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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. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger · Read more Analysis Why early August 2016 has become central to the Russia investigation: A timeline Another key period emerges. By Philip Bump · Read more   '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. By Seung Min Kim, Annie Linskey and Rachael Bade · Read more   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. By Erica Werner, Sean Sullivan, Damian Paletta and John Wagner · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   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. By Jacqueline Alemany · Read more   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. By Glenn Kessler · Read more   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. By Jenna Johnson · Read more   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. By Ishaan Tharoor · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   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. By Felicia Sonmez · Read more   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. By Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni · Read more   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. By David Weigel · Read more   '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. By Ellen McCarthy · Read more   Recommended for you Get the Technology 202 newsletter Your daily guide to the intersection of technology and politics. Sign Up

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