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  • Kimmel mocks Trump for misspelling 'Melania' in welcome-home tweet

    Trump misspelled his wife's name while welcoming her home via Twitter.

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• May 21

  • CIA Director Gina Haspel expresses a special thank you to two young girls

    Haspel showed appreciation towards two girls who sent her encouraging notes.

    May 21

• May 21

  • Lawmakers left in dark over details of emerging trade agreement with China

    Some members of Congress want the U.S. to keep the pressure on China.

    May 21

• May 21

  • Rosenstein agrees to Trump 'demand' DOJ investigate campaign 'infiltration': WH

    Trumped tweeted that he'd ask if the Obama administration ordered surveillance.

    May 21

• May 21

  • Democrats slam Trump's call for new DOJ probe

    Trump meets with Deputy AG Rosenstein and FBI Director Wray

    May 21

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• May 21

  • RNC paid half a million to law firm representing Hope Hicks in Russia probe

    Hicks has been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

    May 21

• May 21

  • In Georgia's governor's race, a test of limits for both parties

    Candidates have lined up to replace the current and outgoing Republican governor

    May 21

• May 21

  • Group posts three billboards in Fresno aiming to unseat Devin Nunes

    The campaign takes cues from the Hollywood blockbuster.

    May 21

• May 21

  • White House doubles down on Trump's MS-13 'animals' label

    The president is pressuring Congress to pass stricter immigration legislation.

    May 21

• May 21

  • Supreme Court rules employers can block class action lawsuits in win for businesses

    The decision upholds agreements requiring issues be resolved outside the courts.

    May 21

• May 21

  • President Trump at CIA hails Gina Haspel's confirmation as 'proud milestone'

    President Trump attended the swearing-in ceremony for Gina Haspel.

    May 21

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• May 21

  • Pompeo outlines demands for a new treaty with Iran

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined new demands for Iran after pulling out of the nuclear deal.

    May 21

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• May 21

  • Pompeo outlines demands for a new treaty with Iran

    Pompeo outlines new demands for Iran after pulling out of the nuclear deal.

    May 21

• May 21

  • Former President Carter ribs Trump's 'crowd size' during graduation speech

    Former President Jimmy Carter talked big about the crowd size while delivering the keynote speech a year after President Trump did.

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• May 21

  • The Note: House Republicans losing control

    Will Republicans lose control over the house in November?

    May 21

• May 21

  • Hillary Clinton pokes fun at Trump, herself in Yale speech

    Hillary Clinton returned to Yale University raising a Russian Ushanka hat.

    May 21

• May 20

  • Mueller aims to end portion of probe related to Trump by Sept. 1: Giuliani

    Rudy Giuliani said Mueller wants to end a portion of the probe by September.

    May 20

• May 20

  • 2 Kentucky Democrats battle to lead party's push into red America

    Mayor Jim Gray and Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath will square off Tuesday.

    May 20

• May 20

  • Trump may see 'unfairness' with Amazon: WH adviser

    President Trump’s top economic adviser said Trump 'may feel that there's some unfairness going on' in regard to Amazon but said he couldn't comment in...

    May 20

• May 20

  • Guns are 'part of who we are as a nation,' says Texas official

    Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said, 'We have devalued life.'

    May 20

• May 20

  • 'This Week' Transcript 5-20-18: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Larry Kudlow

    This is a rush transcript for "This Week" on May 20, 2018.

    May 20

• May 20

  • Lobbying firm shuttered, but Tony Podesta’s fate in Mueller probe still a mystery

    Once-powerful Podesta Group filed its closing foreign-agent registration papers.

    May 20

• May 20

  • Defeated House farm bill offered resources for farmers facing high suicide rates

    Farmers have the highest suicide rate of any occupation, according to the CDC.

    May 20

• May 19

  • Sunday on ‘This Week’: Lt. Gov. Patrick, Fred Guttenberg, Nicole Hockley and Kudlow

    George Stephanopoulos speaks with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, R-Texas, about the latest details on Friday’s deadly school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. And...

    May 19

• May 19

  • First lady Melania Trump back home from hospital

    "She is resting comfortably and remains in high spirits," her office said.

    May 19

• May 19

  • Lawyer for Trump's fixer seeks to block Stormy Daniels' lawyer from Cohen case

    The war of words between Michael Cohen and Michael Avenatti is heating up again.

    May 19

• May 18

  • WH: School safety commission 'activated' in wake of Texas school shooting

    Press secretary Sarah Sanders said the commission will reinitiate conversations on how to better protect America's students.

    May 18

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• May 18

  • Trump fans flames about 'spy' within campaign, offers no evidence

    President Trump is accusing the DOJ of planting a spy in his 2016 campaign.

    May 18

• May 18

  • 'We are going to take back the country we love': Hillary Clinton

    Clinton urges Democratic women to return to basics and stress values.

    May 18

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• May 18

  • Kushner holds first forum on prison reform, a personal issue for him

    Kushner, whose father was imprisoned, wants to focus on rehabilitation.

    May 18

• May 18

  • Trump administration targets Planned Parenthood with new abortion rule

    The Trump administration is expected to move today to cut off federal funding to family health clinics that share medical facilities with or abortion...

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• May 18

  • Gov. Cuomo in open letter to Trump: 'Do something' about gun violence

    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo penned letter in hours after Texas school shooting.

    May 18

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• May 18

  • Farm bill fails in the House 198-213

    The House Freedom Caucus helped crash the measure.

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• May 18

  • Trump administration targets Planned Parenthood with new abortion rule

    Anti-abortion groups hailed the move.

    May 18

• May 18

  • GOP leaders regroup after farm bill fails amid conservative revolt

    The House Freedom Caucus helped crash the measure.

    May 18

• May 18

  • Trump names new VA secretary nominee

    Robert Wilkie is the acting secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    May 18

• May 18

  • Trump responds to Texas school shooting

    His administration will do "everything in our power to protect our students."

    May 18

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• May 18

  • Embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens bracing for impeachment proceedings

    The former Navy SEAL who was once seen as a rising star in the Republican Party has come to be defined by his political and legal woes.

    May 18

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• May 18

  • The Note: Trump and Kim on the same wavelength

    Can Trump and Kim remain on the same page?

    May 18

• May 18

  • A look at President Trump's new favorite judge

    Judge T.S. Ellis is getting some high-profile attention.

    May 18

• May 18

  • Facebook-linked Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy in U.S.

    Cambridge Analytica said it has commenced insolvency proceedings in the U.S.

    May 18

• May 18

  • Colbert: 'Nobody should believe' Giuliani's message on ending the Mueller probe

    Stephen Colbert doubts Rudy Giuliani's push to end the Mueller probe.

    May 18

• May 17

  • Trump White House not alone in facing a high-profile investigation

    From Nixon to Trump, how presidents faced high-profile probes.

    May 17

• May 17

  • Could Bernie Sanders run against Elizabeth Warren in 2020 presidential race?

    Sanders' former campaign manager asks: "Who can beat Trump in 2020?"

    May 17

• May 17

  • Giuliani 'encouraged' about talks with Mueller

    The president has waffled on whether he wants to meet with Mueller.

    May 17

• May 17

  • Senate votes to confirm Gina Haspel as next CIA director

    The Senate voted 54-45 to make Haspel the first woman to head the spy agency.

    May 17

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