Evening Edition: Ex-Trump campaign official Gates pleads guilty to conspiracy, lying to FBI
Analysis: Mueller is about to take a big step closer to Trump; Trump says chief of staff Kelly will handle decisions about Jared Kushner's security clearance
Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy and making a false statement, could provide special counsel Robert S. Mueller III with valuable information about the inner workings of the Trump campaign and early administration as he seeks to determine whether there was any coordination with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
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John F. Kelly had said that the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information. "General Kelly respects Jared a lot, and General Kelly will make that call — I won't make that call. I will let the general, who's right here, make that call," the president said. "And I have no doubt that he will make the right decision."
Since the 2016 election, Kam Musser had gone from supporting white supremacists, to joining a neo-Nazi group, to standing beside Richard Spencer outside the White House, to increasingly tense conversations with his mother and grandmother, both of whom fear that what they had once thought was just a phase was quickly becoming his life.
Gov. Rick Scott announced the proposed gun restrictions nine days after a deadly mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., as part of a broad package of legislative initiatives, including new school security measures and a program to deny guns from those deemed to pose a danger to the community.
Speaking to CPAC, an annual conservative gathering, the president made another full-throated pitch for his plan to have school staff carry concealed weapons.
Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference, the president tried to re-create the thrill of campaigning and reminisced about the gentler media coverage he received as a businessman.
The measures target 56 vessels, shipping companies and other entities that Trump administration officials believe are used by North Korea to conduct trade prohibited under previous sanctions, creating an economic lifeline for the isolated regime.
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Figure skating champion Alina Zagitova stood atop the medal stand, but it was a loaded honor as the 15-year-old represented a shamed nation. Instead of being able to take pride in her country — and bringing home its first gold of these Games — her spirits sank as the Olympic anthem played.
Nadezhda Sergeeva tested positive for a banned heart medication, one day before the IOC will rule on allowing Russia to participate in the Closing Ceremonies.
Eric Greitens — a former Democrat who has been courted by both parties for years — has so far resisted resigning after being charged with photographing his former hairstylist nude and trying to blackmail her.
The Chicago father tried to commit suicide by making "a pretty weak attempt to cut his own wrists" after he realized that he had killed his son, a police official said.
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