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DNC names 20 candidates who will appear on stage for first Democratic debate

The Democratic National Committee set two ways for the candidates to qualify — fundraising and polling.

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'Of course I could': Anita Hill says she'd be open to voting for Joe Biden

In an interview with NBC News' Andrea Mitchell, Anita Hill said she doesn't consider Biden's handling of the Clarence Thomas hearings disqualifying.

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Press secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving the White House, Trump says

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving her post at the end of June.

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Hill push to battle foreign election interference is stuck at McConnell roadblock

The Senate majority leader has not allowed a vote on any of the bipartisan measures to strengthen election systems and make it harder for hostile powers to manipulate social media.

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Biden's 'Back to the Future' dilemma

Analysis: Biden's record, the main selling point since the early days of his campaign, is fast becoming his biggest vulnerability too.

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Government watchdog calls for Kellyanne Conway to be removed from office for violating the Hatch Act

The top aide to President Donald Trump has previously said the law prohibiting White House employees from engaging in certain political activities would not "silence" her.

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House Intel Committee subpoenas Michael Flynn, Rick Gates

"The American people, and the Congress, deserve to hear directly from these two critical witnesses," Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said.

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Beto O'Rourke: U.S. can do 'far better' than Biden

O'Rourke's comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" were the most pointed criticism yet of the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Trump's interference admission raises difficult questions for Democrats

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.

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First shot fired in Democratic civil war as 8-term incumbent gets a challenger

The progressive group that backed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez looks to help unseat Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas.

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Why hasn't the Trump campaign paid all its police security bills?

Ten city governments from Arizona to Pennsylvania say the president's political committee has yet to pay hundreds of thousands in security bills.

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Trump says he'd accept dirt on an opponent from a foreign government

"I think I'd take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI," Trump said.

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Bernie Sanders defends democratic socialist label, touts 'economic Bill of Rights'

The 2020 presidential candidate compared today's America to the U.S. of the 1930s, and said it was time to pick up where Franklin D. Roosevelt left off.

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Ex-Trump aide Hope Hicks to appear before House Judiciary next week

Hicks will be interviewed by committee on June 19 behind closed doors.

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9/11 bill clears House hurdle as Schumer rips 'delay after delay'

Echoing comedian Jon Stewart, the Senate minority leader said the way Congress has treated first responders was "shameful," and urged a vote as soon as possible.

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Trump asserts executive privilege over census citizenship question info as Dems prepare contempt vote

AG William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defied House Oversight Committee subpoenas issued in April to produce documents on the census citizenship question.

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House hearing asks questions Mueller left unanswered about Trump, Russia ties

House Intel Committee chair Schiff said Wednesday's hearing is meant to address unanswered questions from the Mueller report about Russian influence.

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Bernie Sanders has upped his game, but does it matter?

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.

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Reps of 22 foreign governments have spent money at Trump properties

The number of foreign governments hints at a significant foreign cash flow to the U.S. president that critics say violates the Constitution.

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Bernie Sanders turns the tables on Trump over 'democratic socialism'

The 2020 contender says the president and his "fellow oligarchs" actually "love corporate socialism."