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Trump supports Roy Moore again ahead of rally on Alabama’s doorstep

Nicole Craine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Roy Moore, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Alabama, smiles as he speaks during a campaign rally in Fairhope, Alabama, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. President Donald Trump on Friday offered another full-throated endorsement for Republican Roy Moore, the ex-Alabama judge hoping to …

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Conservative Arizona Rep. Trent Franks resigning

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) testifying before a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC Two Republican consultants say Arizona GOP Rep. Trent Franks is resigning from Congress. Neither of the GOP strategists said they knew why the eight-term lawmaker was leaving. But his departure was …

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Flynn said Russia sanctions would be ‘ripped up’

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Gen. Michael Flynn(C), former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump, leaves Federal Court in Washington, DC, December 1, 2017. President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn told a business associate that he would make sure economic sanctions against Russia …

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Schumer, Pelosi will meet with Trump after canceling previous meeting

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump (C) makes a statement from the Roosevelt Room next to the empty chairs of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (L), D-New York, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R), D-California, after they cancelled their meeting at the White House in …

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‘I feel very badly for General Flynn’

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to Utah from the White House in Washington, U.S. December 4, 2017. President Donald Trump expressed sympathy on Monday for Michael T. Flynn, saying the FBI “ruined” the life of his former national security adviser, …

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US appeals courts to consider the legality of Trump’s latest travel ban

James Lawler Duggan | Reuters International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after the U.S. Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request to put its travel ban into effect later in the week pending further judicial review, in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., June 26, 2017. Federal appeals …

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Rex Tillerson is ‘not leaving’ but ‘I call the final shots’

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confer during a working lunch with African leaders during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 20, 2017. President Donald Trump vehemently denied Friday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could leave the job soon, saying …

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Trump likely to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital next week: Report

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump (L) and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering press statements prior to an official dinner in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to deliver a speech on Wednesday recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s …

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Tillerson on reports that White House may oust him: ‘It’s laughable’

Carolyn Kaster | AP Secretary of State Rex Tillerson turns to leave after a media opportunity with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Tillerson is dismissing as “laughable” reports that the White House is trying to get rid of him. Secretary …

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Ron Johnson and Steve Daines will vote for Senate tax bill

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol where GOP senators said families and small businesses would benefit from tax reform on November 7, 2017. Pass-through businesses get taxed at individual rates. While those entities include small …

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