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DEA makes nearly 300 arrests in massive Florida crackdown

The DEA searched and shuttered a dozen pharmacies in Florida this week, seizing more than 200,000 opioids and other pills in a sweeping "surge operation."

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Ex-Canadian PM apologizes for 'rooting' for Hurricane Dorian to hit Trump's Mar-a-Lago

Campbell, the first and only female prime minister of Canada, was excoriated online for her remark.

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'It's going to be a crisis': Turning out the lights at the undermanned FEC

The watchdog agency won't have enough members to legally conduct business - right in the midst of the 2020 campaign.

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DNC expected to nix Iowa's 'virtual caucus' plan

DNC leadership decided to recommended rejecting the plan because the technology is not sufficiently secure, two sources told NBC News.

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After a chaotic summer, 2020 fundamentals remain the same

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 personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout abruptly resigns

Madeleine Westerhout left her job after she shared personal information about Trump's family and Oval Office operations at an off-the-record dinner with reporters.

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Biden defends his telling of a harrowing war story after report he got facts wrong

The vice president said the "central point" of his tale was "absolutely accurate."

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Trump revives U.S. Space Command in military push into space

The re-established initiative announced Thursday will draw on resources from all branches of the military to coordinate U.S. defense efforts in space.

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Biden's surrounded at the next Democratic debate

ABC News announced the stage lineup of the 10 candidates for their faceoff next month.

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Senate GOP warns Supreme Court not to be 'cowed' by Democratic 'threats' in gun case

Democratic senators warned the Supreme Court could be restructured to reduce the influence of politics. Republicans accused them of working to pack the high court.

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Trump cancels trip to Poland to deal with Hurricane Dorian

The hurricane is expected to hit the southeastern United States this weekend.

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Department of Justice declines to prosecute Comey over leaked memos

"I don't need a public apology from those who defamed me, but a quick message with a 'sorry we lied about you' would be nice," Comey tweeted Thursday.

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Democrats now have a wider Senate map. Can they take advantage of it?

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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'Clarifying': The Democratic debate stage narrows and candidates quit the race

The overcrowded Democratic primary for the right to take on Trump is entering a new phase.

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MSNBC's O'Donnell says he should not have reported unverified claim on air about Trump loans

The "Last Word" host acknowledged that he shouldn't have discussed the information provided by a single unnamed source because it didn't meet "our standards."

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of 2020 presidential race

"It's important to know when it's not your time," she said in a video posted to her Twitter account.

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House panel announces probe into Trump's plan to host G-7 summit at his Doral resort

"The President's personal financial interests are clearly shaping decisions about official U.S. government activities," lawmakers said in a statement.

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Trump denies report he offered pardons to aides who break law to fast-track border wall

Trump is a ways away from the 500 miles of wall that he promised to have completed by the 2020 election.

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Without notice, U.S. rejects 'deferred action' requests from immigrants

Citizenship and Immigration Services has been rejecting deferred action requests, except from certain military members and veterans, and referring applications to ICE.

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Kellyanne Conway sings Taylor Swift's own song in rebuke of Equality Act advocacy

"You voting for this video means that you want a world where we are all treated equally under the law regardless of who we love — regardless of how we identify," Swift said.