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Tom Barrack, a onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump, and two others were charged Tuesday with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the…
Continue ReadingTrump ally Tom Barrack jailed on charges of acting as an agent of a foreign government
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Continue ReadingPentagon watchdog to review ‘nuclear football’ safety procedures after January 6 incident
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