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Special counsel Robert Mueller managed to attract a cult-like following over the past two years among Americans eager to see President Trump’s downfall. Despite remaining largely silent during his investigation into possible Russian collusion by the president, Mueller became a hero among many members of the Trump #Resistance, who desperately hoped the special counsel would find enough evidence to make a case for impeachment. But it might be time for…

Video Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffers third defeat in British Parliament On the day that Britain was originally scheduled to leave the European Union, lawmakers continued their impasse, voting down Prime Minister Theresa May’s stripped-down withdrawal agreement for the third time. The House of Commons voted 334 to 286 against the Brexit deal, triggering the possibility of the so-called “no deal” divorce between the United Kingdom and the EU. Now…

Special counsel Robert Mueller managed to attract a cult-like following over the past two years among Americans eager to see President Trump’s downfall. Despite remaining largely silent during his investigation into possible Russian collusion by the president, Mueller became a hero among many members of the Trump #Resistance, who desperately hoped the special counsel would find enough evidence to make a case for impeachment. But it might be time for…

President Trump held his first rally since mid-February on Thursday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sounding alternately buoyant and furious, he took a big victory lap and declared himself to have “won” against the witch hunt. In an extended rant right out of the gate he proclaimed: After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over. The Special Counsel has completed…

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Mohammed Mikdad makes his way to a health center for treatment. He was shot in the leg by an Israeli sniper in May. (Loay Ayyoub/For The Washington Post) Loveday Morris March 29 at 5:00 AM GAZA CITY — Mohammed Mikdad used to spend his Friday afternoons at the fence that runs along Gaza’s border, taking part in weekly demonstrations against Israel. They were fun, he said, and he didn’t have…

Special counsel Robert Mueller after attending church on March 24, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Special counsel Robert Mueller after attending church on March 24, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Days after Attorney General William Barr released his four-page summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report, overwhelming majorities of Americans want the full report made public and…

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May puts a stripped-down version of her twice-defeated Brexit divorce deal to a vote in parliament on Friday in an attempt to break the impasse over the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The vote, on the day the country was originally due to exit the European Union, illustrates the depth of the three-year Brexit crisis that has left it uncertain how, when…

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The Senate soundly rejected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal 0-57 on Tuesday after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., allowed the resolution, co-sponsored by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., to come to the floor. In protest of the political move, Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., encouraged Senate Democrats to vote “present” on the resolution instead of “yes,” which all but three of them did. This week’s vote is the latest defeat for what has…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Trade U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a tweet on Friday that he and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer had concluded “constructive” trade talks in Beijing. “I look forward to welcoming China’s Vice Premier Liu He to continue these important discussions in Washington next week,” he said in the tweet. Tweet Mnuchin and Lighthizer were in the Chinese capital for the first face-to-face meetings…

Lost in the torrent of post-Mueller report rantings by Donald Trump was its confirmation that the 2016 presidential election was indeed the subject of a wide-ranging attack by Russia, which has given every indication it intends to do it all over again in 2020. So perhaps when the president and his Republican cheering squad in the Senate finish high-fiving one another, they might get back to work on protecting the…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the social media star and self-identified democratic socialist, is fairly unpopular around the country. A Quinnipiac poll released on Thursday morning found that 23 percent of Americans had a favorable view of the member of Congress, while 36 percent had an unfavorable view — a -13 overall approval rating. Thirty-eight percent hadn’t heard enough about her to have an informed opinions. This new poll isn’t a…

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin, AP) Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló had a stern warning for President Donald Trump as the president’s feud with the U.S. island territory’s politicians over its disaster relief management continued. “If the bully gets close, I’ll punch the bully in the mouth,” Rosselló told CNN in an interview. “It would be a mistake to confuse courtesy with courage.”  Rosselló told the network he…

New York on Thursday sued the billionaire Sackler family behind OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments alleging the family’s company, Purdue Pharma, sparked the nation’s opioid crisis by putting hunger for profits over patient safety. Jessica Hill/AP hide caption toggle caption Jessica Hill/AP New York on Thursday sued the billionaire Sackler family behind OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments alleging the family’s…

Video Trump: They spied on me, they spied on my campaign President Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In his first major rally since Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared him of any collusion with Russia, President Trump took the stage before a boisterous full house at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday night — and proceeded to tear into Democrats and…

Video Trump: They spied on me, they spied on my campaign President Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In his first major rally since Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared him of any collusion with Russia, President Trump took the stage before a boisterous full house at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday night — and proceeded to tear into Democrats and…

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Video Trump: They spied on me, they spied on my campaign President Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In his first major rally since Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared him of any collusion with Russia, President Trump took the stage before a boisterous full house at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday night — and proceeded to tear into Democrats and…

As investigators closed in on Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid painkiller OxyContin, more than a decade ago, members of the family that owns the company began shifting hundreds of millions of dollars from the business to themselves through offshore entities, the state of New York alleged in a lawsuit on Thursday. The legal complaint, released at a news conference by the state attorney general Letitia James, was heavily…