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I’m handing over to my colleague Vivian Ho on the west coast now. Here’s where things stand:

Cory Booker announced his bid for president. The Senator kicked off his campaign with a hopeful message of inclusivity, promising: “We will rise”. Booker was elected in 2013 in New Jersey, becoming the state’s first black senator.



The Senator kicked off his campaign with a hopeful message of inclusivity, promising: “We will rise”. Booker was elected in 2013 in New Jersey, becoming the state’s first black senator. A judge is considering imposing a gag order in the Roger Stone case. No ruling has been made yet, and Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that if a gag order is imposed, it would apply only to the pending case. But the judge Stone not to treat the lead up to his trial “like a book tour”.



No ruling has been made yet, and Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that if a gag order is imposed, it would apply only to the pending case. But the judge Stone not to treat the lead up to his trial “like a book tour”. Donald Trump said there’s a “good chance” he’ll declare a national emergency in order to build his border wall. “We will be looking at national emergency because I don’t think anything’s going to happen. I think the Democrats don’t want border security,” Trump said.



in order to build his border wall. “We will be looking at national emergency because I don’t think anything’s going to happen. I think the Democrats don’t want border security,” Trump said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is pulling out of a key nuclear treaty. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty bans long-range, ground-launched cruise missiles, but the Trump administration argued that Russia has been violating the pact.



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