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How his former fixer’s guilty plea implicates the president. Plus a major storm approaching Hawaii, how teens feel about their smartphone use, and more.
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Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for poses a serious problem for Donald Trump—not only because but also because the Justice Department that Trump directed his actions. Even so, the white-collar crimes to which Cohen pleaded guilty and of which Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort was convicted —and may not fit into Now, David Frum writes, “The country can have

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