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Mueller Investigation Costs Nearly $10 Million in 6 Months

The Justice Department’s (DOJ) Special Counsel’s Office (SCO), under which Robert Mueller and his “Russia investigation” operate, issued its required biannual spending report, showing a significant increase in the investigation’s spending rate.

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Bush-Era DOJ Report Recommended Felony Charges for OxyContin Execs

A confidential 2006 Department of Justice (DOJ) report recommended three Purdue Pharma executives face felony charges over their concealment and denial of the abuse potential of their now infamous opioid drug, OxyContin, according to a Tuesday New York Times report.

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Missouri Governor Eric Greitens Resigns

Eric Greitens, Missouri’s embattled Republican governor, announced he would resign Tuesday, yielding to the pressure of two months-long criminal prosecutions and the increasing threat of impeachment.

In this May 17, 2018, photo, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stands off to the side before ste

Trump Properly Discloses Payment to Michael Cohen

The 92 pages of President Donald Trump’s financial disclosures for 2017 include a line item between $100,001 and $250,000 for lawyer Michael Cohen, consistent with the $130,000 payment Cohen made to a porn star claiming to have had a tryst with the president 12 years ago.

Trump defends lawyer, says he won't 'flip'

Trump Supporters Elated as President Ends Iran Nuclear Deal

Foreign policy experts and Republican operatives who supported President Donald Trump’s campaign — and his promise of discarding his predecessor’s nuclear deal — greeted Trump’s decision Tuesday to reimpose sanctions on Iran with a deluge of support.

US President Donald Trump signs a document reinstating sanctions against Iran after announ

Trump Tweet Predicted Schneiderman Demise 4.5 Years Ago

Donald Trump suggested New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would be the next in a line of Democratic New York politicians to end his career in disgrace, more than four years before Schneiderman resigned Monday, hours after allegations he physically abused four women went public.

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RNC Spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany on Michelle Wolf: ‘I Saw Hatred on That Stage’

Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany discussed the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with Deputy Political Editor Amanda House on Breitbart News Daily on Sirius XM on Monday. She expressed her outrage over Daily Show comedian Michelle Wolf’s vulgar attacks on her friend, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

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Appeals Court Upholds Texas Voter ID Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court on Friday to allow a Texas voter ID law to remain in place in a case that could be a major breakthrough for conservative anti-voter fraud efforts.

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Democrats Silent on Highest Ranking Openly Gay Nominee

Nine Democratic senators facing re-election in November in states President Donald Trump 18 won months ago remain silent on the nomination of Richard Grenell as U.S. Ambassador to Germany ahead of the final vote Thursday. Grenell, who is openly gay, would be, if confirmed, among the highest ranking openly-gay U.S. government officials ever to serve.

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