Wednesday 13 February 2019

Politics A.M.: How Manafort’s 2016 cigar club meeting with a Russian goes to ‘the heart’ of Mueller’s probe

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How Manafort's 2016 cigar club meeting with a Russian goes to 'the heart' of Mueller's probe
In a sealed court hearing last week, prosecutors revealed they are deeply focused on a dinner Paul Manafort had at the Grand Havana Club with Russian political operative Konstantin Kilimnik.
Analysis
Why early August 2016 has become central to the Russia investigation: A timeline
Another key period emerges.
 
'You can feel it now': New Democrats push party, and 2020 candidates, to the left on divisive issues
The liberal shift has created challenges for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in more-conservative areas as the party charts a path aimed at taking the White House in two years.
 
Threat of another shutdown recedes as Trump suggests he'll accept deal on border security
The compromise offers a fraction of the money President Trump has sought for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Trump signaled he might be able to accept it.
 
 
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Analysis
Power Up: Short changed, here's how Trump could get more money for the wall without Congress
It's not likely to be $23 billion, however.
 
Fact Checker · Analysis
Kamala Harris leaps to unwarranted conclusions in tax tweet
The Democratic senator and presidential candidate says a decline in the size of tax refunds shows the Trump tax plan is a middle-class tax hike. The data shows otherwise.
 
On El Paso's Shelter Place, an American divide over immigrants and immigration
A Trump rally and an anti-Trump protest bring out hateful calls and riot police.
 
Today's WorldView · Analysis
Trump shields the Saudi crown prince
The White House brazenly ignored a Congressional deadline to account for the death of Jamal Khashoggi.
 
 
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McConnell says Senate will vote on 'Green New Deal' as he seeks to portray Democrats as radical
By bringing the legislation up for a vote, McConnell will force Democrats to take a position on a plan that is increasingly a target of attacks by President Trump and other Republicans.
 
The Senate just passed the decade's biggest public lands package. Here's what's in it.
On a bipartisan vote, the Senate passed the biggest public lands conservation package in a decade on Tuesday.
 
Analysis
The Trailer: Tulsi Gabbard finds her people in Iowa
In this edition: Tulsi Gabbard on the trail, Bill De Blasio on why he might run for president, and the Green New Deal in the Senate.
 
'Makes going to work look easy': Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job
Raising five kids trained her to manage a disparate caucus — and an unpredictable president.
 
 
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