President Trump’s campaign is suing the New York Times for libel over an opinion piece that claimed his campaign had an “overarching deal” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to trade election help for a “new pro-Russian foreign policy.”

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“The Democratic primary is following a similar trajectory to what Republicans experienced four years ago, when a long-shot candidate with a devoted base gained momentum while his party’s establishment politicians squabbled over who was best suited to take him on,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“President Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if he agreed to cover up the involvement of Russia in hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee, which were later published by WikiLeaks, a London court was told Wednesday,” the Daily Beast reports. “Lawyers acting for Assange have

“Hillary Clinton said on Friday in a podcast interview that Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters did not do enough to unify the Democratic Party after the prolonged 2016 primary, calling the behavior of his supporters ‘distressing’ and saying it affected the general election,” the New York Times