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James Comey was chief anti-Trump dossier proponent within U.S. intelligence community

former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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The FBI pushed in 2016 to include the discredited dossier into the official intelligence community assessment that Russia interfered in the election to help Donald Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton, two former senior officials said.

In this Aug. 9, 2018, photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. A complaint expected to be filed Thursday, Aug. 23 with the Department of Homeland Security alleges that immigration authorities coerced dozens of parents separated from their children at the border to sign documents they didn't understand. In some of those cases, parents gave away rights to be reunited with their kids. The complaint will be filed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Council. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) **FILE**

GOP senator writes bill to solve family separations

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Washington. Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Grassley tells Christine Blasey Ford, Democrats to use scheduled hearing or lose opportunity

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley speaks during a candidate forum at the annual Missouri Press Association convention Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Maryland Heights, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Republican candidates blast Democrats’ ‘ambush’ on Kavanaugh, rally around Trump pick

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This Friday, June 1, 2018, file photo, shows syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl in an inpatient pharmacy. A new report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy says 1,565 people died in the state from drug overdoses in 2017. That's an 11.5 percent increase from 2016. More than half of the overdose deaths in 2017 were caused by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Drug overdoses, suicides push life expectancy in U.S. behind other developed nations

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President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, after returning from a trip to survey the damage from Hurricane Florence in North Carolina and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama listens as U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch speaks, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, where the president announced that he will nominate Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Chris Pratt dispels ‘narrative’ Hollywood is anti-Christian: ‘It’s just not the case’

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Chevy Chase shreds ‘Saturday Night Live’: ‘Worst f—king humor’ watched by ‘generation of s—theads’

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Hillary Clinton stressed the importance of due process after MSNBC host Rachel Maddow compared the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the multiple allegations former President Bill Clinton faced while in office. (MSNBC)

Hillary Clinton touts due process after Rachel Maddow compares Brett Kavanaugh to Bill Clinton

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Willie Nelson embraces ‘flak’ over Beto O’Rourke support: ‘We’re not happy until they’re not happy’

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In this Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, file photo, Leon Balagula changes the price for the gasoline at his Sunoco station in the early morning, in Fort Lee, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump to OPEC: Lower oil prices now

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands after signing the documents at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

North Korea’s denuclearization pledge requires corresponding measures from U.S.

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Stormy Daniels now the heroine of a comic book, deemed ‘unlikely feminist icon’

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President Donald Trump talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Havelock, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: Exposing FBI corruption would be ‘a crowning achievement’

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz speaks with members of the media during NFL football training camp Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Carson Wentz ready to pick up from where he left off

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, right, and Evgeny Kuznetsov, left, both of Russia, talk on the bench as the ice is resurfaced during NHL hockey training camp, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov to make preseason debuts in Quebec City

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Washington Capitals' Nic Dowd sits on the bench before taking the ice at NHL hockey training camp, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Alabama Skates: Nic Dowd’s new task is making the Capitals’ fourth line

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Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith scrambles during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

Alex Smith defends chemistry with receivers: ‘It’s going well’

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In this Aug. 9, 2018, photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. A complaint expected to be filed Thursday, Aug. 23 with the Department of Homeland Security alleges that immigration authorities coerced dozens of parents separated from their children at the border to sign documents they didn't understand. In some of those cases, parents gave away rights to be reunited with their kids. The complaint will be filed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Council. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) **FILE**

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FILE - In this May 11, 2017 file photo, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cotton's office says he's focused is on serving the people of Arkansas in the Senate. That's after reports that he might be picked to run the CIA in a major shake-up of President Donald Trump's national security team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP bill: No early release for fentanyl traffickers

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California Democratic makes light of threats to Sen. Susan Collins’ staff: ‘Boo hoo hoo’

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President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, after returning from a trip to survey the damage from Hurricane Florence in North Carolina and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump finds fault with latest spending bill: Where’s the border wall funding?

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DOJ sued over records involving surveillance of New York Times reporter Ali Watkins

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Authorities respond to a shooting in Harford County, Md., Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. Authorities say multiple people have been shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI is describing as an "active shooter situation." (Jerry Jackson /The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Officials: 3 killed in shooting at Maryland Rite Aid center 52 minutes ago

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A makeshift memorial for Wendy Martinez grows outside a restaurant in Northwest D.C. Martinez was fatally stabbed in the Logan Circle neighborhood on Tuesday, Sept. 18, and Metropolitan Police announced the arrest of a suspect, Anthony Crawford, in a Sept. 20 news conference. (Jeff Mordock/The Washington Times)

D.C. police arrest Anthony Crawford in fatal stabbing of jogger

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In this Feb. 13, 2018, file photo, Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks during a National African American History Month reception hosted by President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Surgeon General Jerome Adams calls for ‘cultural shift’ in talking about opioids

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