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Trump is struggling to stay calm on Russia, one morning call at a time

The White House is laboring to adapt to the expanding Russia probe — and to the president’s pugnacious outbursts.

By Ashley Parker • Read more »

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Trump congratulates himself for influencing Comey’s testimony with White House tapes ruse

“It wasn’t very stupid; I can tell you that.”

By Aaron Blake • Read more »

The Health 202: McConnell will be a legislative wizard if health care passes

All bets are currently off.

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The Post’s new findings in Russia’s bold campaign to influence the U.S. election

Here is a look at the events in the administration as the White House proposed various ways to punish Russia during the final months of the presidential campaign.

By Julie Vitkovskaya • Read more »

Trump says ‘we’ll have to see’ if Mueller should step down from Russia probe

President Trump laid out his belief that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is biased in the expanding Russia investigation.

By Philip Rucker • Read more »

Trump visited this Boeing factory to celebrate jobs. It just announced layoffs

At a factory in South Carolina, President Trump proclaimed, “We are going to fight for every last American job.” Now workers are going to lose their jobs.

By Danielle Paquette • Read more »

Opinion

Democrats will keep losing, unless they do this

Stop focusing on ideological purity and think local.

By Joe Scarborough • Read more »

London police confirm deadly highrise fire began in an apartment fridge

Police also said the exterior cladding failed fire safety tests and are considering manslaughter charges.

By Karla Adam • Read more »

Opinion

The great Muslim civil war — and us

Everyone knows that the Islamic State is finished. Who inherits?

By Charles Krauthammer • Read more »

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