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Big money is flowing into the 2018 fight for the Senate

While super PACs supporting Democrats did better in June, the Republican National Committee surpassed its Democratic counterpart.
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Republicans cave to Trump and soften legislation punishing Chinese telecom giant ZTE

18 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Republicans will ease the ban on ZTE smartphone sales in the United States, instead just restricting them from US government contracts. The move is a major concession to...
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Miscommunication Reigns After Trump's Meeting with Putin

19 hours ago | Fortune

A incredible lack of communication within the Trump administration has become apparent in the wake of President Trump's meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday...
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Governor says hacker tried to access government servers

20 hours ago | Miami Herald

Rhode Island's governor says a hacker tried to gain access to state government servers, but the attack was blocked. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo told WJAR-TV Friday that the...
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Democratic Sen. Heitkamp: Benefits of tax cuts to US workers have been 'eaten up' by Trump's tariffs

20 hours ago | CNBC

"We're the ninth most dependent on imported steel," the North Dakota senator says "The prices have gone up."
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Sir Vince Cable on saving the Lib Dems, staying fit and why he missed a crucial Brexit vote

1 day ago | Business Insider

Exclusive: Sir Vince Cable talks to Business Insider one year on from being elected leader of the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats are preparing themselves for a...
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How Justin Trudeau is helping Vince Cable transform the Liberal Democrats

1 day ago | Business Insider

Exclusive: A political strategist who worked for Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron is advising Sir Vince Cable on how to transform the Liberal Democrats. Tom Pitfield, a data...
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Democrats wrestle with election-year message on health care

1 day ago | Miami Herald | 2 articles

Cheered on by a handful of activists, liberal House Democrats announced outside the Capitol that they were forming a caucus to push for "Medicare for All" - shorthand for...
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Hospitals are flirting with Medicare for All

1 day ago | Chicago Business

House Democrats launched a 66-member Medicare for All caucus, which includes hospitals as some of its private industry supporters, according to the group's founder.
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The Senate delivered a rare, unified rebuke of Trump on Russia

1 day ago | Business Insider

The Senate on Thursday voted unanimously (98-0) in favor of a resolution expressing Congress's opposition to the US government allowing Russia to question US officials. It came...
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Father of 2 Parkland school shooting survivors is shot and killed during a...

A man entered the store, held the store owner at gunpoint, took money and left. Then the gunman returned and fatally shot the father of four. Read more ...

9 members of the same family are among the 17 victims in Missouri duck boat...

Nine members of the same family were among the 17 killed when a duck boat capsized in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, on Thursday. The boat's driver was also among the 17... Read more ...

A baby who was just born at Chick-fil-A will now get free food from the...

A baby who was born at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded free food for life and a guaranteed job when she reaches 14. Her parents had stopped at... Read more ...

Michael Cohen secretly taped Trump discussing Playmate hush money

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded a conversation with Trump before the presidential election in which they discussed... Read more ...

Michael Cohen reportedly secretly recorded a conversation with Trump about...

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer, reportedly secretly recorded a conversation during which he and Trump discussed payments made to a former... Read more ...

Trump demands NFL kick players out for a season or give them 'no pay' if...

President Donald Trump has again voiced his firm stance against NFL national anthem protests and demanded NFL commissioner Roger Goodell "make a stand." Trump floated his own... Read more ...

The Open Championship field takes shape as the 2 top-ranked players in the...

The cut has officially been made at the 2018 Open Championship, and the two top-ranked golfers in the world - Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas - both failed to survive to the... Read more ...

Business owner says tariffs have forced layoffs

As President Donald Trump threatens to expand a trade battle with China and impose tariffs on all $505 billion worth of imports into the U.S., one New Hampshire small business... Read more ...

Starbucks is opening its first 'signing store' - and people think it's a big...

Starbucks announced a plan to create a signing store in Washington, D.C. Thursday in a press release. The store will be located next to the only university in the country... Read more ...

'I'm ready to go to 500' billion: Trump threatens tariffs on all Chinese...

President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on all Chinese goods imported to the US. "I'm ready to go to 500," Trump said in an interview with CNBC's Joe Kernen aired on Friday... Read more ...