The state is seeing heightened campaign activity among the eight Democrats still in the running for their party’s nomination.
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Trump minimizes intelligence experts’ warnings on Russian interference
Intelligence officials told lawmakers in a classified briefing last week that Russia is meddling with the hope of getting Trump reelected.
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Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 3 years, 4 months in prison
Shortly thereafter, the president publicly decries the conviction as unfair and prominent Republican legislators signal tacit support for a pardon.
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Julian Assange says Trump administration offered a pardon if he denied Russian interference
A lawyer for the WikiLeaks founder says former Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who lives in Maine, made the offer on instructions from the president.
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Trump says he knows identity of ‘Anonymous’ tell-all writer
The senior administration official wrote an inside-the-White House account that painted the president as inept and dangerous.
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Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence
The president also pardons former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik and grants clemency to financier Michael Milken.
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Democratic hopefuls now test strength among minority voters
The election calendar is turning to Nevada and South Carolina, two states with substantial minority populations.
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Our View: A week of lessons learned by Sen. Collins and the nation
Following Republican senators’ capitulation in the impeachment trial, nothing is stopping President Trump from settling scores and seizing power.
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Once wary, Eric Brakey has come to embrace Donald Trump
The Republican congressional hopeful once called him “a disaster,” but now, locked in a three-way primary, views Trump as “the best president in my lifetime.”
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DOJ recommends lower sentence for Roger Stone after Trump calls it ‘unfair’
It is exceedingly rare, particularly in a high-profile case like that of the former Trump aide, for the Justice Department to reverse its own prosecutors on a sentencing recommendation.