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September 13, 2020 at 3:10 pm

Bannon joined forces with Chinese billionaire whose case has divided Trump’s allies

WASHINGTON - When federal agents arrested former chief White House strategist Steve Bannon off the coast of Connecticut on Aug. 20, he was relaxing on...

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September 11, 2020 at 1:30 pm

Prosecutor resigns from U.S. attorney’s investigation into origins of Trump-Russia probe

WASHINGTON - A senior prosecutor working with Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham on his investigation into how U.S. intelligence agencies pursued allegations of Russian interference...

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FILE – In this Sunday, June 14, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up while walking across the tarmac as he boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J. Trump is returning to Washington. A far-right Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Prize 2021 for his efforts to reach a peace agreement in the Middle East. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 that Trump should be considered for his work â€œfor reaching a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel which opens up for possible peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) AMB112 AMB112

September 8, 2020 at 6:39 pm

Justice Department intervenes to aid Trump in lawsuit by woman who accuses him of rape

The move means that Justice Department lawyers will be essentially aiding President Donald Trump's defense. Department lawyers said he was acting as president when he...

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September 5, 2020 at 7:08 am

Strzok: FBI wondered if Trump was ‘a Manchurian candidate’ doing Russia’s bidding

Former FBI agent Peter Strzok alleges in a new book that investigators came to believe it was "conceivable, if unlikely" that Russia was secretly controlling...

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September 3, 2020 at 9:26 pm

Suspect in Portland slaying killed when authorities moved to arrest him, official says

A vocal proponent of the far-left antifa movement who was suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a far-right group in Portland, Ore., this weekend...

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September 3, 2020 at 5:04 pm

Barr gives false voter-fraud example

WASHINGTON — In his latest warning about the dangers of mass mail-in voting, Attorney General William Barr pointed to a case in Texas that he...

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September 3, 2020 at 9:42 am

Ofﬁcials warn against Trump’s suggestion to vote twice

WASHINGTON - A chorus of election officials, legal analysts and social media companies on Thursday rushed to condemn and counter President Donald Trump's suggestion this...

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August 26, 2020 at 2:48 pm

Justice Department requests nursing home COVID-19 data from 4 Democratic governors

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday requested information on COVID-19 in nursing homes from the Democratic governors of four states while asserting that their...

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August 20, 2020 at 7:12 am

Steve Bannon charged with defrauding donors in private effort to raise money for Trump’s border wall

Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed criminal charges Thursday against Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded...

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August 19, 2020 at 12:14 pm

Ex-FBI lawyer admits to falsifying document in probe of Trump’s campaign

A former FBI lawyer pleaded guilty Wednesday to altering an email that one of his colleagues relied on as he sought a court's blessing to...

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