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FBI Director James Comey testified at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

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During a House Intelligence Committee hearing, FBI Director James Comey that the agency is investigating possible links between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government as part of a broader inquiry into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Comey also said the FBI has found “no information” to support Trump’s claims that former President Obama that Trump is standing by his allegations. Judge Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the first day of his Senate confirmation hearing. Trump in Louisville, Kentucky, at 7:30 p.m. ET, where he is expected to tout the House Republicans’ health-care plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

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