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FBI agent pivoted quickly from Clinton email case to ‘stop’ Trump from being elected

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FBI agent Peter Strzok put the Trump-Russia investigation on a fast track during the 2016 election season at the same time he was sending text messages to his lover condemning the Republican presidential candidate as an “idiot” and vowing to “stop” him.

Even as he signed the amnesty in 1986, President Reagan said he feared it may not work. Over the ensuing years, the program was found to be rife with fraud. (Associated Press/File)

Lawmakers who were there say things have changed since 1986 amnesty

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Supporters of Ivan Duque, candidate of the Democratic Centre party, celebrate the presidential election results in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday. (Associated Press Photographs)

Ivan Duque wins Colombia’s presidential race

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Shooting instructor Frankie McRae illustrates the grip on an AR-15 rifle fitted with a &quot;bump stock&quot; at his 37 PSR Gun Club in Bunnlevel, N.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. The stock uses the recoil of the semiautomatic rifle to let the finger &quot;bump&quot; the trigger, making it different from a fully automatic machine gun, which are illegal for most civilians to own. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed) **FILE**

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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and his team want to have a vote on their immigration plan by the end of this week, but they will need the president to tell them that he fully embraces the "moderate" bill that they crafted. (Associated Press/File)

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In this photo made on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Max Baer, left, Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor, center, Debra Todd, center right, and Kevin M. Doughtery, right, sit at the dais during the swearing in ceremony for fellow Justice David N. Wecht at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Senator Ted Cruz dribbles past Jimmy Kimmel during the Blobfish Basketball Classic and one-on-one interview at Texas Southern University's Health & Physical Education Arena Saturday, June 16, 2018 in Houston. Cruz challenged Kimmel to the game after Kimmel blamed the Houston Rockets playoff loss on the senator. Cruz won 11-9. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Ted Cruz beats Jimmy Kimmel in much-hyped charity basketball game

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Reporter Kevin Cullen (left) looks on as Boston Globe editor Martin Baron, center, congratulates reporter Stephen Kurkjian, second from left, after the newspaper was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Boston, Monday April 7, 2003. The Globe was given a Pulitzer for public service for its coverage of the church abuse scandal that rocked the Boston archdiocese. From left are Cullen, Kurkjian, Baron, Ben Bradlee Jr., Thomas Farragher, Walter Robinson and Sacha Pfeiffer. (Associated Press)

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Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist, from San Francisco, holds up his California Driver's License as he speaks to supporters of fair immigration reform gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, April 18, 2016. The Supreme Court is taking up an important dispute over immigration that could affect millions of people who are living in the country illegally. The Obama administration is asking the justices in arguments today to allow it to put in place two programs that could shield roughly 4 million people from deportation and make them eligible to work in the United States. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Trump: Democrats need to make immigration deal before election, or ‘you’re going to lose’ 21 minutes ago

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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and his team want to have a vote on their immigration plan by the end of this week, but they will need the president to tell them that he fully embraces the "moderate" bill that they crafted. (Associated Press/File)

Trump invited to Capitol to clear up confusion on carefully crafted immigration compromise

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China has retaliated in "equal scale" Saturday to U.S. tariff moves by scraping a recent agreement to reduce its trade surplus with the U.S. by buying more American goods and by raising duties on a $34 billion list of U.S. goods, including soybeans and whiskey. (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, holds up the Stanley Cup as they pass the crowd on the steps of The National Archives during a victory parade, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

LOVERRO: Ovechkin is great, but the GOAT? Slow down, people

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Nationals’ Solis finds perspective in South African orphanage

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Washington Capitals left wing Jakub Vrana, of the Czech Republic, celebrates his goal during the second period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Vrana wraps up-and-down season on high note

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Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden, center, smiles during an NFL football team practice, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

After injury-plagued season, Redskins want more time for recovery

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Protesters hold up signs during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

DACA kids approved despite murder, rape and sex crimes arrests

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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Trump: Democrats need to make immigration deal before election, or ‘you’re going to lose’ 24 minutes ago

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First lady Melania Trump, center, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, left, applauds as President Donald Trump speaks to employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

First lady Melania Trump ‘hates’ to see families separated; Laura Bush calls policy ‘cruel’

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This Oct. 24, 2017, file photo shows House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations are pushing a conservative meme related to the investigation of Russian election interference, researchers say. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Devin Nunes: ‘Hell to pay’ if Justice Department fails to turn over Russia documents this week

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House, Friday, June 15, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump keeps looking up: Tackles space traffic, orbital debris

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In this photo made on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Max Baer, left, Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor, center, Debra Todd, center right, and Kevin M. Doughtery, right, sit at the dais during the swearing in ceremony for fellow Justice David N. Wecht at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Pa. GOP moves to remake state Supreme Court after gerrymandering ruling

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Illinois judge blocks village’s ban on semiautomatic rifles, magazines

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White nationalist Matthew Heimbach is led away in handcuffs on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky, after a judge ruled that he violated the probation he was serving for physically harassing a protester at a 2016 Donald Trump campaign rally. Heimbach was arrested in March on battery charges after a domestic incident in Paoli, Indiana. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

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