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New Hampshire feels pain of longest government shutdown in nation's history
From Staff and Wire Reports Union Leader 1/12/2019
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House Democrats eye reported FBI probe of Trump
By David Morgan, Timothy Gardner Reuters 1/12/2019
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Top Republicans oppose border 'emergency' as shutdown drags on
AFP 1/13/2019
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Donald Trump Insists He Never Promised Mexico Would Pay For Border Wall During Pop-Up Presser
By Lisa de Moraes Deadline 1/10/2019
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It's standing room only as lawmakers hear testimony on bills to repeal election law changes
By Dave Solomon Union Leader 1/10/2019
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Congressional Democrats zero in on latest Manafort-Russia revelation
By Mark Hosenball, Nathan Layne Reuters 1/9/2019
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Donald Trump Is The Real National Emergency, Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig Says
By Mary Papenfuss Huffington Post 1/7/2019
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Pelosi Should Recognize President McConnell
By Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg 1/10/2019
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Trump's Border Wall Speech Blamed Democrats for the Shutdown. Polls Show Americans Blame Him
By Natasha Bach Fortune 1/9/2019
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Senate Democrats Play Hardball In Government Shutdown Fight
By Igor Bobic Huffington Post 1/7/2019
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The government shutdown is hitting these U.S. states the hardest
By Adriana Belmonte Yahoo Finance 1/9/2019
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Trump threatens to cut FEMA funding for California wildfires
By Michael Walsh Yahoo News 1/9/2019
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By Kevin Kelleher Fortune 1/7/2019
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Senators renew attempt to protect special counsel Mueller
By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press 1/7/2019
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Democrats, don’t impeach Donald Trump
By Thor Hogan Washington Post 1/6/2019
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Trump holds firm on border wall, offers steel option as compromise
By Jeff Mason, Ginger Gibson Reuters 1/6/2019
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Pappas won't take pay: Will our other NH reps do likewise?
Editorial Union Leader 1/5/2019
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NH Democrats begin 2019 by banning guns, requiring all lawmakers undergo sexual harassment training
By Dave Solomon Union Leader 1/2/2019
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Trump threatens years-long government shutdown, emergency powers to build wall
By Richard Cowan, Jeff Mason Reuters 1/4/2019
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Trump Administration Officials Are Getting Raises During Shutdown
By Ryan Bort Rolling Stone 1/4/2019
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George Will: Intelligent life found in Democrats
By George Will Union Leader 1/3/2019
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Harry Reid: Trump Is ‘The Worst President We’ve Ever Had’
By Marina Fang Huffington Post 1/2/2019
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Time for G.O.P. to Threaten to Fire Trump
By Thomas L. Friedman NY Times 12/24/2018
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Gallup: The Obamas are America's most admired man and woman
By Stef W. Kight Axios 12/27/2018
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Donald Trump: Paul Manafort 'worked with ex-Russian spy while running campaign for White House'
By Tom Embury-Dennis The Independent 12/30/2018
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House GOP quietly ends probe into FBI's 2016 decisions
By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press 12/28/2018
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Why Trump Is Dragging Out the Shutdown — Even Though It's Unpopular
By Ryan Teague Beckwith Time 12/28/2018
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Trump widens demands in wall standoff, threatens Mexico border closure
By David Morgan, James Oliphant Reuters 12/28/2018
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The Week in Washington: “The Most Chaotic Presidency Ever”
By Lynn Yaeger Vogue 12/23/2018
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Trump Rings in the New Year in the Worst Possible Way
By Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg 12/23/2018
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Shutdown Slashes Nearly All Federal Food Stamps Office Staff
By Amy Russo Huffington Post 12/26/2018
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Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?
By Steve Eder NY Times 12/26/2018
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Documents detail how absentee ballots gathered in NC vote
Associated Press 12/23/2018
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Trump losing support of America’s millionaires — even Republicans — poll finds
By MikeMurphy MarketWatch 12/23/2018
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Analysis: As advisers leave, Trump’s guardrails come off
By Julie Pace and Zeke Miller Associated Press 12/21/2018
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Jim Mattis’ Resignation Has Conservatives Admitting It’s ‘Time To Panic’ About Trump
By David Moye Huffington Post 12/21/2018
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Mueller Poised to Save Trump for Later as He Readies New Steps
By Chris Strohm Bloomberg 12/20/2018
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For Trump, the economy is a potential 2020 storm cloud
By Jonathan Lemire and Catherine Lucey Associated Press 12/18/2018
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Judge excoriates Trump ex-adviser Flynn, delays Russia probe sentencing
By Jan Wolfe, Ginger Gibson Reuters 12/18/2018
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By Ben Riley-Smith & Harriet Alexander The Telegraph 12/18/2018
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Ex-Russian spies say the US is losing because it can’t control social media
By Justin Rohrlich Quartz 12/17/2018
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Georgia Governor-Elect Brian Kemp Might Be Even More Corrupt Than You Thought
By Jay Willis GQ 12/17/2018
https://www.gq.com/story/brian-kemp-ajc-investigation
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Senate report finds millions of social media posts by Russians aimed at helping Trump, GOP
By William Cummings USA Today 12/17/2018
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Americans Blame Donald Trump and the GOP for Looming Government Shutdown: Poll
By Tom Porter Newsweek 12/17/2018
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Trump knew hush-money payments were wrong: ex-lawyer Cohen
AFP 12/14/2018
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Americans Turn More Pessimistic on Economy
By Ros Krasny Bloomberg 12/16/2018
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GOP Hurtles Toward Shutdown With No Plan to Avoid It
By Erik Wasson, Laura Litvan and Anna Edgerton Bloomberg 12/13/2018
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Loyalty among attributes Mulvaney brings to White House job
By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire and Lisa Mascaro Associated Press 12/16/2018
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'We were shocked as sh--': How Pelosi crushed the Dem rebels
By Rachael Bade, Heather Caygle and John Bresnahan Politico 12/13/2018
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What Comes Next In That Contested Election In North Carolina
By Nathaniel Rakich Five Thirty Eight 12/13/2018
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Donald Trump: ‘I Never Directed Michael Cohen To Break The Law’
By Hayley Miller Huffington Post 12/13/2018
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The Trump tax cuts are putting America in a hole
By Rick Newman Yahoo Finance 12/12/2018
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Mueller Is Telling Us: He’s Got Trump on Collusion
By Max Bergmann & Sam Berger Daily Beast 12/7/2018
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By Meghan Keneally and Lauren Pearle Good Morning America 12/12/2018
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By Tom Embury-Dennis The Independent 12/12/2018
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By Michael Tomasky Daily Beast 11/30/18
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Trump calls hush money payments a 'simple private transaction'
By Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu Reuters 12/10/2018
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U.S. top court rebuffs state bids to cut Planned Parenthood funds
By Andrew Chung Reuters 12/10/2018
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For first time, prosecutors connect Trump to a federal crime
By Michael Balsamo Associated Press 12/8/2018
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By Andrew Buncombe The Independent 12/7/2018
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From Nixon to Trump: Here's how stocks performed under each U.S. president
By Jared Blikre Yahoo Finance 12/5/2018
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More Evidence Of Illegal Activity Emerges In North Carolina Congressional Race
By Sam Levine Huffington Post 12/7/2018
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There Are at Least Four (4) Reasons the President* Just Took Another Trip to the Bananas Factory
By Charles P. Pierce Esquire 12/7/2018
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Gardner wins reelection after revote, 209 to 205
By Dave Solomon Union Leader 12/5/2018
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By Jonathan Vankin Inquisitr 12/6/2018
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Nancy Pelosi On North Carolina Election Fraud: We Can Refuse To Seat That Congressman
By Jennifer Bendery Huffington Post 12/6/2018
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Rex Tillerson on Trump: ‘Undisciplined, doesn’t like to read’ and tries to do illegal things
By Aaron Blake Washington Post 12/7/2018
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By Mohit Priyadarshi Inquisitr 12/6/2018
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Michigan GOP moves to strip Democratic officeholders' power
By David Eggert Associated Press 12/5/2018
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The Mueller investigation is closing in on Trump
By Jill Abramson The Guardian 12/3/2018
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Georgia group can prove illegal voter purge by Kemp, leader says
By Jon Ward Yahoo News 12/3/2018
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Heading into final week, all stops pulled on NH Sec. of State race
By Kevin Landrigan Union Leader 12/1/2018
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NH Young Democrats waiting for response to O'Rourke invitation
By Dave Solomon Union Leader 11/30/2018
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House Democrats’ 1st bill aims for sweeping reforms
By Lisa Mascaro Associated Press 11/30/2018
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‘Individual 1’: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probe
By Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey Washington Post 11/29/2018
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FBI Raids Trump's Former Chicago Tax Attorney Who Saved the President $14 Million in Property Taxes
By Glenn Fleishman Fortune 11/29/2018
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Trump should be freaked out right about now
By Jennifer Rubin Washington Post 11/29/2018
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Paul Manafort May Have Something Much Worse Than Prison to Be Afraid Of
By Charles P. Pierce Esquire 11/27/2018
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Trump Threatens to Declassify 'Devastating' Documents if House Democrats Launch Probes
Daily Beast 11/29/2018
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House Democrats agree: It's time for the same generation
By Matt Bai Yahoo News 11/29/2018
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Geraldo Rivera Calls Out Fox News for Its Heartless and Demeaning Coverage of Immigrants
By Luke Darby GQ 11/27/2018
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Trump at bay: failure looms as Democrats load 'subpoena cannon'
By David Smith The Guardian 11/25/2018
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New Book Claims Trump Has ‘Enemies’ Within Administration Who Attack It ‘With A Thousand Cuts’
By Lorenzo Tanos Inquisitr 11/25/2018
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Ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort lied to FBI: special counsel
By Nathan Layne and David Alexander Reuters 11/26/2018
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The GM Layoffs Sure Look Like A Broken Trump Promise
By Arthur Delaney Huffington Post 11/26/2018
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Defeated Republican Rep. Mia Love delivers rebuke to Trump
By Lindsay Whitehurst Associated Press 11/26/2018
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James Comey subpoenaed, willing to ‘answer all questions’ if hearing is open and public
By MaryAlice Parks ABC News 11/22/2018
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If an Election Was Stolen, Say It Was Stolen
By Charles P. Pierce Esquire 11/19/2018
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By Tom Barnes Independent 11/19/2018
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Trump is not a champion of human rights. He is a clueless clown.
By Eugene Robinson Washington Post 11/22/2018
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Pelosi Could Be in Real Trouble: She Hasn’t Found the Votes to Return as Speaker
By Michael Tomasky Daily Beast 11/20/2018
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I Helped Lead the ‘Fire Pelosi’ Campaign in 2010. Democrats Would Be Nuts to Do It Now.
By Doug Heye Daily Beast 11/21/2018
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By Nathan Francis Inquisitr 11/23/2018
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Senate Democrats sue to block Trump’s acting attorney general, Matt Whitaker
By Felicia Sonmez Washington Post 11/19/2018
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By Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey Washington Post 11/19/2018
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‘Passionate and engaged’: Young House Dems eager to make their mark
By Dave Solomon Union Leader 11/18/2018
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NH House Republicans win one back in recount
By Kevin Landrigan Union Leader 11/16/2018
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Gardner faces fight for survival
By Kevin Landrigan Union Leader 11/17/2018
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Trump Tells Fox News He ‘Didn’t Know’ About Matt Whitaker’s Past Criticism Of Mueller Probe
By Hayley Miller Huffington Post 11/18/2018
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Trump Hammered On Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker By Conservative Group
By Mary Papenfuss Huffington Post 11/18/2018
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Trump claims inner workings of Mueller probe are a ‘total mess’ — but gives no evidence
The Independent 11/15/2018
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Democratic leader Shurtleff faces challenge for House Speaker
By Dave Solomon Union Leader 11/13/2018
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Wisconsin’s Walker open to limiting replacement’s power
By Scott Bauer Associated Press 11/15/2018
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George Conway: Republican Party has become a 'personality cult' under Trump
By Michael Isikoff Yahoo News 11/16/2018
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GOP Senator Says Voter Suppression Is A ‘Great Idea’
By Willa Frej Huffington Post 11/16/2018
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Con man exposed: Trump’s acting so erratic because midterms made him look like a loser
By Heather Digby Parton Salon 11/14/2018
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How Trump’s move to put a loyalist over Mueller is already backfiring
By Eliana Johnson and Darren Samuelsohn Politico 11/13/2018
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Whitaker will consult with ethics officials over recusal
By Michael Balsamo Associated Press 11/13/2018
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Democrats To Investigate Voter Suppression In Georgia Governor Race And Other 2018 Midterms
By Paul Blumenthal Huffington Post 11/13/2018
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CNN sues over barring of reporter, White House vows vigorous defense
AFP 11/13/2018
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The 2020 electorate will be even younger, better-educated, and more diverse than this year's
By David Beard Daily Kos 11/12/2018
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The 2018 Midterms, In 4 Charts
By Rachael Dottle, Ella Koeze and Julia Wolfe Five Thirty Eight 11/13/2018
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Teixeira: Dems Made Midterms Inroads in Rural America
By Ruy Teixeira Democratic Strategist 11/13/2018
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Trump calls for halting recounts in Florida races for governor and Senate
By Sean Sullivan, Beth Reinhard and John Wagner Washington Post 11/12/2018
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Trump Leaves World War Commemorations Isolated Among Allies
By Marc Champion Bloomberg 11/12/2018
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Want to beat Trump in 2020? Look at Sherrod Brown's latest big win in Ohio
By Andrew Romano Yahoo News 11/9/2018
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Future seems uncertain for Trump’s acting attorney general
By Eric Tucker and Jonathan Lemire Associated Press 11/10/2018
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By Timothy Bella Washington Post 11/9/2018
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Republicans Freak Out as New Ballots Threaten Florida Senate Win
By Will Sommer Daily Beast 11/8/2018
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A big fight is coming over Trump’s tax returns
By Rick Newman Yahoo Finance 11/8/2018
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Kevin Landrigan's Granite Status: For NH Dems, it was a blue riptide
By Kevin Landrigan Union Leader 11/7/2018
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Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional
By Neal K. Katyal and George T. Conway (Kelly Ann Conway's husband) NY Times 11/8/2018
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Lawsuit over school choice program has new life thanks to constitutional amendment
By Dave Solomon Union Leader 11/7/2018
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By Andrew Buncombe Independent 11/8/2018
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All Of The Bizarre Things Trump Has Done Post-Midterms
By Carla Herreria Huffington Post 11/8/2018
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Trump fires Sessions, vows to fight Democrats if they launch probes
By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason Reuters 11/7/2018
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What Jeff Sessions’s Resignation Could Mean For The Mueller Investigation
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux Five Thirty Eight 11/7/2018
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Democrats win control of NH House, NH Senate, Executive Council, projections show
By KC Downey WMUR.com 11/7/2018
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Voter turnout hits NH midterm record
By Kevin Landrigan Union Leader 11/7/2018
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Despite House loss, Trump still sees midterms success
By Catherine Lucey and Jonathan Lemire Associated Press 11/7/2018
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Dissed Ted Cruz to His Face, and It Was Absolutely Savage — Watch
By Zack Sharf IndieWire 11/6/2018
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Dead brothel owner wins election for legislative seat
By Michelle L. Price ABC News 11/7/2018
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How To Watch The Midterms: An Hour-By-Hour Guide
By Nathaniel Rakich Five Thirty Eight 11/5/2018
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Forecasting the race for the House
Five Thirty Eight 11/5/2018
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Election Update: Democrats Are Likely To Make Big Gains In Governors Races
By Perry Bacon Jr. Five Thirty Eight 11/5/2018
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Final Senate Update: The 13 Races We’re Watching
By Geoffrey Skelley Five Thirty Eight 11/5/2018
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Poll: 40% of Republicans Want Congress to Push for ‘Medicare for All’
By Gideon Resnick Daily Beast 11/3/2018
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