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  Rudy Giuliani: the five ages of Trump's loyal, long-serving friend

  Guardian US - Ed Pilkington in New York

  Giuliani’s loose lips on Fox News may have entangled Trump in a new scandal. Ed Pilkington reflects on a career of controversy “Rudy is great,” Donald Trump gushed last month when announcing the addition of Rudy Giuliani to his legal team dealing with the Russian investigation. “He has been my friend …

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  Trump changes story over Michael Cohen payment to Stormy Daniels

  Guardian US - David Smith and Ben Jacobs Washington

  Ethics experts astonished after Trump acknowledges he repaid Cohen via retainer that had ‘nothing to do with the campaign’ Donald Trump has admitted that $130,000 of hush money was paid to the pornographic film actor Stormy Daniels to stop her going public about an alleged affair with him, despite …

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  The six weeks that brought Cambridge Analytica down

  The Guardian - Olivia Solon in San Francisco and Emma Graham-Harrison in London

  How revelations by the Observer and others brought an unknown firm into the light and to its demise, amid international fury In December 2015, the Guardian revealed that Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign was using psychological profiles based on data harvested from tens of millions of Facebook users. …

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  Donald Trump repaid his lawyer for Stormy Daniels hush money, says Rudy Giuliani

  Guardian US - Ed Pilkington

  In Fox News interview, Giuliani says lawyer Michael Cohen was personally reimbursed for $130,000 used to silence porn actor Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer Michael Cohen the $130,000 hush money given to the adult-film star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election to buy …

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  US teacher of the year stages silent protest as Trump awards prize – video

  Guardian US - US News

  A teacher who leads a classroom for teenage refugees staged a silent protest by wearing several overtly political badges while receiving an award from Donald Trump at the White House. Mandy Manning works at a school that specialises in English language development

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  House Republicans nominate Trump for Nobel peace prize

  Guardian US - Ben Jacobs in Washington

  Eighteen lawmakers write to Nobel committee to say president should receive 2019 prize ‘in recognition of his work to end the Korean war’ Eighteen House Republicans have nominated Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel peace prize. In a letter spearheaded by the Indiana Republican Luke Messer and sent to …