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06.29.2018

Russian Oligarchs’ Unusual Access to Trump Inauguration

ABC News reports Russians close to Putin had unusual access to the Trump Inauguration.

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Money & Influence 06.27.2018

Voters Shake the Establishment – Again!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a 19-year incumbent in the biggest political upset of 2018.

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Voting & Elections 06.22.2018

‘Crosscheck’ System Shuttered After Wrongly Tagging Legal Voters

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's voter database has generated thousands of "false positive" duplicate registrations. Some states want to use to system to remove voters from their registration rolls.

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