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Donald From D.C. Calls in to Fox and Friends This article has been given a LOW bias rating. Updated on April 26 at 10:21 a.m.

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Senate panel approves bill to shield Mueller from Trump firing

Senate panel approves bill to shield Mueller from Trump firing

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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would shield special counsel Robert Mueller from any attempted firing by President Donald Trump.

The measure still faces stiff opposition from Senate GOP leaders and the White House, but it represents a bipartisan rebuke that came hours after Trump suggested in a Fox interview that he might try…

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Pompeo confirmed as secretary of state

Pompeo confirmed as secretary of state

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The Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Thursday, after a handful of Democrats facing difficult reelection challenges joined every Republican in backing the CIA director.

Pompeo’s hawkish foreign policy views drew strong opposition from the left, but he ultimately won over Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp…

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Republican Lesko wins Arizona special election

Republican Lesko wins Arizona special election

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Republican Debbie Lesko won the House special election in Arizona Tuesday night, holding off a closer-than-expected Democratic challenge in a district that President Donald Trump won by 21 points in 2016.

Lesko had 53 percent of the vote when The Associated Press called the race an hour after the polls closed, with over 155,000 early votes tallied.…

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Earlier Thursday, the House passed its bill in a 227-205 vote. ‘For the millions of hard-working Americans who need more money in their pockets and the chance of a better future, help is on the way,’ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement. ‘When the Senate returns after…

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Washington tells time in political bombshells - CNNPolitics

Washington tells time in political bombshells – CNNPolitics

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(CNN)A day of scandal, laced with new claims of sexual misconduct, the taint of corruption, and the spectacle of political legacies being carved and destroyed in real time, contained a hidden marvel.

Al Franken — became the latest celebrity swamped by the tidal wave of revelations about alleged sexual assault or harassment and may…

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Can Al Franken survive? - CNNPolitics

Can Al Franken survive? – CNNPolitics

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Tweeden went public with her story on Thursday morning and within minutes Franken, one of the most high-profile senators in the chamber due to his past life as a successful comedian, became a ghost.

And he became part of the ongoing avalanche of men behaving badly that was begun with the myriad allegations of sexual misconduct…

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House Republicans pass tax plan, Senate plan's future unclear - CNNPolitics

House Republicans pass tax plan, Senate plan’s future unclear – CNNPolitics

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Republican leaders have vowed to get a tax bill to the President’s desk by the end of the year.

Leadership aides tell CNN they’re confident they are in a good place, able to pass legislation that drops the corporate tax rate, reduces the number of tax brackets and simplifies the code just two weeks after the bill was unveiled.

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Woman alleges Franken groped, kissed her without consent - CNNPolitics

Woman alleges Franken groped, kissed her without consent – CNNPolitics

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Al Franken on Thursday of groping her and kissing her without her consent in 2006 while she was on a USO Tour overseas.

CNN has reached out to Tweeden and she’s expected to speak Thursday morning with CNN.

Tweeden described the harassment as being part of a script for a USO skit where Franken wrote where he’s supposed to kiss her.

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GOP governors fear a 2018 wipeout after Virginia loss - CNNPolitics

GOP governors fear a 2018 wipeout after Virginia loss – CNNPolitics

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The three dozen GOP governors gathering here this week for a Republican Governors Association meeting — including some close allies of President Donald Trump — said they were jarred by Democrats’ easy victory in the Virginia governor’s race last week.

‘That should be a wake-up call to all of our supporters in the elections next…

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Roy Moore's lawyer casts doubt on yearbook inscription - CNNPolitics

Roy Moore’s lawyer casts doubt on yearbook inscription – CNNPolitics

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Jauregui said at a news conference Wednesday, during which he attempted to cast doubt on the story of one of Moore’s accusers.

Jauregui specifically focused on pushing back on the accusation from Beverly Young Nelson, 56, who said on Monday that Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old.

Jauregui took issue with the…

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Combining Obamacare with taxes, GOP goes for it all - CNNPolitics

Combining Obamacare with taxes, GOP goes for it all – CNNPolitics

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(CNN)Despite nearly a year’s worth of heartache, Republicans can’t quit trying to repeal Obamacare.

Senate Republicans plan to include a repeal of the individual mandate — a key piece of the Affordable Care Act — in their tax reform efforts.

It’s a move that dramatically raises the stakes for President Donald Trump and…

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Individual mandate repeal to be included in Senate's tax bill - CNNPolitics

Individual mandate repeal to be included in Senate’s tax bill – CNNPolitics

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(CNN)Republican senators will include a repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate in the revised version of the chamber’s tax overhaul to be released by the Senate finance committee Tuesday afternoon, according to two GOP aides.

Rand Paul announced earlier Tuesday he planned to offer an amendment to the Senate tax bill to repeal…

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Sessions said he didn't lie under oath - CNNPolitics

Sessions said he didn’t lie under oath – CNNPolitics

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Sessions on Moore: 'I have no reason to doubt these young women'Sessions said although his Justice Department will consider investigations into Hillary Clinton, he could not say whether he would recuse himself from the matter, contradicting his previous statements on the matter.

Sessions on Moore: ‘I have no reason to doubt these…

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Congress has a sexual harassment problem, lawmakers and staffers say - CNNPolitics

Congress has a sexual harassment problem, lawmakers and staffers say – CNNPolitics

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These are a few of the unwritten rules that some female lawmakers, staff and interns say they follow on Capitol Hill, where they say harassment and coercion is pervasive on both sides of the rotunda.

‘ ‘Amongst ourselves, we know,’ a former Senate staffer said of the lawmakers with the worst reputations.

And sometimes, the…

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Roy Moore almost certainly isn't going to be a senator - CNNPolitics

Roy Moore almost certainly isn’t going to be a senator – CNNPolitics

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(CNN)If you thought Roy Moore’s political future couldn’t get any more bleak after four women went on the record with The Washington Post alleging that the Alabama Republican Senate nominee sought relationships with them when they were between 14 and 18, today showed things could get worse for Moore.

She described a harrowing…

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McConnell on Moore: 'I believe the women' - CNNPolitics

McConnell on Moore: ‘I believe the women’ – CNNPolitics

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(CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell believes the allegations against Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore and that Moore should leave the race, the Kentucky Republican said Monday.

McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican and a frequent target of Moore on the campaign trail, said, ‘I think he should step aside.

‘Last…