President Trump's longtime fixer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to lying about the negotiations that Trump's business conducted with Russians about real estate in Moscow in 2016.
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A federal judge set out a timeline on Tuesday that could mean Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, might be sentenced by late October.
Judge Emmet Sullivan called prosecutors and Flynn, a retired lieutenant general, into a hearing to meet with him about next steps in the case.
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Michael Cohen is facing legal peril. But he's usually the one using legal pressure to fix issues for Donald Trump before they become problems. NPR has audio of Cohen making threats in 2015.
Lawyer Michael Cohen has used legal threats to protect Donald Trump for years.
NPR now has the audio of him doing it.
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An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds Republicans increasingly think Mueller's investigation is biased against Trump. Also, Americans think Russia will try to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections.
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Opponents of the administration's ban on transgender troops say they will be back in court early next week seeking a permanent injunction to block implementation of the plan
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President Trump reiterated his call Friday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference for arming some teachers and school personnel in the wake of last week’s shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school that killed 17 people.
“When we declare our schools to be gun-free zones it just puts our students in more danger — well-trained gun-adept teachers and coaches should be able to carry concealed firearms,” Trump planned to say, according to excerpts released by the White House. “We should do what works. This includes commonsense measures that will protect the rights of law-abiding Americans while helping to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a danger to themselves and to others.”
Trump raised that suggestion earlier this week when he met with survivors of the Florida attack, the families of some of the victims and those affected by prior mass shootings. “Our whole nation was moved by their strength and courage,” Trump planned to say of the Parkland survivors.
Many other of the teen survivors have mobilized to call for more gun regulations. However, top officials from the National Rifle Association made similar calls at CPAC on Thursday for rolling back gun-free school zones, and remained defiant against any push for more gun control in the aftermath of the attack.
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Compared to other recent presidents, news reports about President Trump have been more focused on his personality than his policy, and are more likely to carry negative assessments of his actions, according to a new study from the @pewresearch Journalism Project.
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The president's statement on Monday calling out racist groups, including the KKK, for violence in Charlottesville, Va., fits a pattern of how Trump has responded to such groups in the past.
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"The United States Government will not accept or allow ... Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump tweeted. Transgender people already serve in the military.
Transgender people already serve in the military. It’s not immediately clear how Trump intends to implement the ban, but the Pentagon announced Wednesday that it will defer enlistments by transgender applicants.
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The June 2016 email chain released by Donald Trump Jr. puts what happened in the spring and summer of that year in a new light.
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