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Special prosecutor to meet Senate committee leaders
WASHINGTON Special prosecutor Robert Mueller will hold talks this week with senior Senate Judiciary Committee members to ensure that there is no conflict between his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign and the panel's probe, two congressional aides said on Monday.
- Democratic lawmakers press Flynn on Middle East trips
- Democrats protest Senate Republican healthcare secrecy
- Mueller team lawyer brings witness-flipping expertise to Trump probes
- Supreme Court to hear major case on political boundaries
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- In Georgia, costliest U.S. House race hits ugly note as election looms
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