The Washington Post Editorial Board | GOP Leaders' Complicity Grows as Their Members Undermine the Rule of Law



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The Washington Post Editorial Board | GOP Leaders' Complicity Grows as Their Members Undermine the Rule of Law 
Paul Ryan. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) 
The Washington Post Editorial Board 
Excerpt: "A foreign power interfered in the 2016 presidential election. U.S. law enforcement is trying to get to the bottom of that story. Congress should be doing everything possible to make sure the investigation can take place." 
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Report: Trump Legal Team Seeking Precedent to Avoid Mueller Interview 
Brandon Carter, The Hill 
Carter writes: "President Trump's legal team has been looking into a 20-year-old federal court order that could be used to limit or avoid an interview between Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a new report." 
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Medicaid Patients Sue Over Trump Administration's New Work Requirement Policy 
Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times 
Levey writes: "Kicking off what will likely be a long legal battle over the Trump administration's push to reshape Medicaid, 15 low-income Kentucky residents sued the federal government Wednesday, challenging the recent move to allow states to impose work requirements on some Medicaid enrollees." 
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Trump Plans to Sign Order Keeping Gitmo Open, Leaked Doc Reveals 
Nahal Toosi and Andrew Restuccia, Politico 
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that would reverse an Obama-era directive to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a draft document obtained by POLITICO." 
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Details His Plan for the Dreamers: Deport Them All 
Meghan Keneally, ABC News 
Keneally writes: "Sheriff Joe Arpaio may agree with '95 percent' of President Donald Trump's policies, but he has his own plan for the Dreamers." 
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Swearing-In Day 'Last Chance' to Avoid Dictatorship in Honduras 
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Excerpt: "Salvador Nasralla, the former Honduran presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship, said Friday that the 'last chance' to prevent current President Juan Orlando Hernandez from acquiring a new term was Saturday, when he is expected to be sworn-in, because his re-election was carried out with 'fraud.'" 
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Why Climate Change Is Worsening Public Health Problems 
Chelsey Kivland and Anne Sosin, The Conversation 
Excerpt: "Around the world, the health care debate often revolves around access. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, recently announced, 'All roads lead to universal health coverage.' Discussions for how to translate this vision into a road map for action is central to the agenda of the WHO's executive board meeting this week in Geneva." 
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