Mr. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, plans to testify on Wednesday that Mr. Trump knew an adviser was talking to WikiLeaks about the release of Democratic emails.

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Bill Daley, a son of a Chicago mayor and a brother of another, conceded defeat on Tuesday night. Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, was leading.

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Mr. Cohen is set to publicly testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday.

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The Treasury report also shows the level of attention that high-ranking administration officials paid to a controversial regulation from the new tax law.

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Legislation passed Tuesday by Oregon’s House of Representatives would cap annual rent increases at 7 percent.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/oregon-rent-control.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Ruling that Andrew Miller must comply with a subpoena, an appeals court upholds the legitimacy of Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/andrew-miller-roger-stone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been working on a blueprint for President Trump intended to resolve the decades-old dispute between Israel and the Palestinians.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/kushner-middle-east-peace.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The actress announced in October that she had the chronic neurological disease. She made a public appearance on Sunday, patent-leather cane in hand.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/health/selma-blair-ms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The acting defense secretary, Patrick M. Shanahan, is caught between staying in lock step with President Trump and persuading skeptical lawmakers he’s up for the job.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/patrick-shanahan-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Gun control once sharply divided Democrats, but with the politics of guns changing, the House is about to pass the first major gun bills in a generation.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/house-democrats-gun-control.html?partner=rss&emc=rss