According to three individuals familiar with the campaign of Republican Mark Harris, the candidate directed the hiring of operative Leslie McCrae Dowless, who is now at the center of an election-fraud investigation.
Maria Butina’s case shows how Russia saw the National Rifle Association as a key pathway to influencing American politics.
As the president shifts his tune regarding payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with him, the strategy is textbook Trump: Tell one version of events until it falls apart, then tell a new version, and so on — until the danger passes.
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Modern babies are born into the most gender-nonconforming generation in history, yet social media feeds are increasingly flooded with “gender reveal parties.”
The child’s death is likely to intensify scrutiny of detention conditions at Border Patrol stations and facilities that are increasingly overwhelmed by large numbers of families with children crossing the border to apply for asylum.
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While dissident Democrats scrambled to find an alternative to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the woman who has led the party for 16 years methodically worked to undermine the opposition.
Lawmakers voted to end U.S. military involvement in Yemen, expressing outrage and frustration with the president's refusal to condemn Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi despite the CIA’s finding that Mohammed likely is responsible.
An official told a French newspaper that police killed Cherif Chekatt, the suspect in the Christmas-market attack that resulted in the deaths of three people.
News outlets and social media reported on Cardinal George Pell’s conviction on charges related to sexual abuse despite a court order suppressing coverage of the case.
Marisa Harris never saw the boy on the bridge. And a year after her death on a Virginia highway, he remains a mystery to her grieving family. This is what they did not know: What happened to the 12-year-old who didn’t die?
Mathew Golsteyn is accused in a case involving the death of a suspected Taliban bombmaker.
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Retropolis
The Past, Rediscovered The portrait of the dashing, youthful Washington returned to display for the first time since 1802.
