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Lisa Britt told the State Board of Elections she engaged in fraudulent and illegal activity involving absentee ballots in unresolved race.

"The people of Venezuela are standing for freedom and democracy, and the United States of America are standing right by their side," the president said Monday in Miami.

"Any inference that this was meant to somehow threaten the Judge or disrespect court is categorically false," Stone said in a statement after the photo was taken down.

Kerry Donovan, Jessie Danielson, Faith Winter, Tammy Story, and Brittany Pettersen, co-workers and friends for nearly a decade, recently flipped the state senate from red to blue for the first time in five years.

"The president does have broad authority. But he does not have authority to violate the Constitution," Xavier Becerra said on Monday.

"He was very proud of his service and the picture and what it stood for," Mendonsa's daughter said Monday.

Getting to know singer-songwriter Laetitia Shériff

"We are clear where we stand on Brexit. This is a national catastrophe and we want no part facilitating the disaster if it happens."

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

The developments mark a new low in a dispute between the countries over how to remember and characterize Polish actions toward Jews during World War II.

"It is certainly not as easy as they think in America," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.

Analysis: Courts are likely to consider what the president said — and didn't say — during his hourlong remarks at the White House.

President's Day celebrates iconic presidents, but there was a time when even Washington and Lincoln endured as much partisan rancor as Obama and Trump.

Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan's largest national newspapers, cited multiple government sources as saying the U.S. "informally" asked Japan to nominate Trump.

"Social media companies cannot ... maintain that they have no responsibility themselves in regulating the content of their sites," the report said.

An NBC News analysis found that 3,510 people who requested absentee ballots in the ninth congressional district never turned them in.

What started as a seemingly internal squabble has become one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints between Russia and the United States.

While many foreign firms have been cutting their exposure to PDVSA since sanctions were imposed, the fact that a lender closely aligned with the Russian state is following suit is significant given the Kremlin has been among Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's staunchest supporters.

"His statements will certainly become Exhibit 1," Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told NBC News.

"I don't think we needed a national emergency declaration," Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas told CBS News.

"It's always good, and always challenging, to talk to you," Wallace said at the conclusion of the interview.

Notes, a pre-downloaded iOS app, has become the go-to for quick statements from prominent people in PR crises.

As the presidential campaign approaches, there are growing questions about what the economic landscape may look like in November 2020.