The doctor at the V.A. hospital in West Palm Beach was shot in the neck as he tried to subdue the gunman. Another employee was grazed by a bullet.

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President Trump’s former personal lawyer accused him of an expansive pattern of criminality, painting him as a lying, cheating, racist president.

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Roland J. Bourgeois Jr. died Feb. 19 — five days after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shootings.

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Democrats will face a chorus from the party’s liberals to impeach President Trump. Republicans will have to decide how much to support him.

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In congressional testimony, the president’s former personal lawyer traced the lifelong myth-making practice that created the brand of Donald J. Trump, self-made billionaire.

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Members of a more centrist coalition of Democrats say that instead of single-payer health care, Congress should initially focus instead on shoring up the Affordable Care Act.

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The report took aim at school district borders, which it said wall off wealthier communities and, crucially, the money their property taxes raise.

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Mr. O’Rourke said he would make an announcement “soon.” There has been much speculation about his possible entrance into the 2020 race.

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Representative Mark Meadows had a HUD official, Lynne Patton, stand silently behind him, drawing scorn from Democrats, one of whom accused him of using “a black woman as a prop.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/meadows-tlaib-patton-cummings.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Testifying before Congress, Mr. Cohen said he was instructed to send letters to Mr. Trump’s alma maters, warning of jail time for anyone who shared his transcripts.

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