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Claiming Executive Privilege To Avoid Mueller Could Backfire For Trump

Will President Trump sit down for a one-on-one interview with special counsel Robert Mueller? It might be more likely after the president’s lead lawyer on the Russia investigation resigned last week. The lawyer, John Dowd, had reportedly advised the president against such a move, and now he’s out. If Trump does talk to Mueller, there’s […]

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Americans Are Partisan About Everything — Even Sex Scandals

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll of the week Views about President Trump’s relationship (or lack thereof) with adult film actress Stormy Daniels are split along partisan lines, according to a Huffington Post/YouGov survey released this week. Seventy percent of Democrats found credible Daniels’ account of an extramarital affair with Trump in 2006, […]

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The Government Shutdown Effect: Big In The Short Term, Small After That

The U.S. government is partially shutdown. The Senate couldn’t cobble together the necessary 60 votes to keep the government open. And the blame game has already begun: Republicans in Congress and the White House are trying to make “Schumer Shutdown” stick (after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer), and Democrats are calling it the “Trump Shutdown.” […]

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