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Biden campaign refutes speculation of a one-term pledge

A campaign promise to serve just one term if elected is "not something VP Biden is thinking about" his campaign said Wednesday.

11/12/2019

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Trump campaign refocuses on Keystone state with 2020 looming

Trump's re-election effort is betting that impeachment will help galvanize president's support in the critical state of Pennsylvania.

11/12/2019

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Trump to sign executive order targeting college anti-Semitism, Israel boycotts

The move would effectively reclassify Judaism under federal anti-discrimination law as both a religion and a nationality.

11/12/2019

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Barr puts Attorney General stamp of approval on Trump's 2016 revisionist history

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.

11/12/2019

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Trump slams 'flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous articles of impeachment'

Hours after House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against the president, he told a crowd of supporters that it was "the lightest, weakest impeachment."

11/12/2019

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Buttigieg releases McKinsey client list, includes Best Buy and Defense Department

"I never worked or was asked to work on things that I had a problem with," Buttigieg told the Atlantic.

11/12/2019

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Trump target Lisa Page sues DOJ, FBI for 'unwanted invasion of privacy'

Page filed suit one day after a DOJ inspector general found there was no evidence that her and Strzok's complaints about Trump effected the Russia probe

10/12/2019

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Trump pays $2 million for misusing his charity, New York attorney general says

The court-ordered settlement money will go to eight charities.

10/12/2019

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New York attorney general intensifies investigation into the NRA

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a new, wide-ranging subpoena in the probe, a person familiar with the document told NBC News.

10/12/2019

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Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates should get probation, prosecutors say

Gates testified against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone. Both were convicted.

10/12/2019

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Barr thinks FBI may have acted in 'bad faith' in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia

"I think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years based on a bogus narrative," said the attorney general in an exclusive interview with Pete Williams.

10/12/2019

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Read the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump

Democratic leaders announced the articles — one for abuse of power, the other for obstruction of Congress — earlier Tuesday.

10/12/2019

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America's information system is broken

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.

10/12/2019

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Trump blasts FBI director for backing IG report that 2016 campaign probe was justified

"With that kind of attitude, he will never be able to fix the FBI," the president tweeted.

10/12/2019

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The IG report shows the way the FBI gets warrants to spy on Americans is a mess

Analysis: Something Trump's DOJ and the ACLU agree on — the IG report on the Russia probe shows the process for getting secret warrants is badly flawed.

10/12/2019

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Congress reaches deal on paid parental leave for government employees

If passed and signed into law, it would be the first major benefit expansion for federal workers since the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides 12 weeks of unpaid leave.

10/12/2019

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Democrats to announce articles of impeachment on Tuesday

Announcement of the articles of impeachment would follow a marathon day of hearings on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

10/12/2019

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The GOP's bottom-line Trump defense: Get over it

Analysis: Ultimately, most Republicans said Monday at the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing, they saw no evil and heard no evil — except when it came to Trump rival Joe Biden.

10/12/2019

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Trump to meet with Russian foreign minister at White House Tuesday

Sergei Lavrov's last meeting with the president came less than 24 hours after news of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, as questions swirled about Trump's relationship with Russia.

10/12/2019

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Trump: IG report documents 'attempted overthrow' of government

The long-awaited report by the Justice Department's watchdog of the FBI's probe of his 2016 campaign, released Monday, rebutted Trump's regular depiction of a politically biased plot against him.

09/12/2019