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Republicans defend president amid brewing legal storm; Nick Ayers, Trump's once-likely replacement for chief of staff John Kelly, won't take the job

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Russians made contact with at least 14 Trump associates during campaign, transition Public records and interviews show that Russian citizens offered to help Donald Trump's campaign and his real estate business. Some offered dirt on Hillary Clinton. Repeatedly, they suggested that Trump meet with Vladimir Putin. By Rosalind Helderman, Tom Hamburger and Carol Leonnig  •  Read more » Republicans defend president amid brewing legal storm Lawmakers brushed aside new court filings that detail previously unreported contacts between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign and directly implicate the president in plans to buy the silence of women who might go public with allegations of affairs with him. By Felicia Sonmez and Ariana Eunjung Cha  •  Read more »   Nick Ayers, Trump's once-likely replacement for chief of staff John Kelly, won't take the job Ayers, who is currently Vice President Pence's chief of staff, announced in a tweet Sunday evening that he will leave the White House at the end of the year. By Felicia Sonmez, Josh Dawsey and Damian Paletta  •  Read more »   Wisconsin governor-elect says he may take legal action on GOP bills restricting power Democrat Tony Evers said he urged Gov. Scott Walker to veto lame-duck measures to limit his authority upon taking office. The Republican has previously signaled support for the measures. By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   Kudlow: Trump didn't know about executive's arrest before dining with Chinese leader The White House economic adviser denied that President Trump was livid on learning that a Huawei executive was arrested in Canada on a U.S. extradition warrant. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   Where are all the children? Greece's financial crisis has led to a baby bust. The Greek economy no longer looms over Europe as a bailout-dependent danger, but the country is now beginning to contend with the next phase of peril: a baby bust that has raised the likelihood of a weakened Greece for years to come. By Chico Harlan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT At NPR, an army of temps puts out the news, creating a workplace of anxiety and insecurity The public broadcaster has relied on a cadre of temporary journalists for decades to produce its hourly newscasts and popular news programs, but tensions have begun to bubble up over the past several months. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   From the Magazine America's red-blue split isn't about ideology or culture. It's economics. Red and blue America are separated by sharp differences in how their economies have developed over the past half-century. The changing dynamics of the older industrial economy and the newer ideas economy explain how the current U.S. electoral map came to be. By John B. Judis  •  Read more »   Another Jehovah's Witness center has been destroyed in 9-month rash of arson attacks Investigators have responded to five intentionally set fires this year. Nearly three dozen bullets were also fired at one center, causing about $10,000 in damage, authorities said. By Cleve Wootson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trains and flights canceled as snowstorm hits parts of Virginia and the Carolinas Nearly 600 flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport have been canceled. By Luz Lazo  •  Read more »   Belgium's ruling coalition collapses over U.N. pact on migration The country becomes the latest to be roiled by a nonbinding migration agreement. By Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more »   The sad demise and curious afterlife of the Vegas showgirl They're still in hot demand as a symbol of Sin City glamour. But after the last showgirl revue closed, they've become a dying breed. By Karen Heller  •  Read more »   Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered The night 22,000 Nazis packed Madison Square Garden for a rally — and violence erupted As the German American Bund color guard took the stage inside the arena, more than 100,000 New Yorkers gathered outside, ready to fight the pro-Nazi group. By Diane Bernard  •  Read more »

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