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Prosecutors Suggest They May Seek Additional Comey Charges

At a hearing in federal court, prosecutors defended an unusual, 11th-hour criminal case accusing the former F.B.I. director of leaking classified information a decade ago.

© Monica Jorge for The New York Times

During President Trump’s second term, the Justice Department has pursued James B. Comey without pause.
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Top Science Democrat probes cuts to research spending at National Science Foundation

A key Democrat is looking into a massive amount of money that was appropriated to the National Science Foundation (NSF) but reportedly not spent. In a letter first shared with The Hill, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology ranking member Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) accused the foundation of violating “Congress’ power of the purse and…

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Top Science Democrat probes cuts to research spending at National Science Foundation

A key Democrat is looking into a massive amount of money that was appropriated to the National Science Foundation (NSF) but reportedly not spent. In a letter first shared with The Hill, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology ranking member Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) accused the foundation of violating “Congress’ power of the purse and…

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Democratic maneuvers in Alaska give Trump ammunition to disregard election results

The controversy in Alaska over the contest for a Senate seat keeps growing. President Donald Trump remarked Thursday on the pivotal race that could determine control of the Senate in next Tuesday’s midterm elections. The president, whose administration’s future is at stake, questioned whether Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate, Mary Peltola, could take her seat even if she wins. His remarks come after The New York Times revealed that Peltola’s team maneuvered to recruit a third candidate with the same name as her Republican rival in an effort to split the Republican vote in the state’s election.

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Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola at her campaign kickoff event in Anchorage last January.
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