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Paul Manafort and Sean Hannity Traded Complaints and Tidbits for Months, Texts Show

WASHINGTON — He has been called the shadow White House chief of staff, but Sean Hannity also sought to assist Paul Manafort as he defended himself from the special counsel’s investigation, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. Mr. Hannity, a Fox News host who is a close ally of President Trump, advised Mr. Manafort […]

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Democratic Candidates Hoping to Woo Black Voters, Gather at James Clyburn’s Fish Fry

[Sign up for our politics newsletter, and we’ll send you a reminder about our live chat on debate night.] COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nearly every Democratic presidential candidate converged in South Carolina on Friday to pay homage to the state party’s most powerful political kingmaker and court black voters and women — two of its crucial

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Urged to Launch an Attack, Trump Listened to the Skeptics Who Said It Would Be a Costly Mistake

“I don’t think that’s what was decisive for the president,” General Keane said, but it contributed to the decision, which he said was mainly driven by the casualty concern. “What was decisive for him was the comparison for him, compared to destroying missile batteries and killing people, of shooting down a drone.” By this point,

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Devils select US center Hughes with 1st pick in NHL draft

The New Jersey Devils selected American center Jack Hughes with the first pick in the NHL draft Friday night. From Orlando, Florida, Hughes is the eighth American selected No. 1, and first since 2016, when the Toronto Maple Leafs chose Auston Matthews. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound play-making center was the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s top-ranked North

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Buttigieg, for Second Time, Returns Home to Deal with Police Shooting Aftermath

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg’s effort to return to the Democratic presidential campaign was abruptly aborted Friday as a crisis over a police killing called him back home to Indiana and threatened to overshadow recent momentum in his 2020 candidacy. Mr. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., withdrew from the South Carolina fish

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