The moves are aimed in part at marginalizing campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a longtime party operative who pushed Trump to moderate his tone and improve relations with skeptical Republican officials.
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Trump gets first national security briefing
The candidate became entitled to the briefings once he became the Republican presidential nominee.
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Campaign team shakeup won’t change Trump, Clinton says
‘There is no new Donald Trump. This is it,’ she says at a rally in Cleveland where she also contrasted his tax program with hers.
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Senator to FBI: Turn over Clinton email probe facts
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa wants to see unclassified material held under lock and key.
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Why it matters: Opioid crisis may call for a multipronged antidote
And it’s not just the use of illegal drugs like heroin that is on the rise.
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How Clinton, Trump tax plans would affect Americans
The Democratic and Republican candidates remain far apart on tax policy, especially when it comes to the top earners and corporations.
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New England Republicans face near-extinction in Trump backlash
Trump, with his controversies and bombastic demeanor, has complicated what was already a difficult task of getting re-elected for Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine and the region’s other party members
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Trump aide Manafort secretly channeled pro-Russian money to D.C. lobbyists
The campaign chairman and Rick Gates, another Trump strategist, were working in 2012 on behalf of the political party of Ukraine’s pro-Russian president at the time, Viktor Yanukovych.
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Donald Trump shakes up campaign, adds ‘big people’ at top
The move comes as opinion surveys show Trump now trailing Clinton nationally and in a host of key battleground states.
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Congress receives FBI notes from Clinton interview
Republicans are also demanding a new investigation into whether the Democratic presidential nominee lied to Congress.