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Pompeo says he remains hopeful about North Korea denuclearization talks

"It's the administration's desire that we continue to have conversations," the secretary of state said.

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Bernie Sanders gets stitches after cutting head on shower door

The campaign said the 2020 presidential hopeful would continue with events as planned.

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Trump admin to ban entry of International Criminal Court investigators

The U.S. has never signed on to the International Criminal Court and the ICC has never tried Americans for war crimes since it was set up in 2002.

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Rick Gates still cooperating in 'several ongoing investigations'

A new court filing suggests that probes stemming from the special counsel's inquiry into Russian election interference remain active.

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Trump's signature campaign promise keeps hitting a wall

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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Trump tweets 'warmest sympathy and best wishes' to New Zealand

'God bless all!' Trump wrote on Twitter.

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What does candidate Beto O'Rourke stand for? That's a work in progress.

Where does the latest White House hopeful — whose new campaign website offers no policy ideas — fit in a crowded Democratic primary field?

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Bucking NDA, ex-Fox News reporter plans to tell Congress about outlet's role in Trump hush money story

House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings asked reporter Diana Falzone to talk with investigators and provide documents.

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Beto O'Rourke isn't Barack Obama 2.0

Analysis: These two "O"-men share style similarities, but differ in very important ways that could help determine whether O'Rourke can actually follow in Obama's footsteps.

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Kamala Harris welcomes O'Rourke to 2020 race: 'The more the merrier'

After the former Texas congressman made his presidential bid official, the California senator's campaign blasted out a fundraising email with his name in the subject line.

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10 things about Beto O'Rourke

The 46-year-old Texas Democrat is going national, jumping into the presidential primary and kicking off his run in first-in-the-nation Iowa.

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Lawyer for massage parlor owner: Yang is 'living the American dream'

The lawyer for Cindy Yang, ex-owner of a massage parlor where Robert Kraft allegedly solicited prostitution, denies Yang has tried to sell access to Trump.

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Trump envoy is selling out Afghanistan in Taliban peace talks: senior Afghan official

"We don't know what's going on. We don't have the kind of transparency that we should have," said Afghan national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib.

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Trump on O'Rourke: 'Lot of hand movement...Is he crazy or just the way he acts?'

The president launched his first attack just hours after the Texas Democrat announced he's running for the White House.

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Wilbur Ross questioned about adding citizenship question to 2020 census

"The key question we will ask Secretary Ross today is, what was he hiding from the Congress?" Rep. Elijah Cummings said.

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House unanimously passes resolution calling for Mueller report on Trump to be made public

It is expected that the special counsel will soon wrap up his investigation in the president and deliver it to Attorney General Barr.

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Roger Stone's trial set for November

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she didn't wish to waste much time talking about the re-release of a book Stone published in 2017, which could have been considered a violation of his partial gag order.

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Robert Mueller's top prosecutor leaving special counsel's office

The high profile departure of Andrew Weissmann is the latest public signal that the special counsel is close to wrapping up his investigation.

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Is Beto O'Rourke for real?

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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Trump vows to veto resolution terminating his national emergency declaration

Hours before the crucial vote, the president tweeted, "The Southern Border is a National Security and Humanitarian Nightmare, but it can be easily fixed!"