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Trump to nominate former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan as secretary of defense

If confirmed by the Senate, Shanahan will join more than half a dozen others who led the department without having ever served in the military.

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Trump's top intel and military advisers held unusual meeting at CIA on Iran, officials say

Current and former officials said it is extremely rare for senior White House officials or cabinet members to attend a meeting at CIA headquarters.

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Judge hearing Roger Stone case wants to see unredacted Mueller report

The judge said she will review the documents herself before making a decision on what, if anything, to release to Stone's legal team.

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Trump says he's 'very surprised' Don Jr. was subpoenaed

"My son is a very good person, he works very hard," Trump said. "The last thing he needs is Washington, D.C."

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Trump again shifts course, says Mueller testimony is up to Barr

The president told reporters Thursday that he would let the attorney general decide if the special counsel should appear before Congress, backing away from previous comments.

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U.S. seizes North Korean ship suspected of violating U.N. sanctions

The 17,000-ton freighter, called the Wise Honest, was stopped in Indonesia last year after it was found to be carrying coal.

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What is contempt of Congress? 5 key questions

Many Cabinet-level and senior officials in a number of administrations have faced lawmakers' wrath over the decades.

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Former Air Force intelligence analyst charged with leaking Obama-era drone secrets

Court documents said the analyst gave classified documents to a reporter which were published on a news site federal officials confirmed was The Intercept.

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Are Trump's foreign policy risks paying off?

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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Buttigieg is the only top 2020 candidate not offering staffers health care yet

The campaign offers stipends so workers can buy insurance on their own, in contrast to several 2020 rivals who are providing health care to workers, according to an NBC News review.

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House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Barr in contempt after Trump asserts privilege

"We are in a constitutional crisis," Chairman Jerrold Nadler said after the panel's decision. "We are now in it."

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Sanders is first presidential campaign to approve union contract with workers

Staffers are demanding better treatment from Democrats, who they say don't always practice what they preach.

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Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr. in Russia probe

Trump Jr. told the Senate in 2017 he was only "peripherally aware" of a Russia deal with the Agalarovs. Michael Cohen said he briefed Trump Jr. 10 times.

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Trump admin hits Iran with new sanctions on metals industry

Trump's executive order came hours after Iran announced it was withdrawing from parts of an Obama-era nuclear agreement.

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Feds shut down largest dark web opioid directory, arrest alleged owners

The two men accused of running DeepDotWeb allegedly earned millions in kickbacks for providing access to dark web marketplaces for illicit drugs.

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Trump has invoked executive privilege. What does that mean?

The big question may be whether the president already has waived his right to stop Congress from getting the Mueller report.

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NY state Senate passes bill allowing Congress to get Trump tax returns

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has pledged to sign the legislation, which covers the president's state filings, if it reaches his desk.

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Frustrated Florida residents still waiting for help as President Trump visits

Panhandle communities devastated by lack of federal aid seven months after Hurricane Michael say the government as a whole has let them down.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s own family calls his anti-vaccine crusade "dangerous" and "wrong"

Two of the environmentalist's siblings and his niece wrote an op-ed saying he's "helped to spread dangerous misinformation."

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Pelosi says Trump is 'becoming self-impeachable'

The House speaker's remark came as the congressional showdown with the president over executive privilege escalated sharply.