel, others about Spectre disclosure delays

Getty Images Apple CEO Timothy Cook delivers pauses while giving opening remarks while testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Investigations Subcommittee about the company’s offshore profit shifting and tax avoidance in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The …

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US not abandoning strong dollar policy

Adam Galica | CNBC Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, at the 2018 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross took issue Wednesday with media characterizations that the U.S. is departing from its historically strong dollar policy. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s remarks at a news conference at the World Economic …

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‘Fire and Fury’ sales exceed 1.7 million

Getty Images Customers purchase copies of one of the first UK consignments of Michael Wolff’s book on President Trump’s Presidency ‘Fire and Fury’, at Waterstones, Piccadilly on January 9, 2018 in London, England. Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” is well on its way to becoming one of the top-selling nonfiction …

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Ex-national security advisor Flynn met FBI agents in the West Wing

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn departs U.S. District Court, where he was expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017. President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, …

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James Comey was interviewed by special counsel Mueller

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. James Comey, the former F.B.I. director fired by President Donald Trump last year, has been …

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