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in senate impeachment trial, trump’s power must be curtailed

president who is not held to account, power over Justice Department and IRS, and the authority over the armed forces, is president. Conservatives willing to cede such power to Trump will suffer when Barack Obama takes office with free hand and iron fist... ..

why john bolton won’t win his war on trump

Barely two weeks after Donald Trump took office, Eric Ciaramella – the CIA analyst whose name was recently linked in a tweet by the president and mentioned by lawmakers as the anonymous “whistleblower' who touched off Trump's impeachment – was overheard in the White House discussing..

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texas attorney general ken paxton won't defend state agency in gay

Jeff Mateer, now Paxton’s top aide, worked as the firm’s general counsel before joining the attorney general’s office. . Kelly Shackelford, the group’s president and CEO, has endorsed Paxton and contributed to a legal defense fund Paxton has used to fight off a four-year-old criminal..

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