American Media Inc., which owns the tabloid, confesses to helping the president facilitate a hush payment to a Playboy model to keep the information from the 2016 election.
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Sentenced to 3 years, Cohen says ‘blind loyalty’ led him to cover up Trump’s ‘dirty deeds’
The president’s former ‘fixer’ has provided useful information in the Mueller investigation, a prosecutor says.
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Pelosi says border wall is about Trump’s ‘manhood’
Her comments, made behind closed doors, follow a more public political cage match.
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Trump’s search for next chief of staff expands after early favorite says no
Turned down by Nick Ayers, the president is now considering at least 4 people to replace John Kelly, who will leave by the end of the year.
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Can a sitting president be indicted?
Here are some of the legal questions posed by the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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Prosecutors: Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen met Russian offering ‘political synergy’
Court filings laid out for the first time details of Cohen’s cooperation with investigators and took positions on the punishment he should face.
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Prosecutors: Cohen paid illegal hush-money at Trump’s ‘direction’
Mueller filing says contact offered ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ‘political synergy’ with Russia
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Trump expected to nominate State Department spokeswoman as U.N. ambassador
Heather Nauert, who was an anchor and correspondent at Fox News before joining the State Department, would replace Nikki Haley.
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Report to Congress calls for raising gas tax to upgrade roads and bridges
The authors say $45 billion more is needed annually. The tax would have to rise to almost 30 cents a gallon within 10 years, and the diesel levy to about 40 cents, to bring in just $20 billion more annually.
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No money for border wall in exchange for ‘Dreamer’ legal protections, Pelosi says
The Democratic leader takes a hard line as spending bills to fund the government after Dec. 21 advance amid the president’s threat of a shutdown over money to build the wall.