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The Russia Investigations: Why Are Democrats Avoiding The Russia Imbroglio?

Democrats have placed their chips as they try to unseat Republicans — but not on Russia red. Meanwhile, a liberal billionaire outsider has built a massive organization intent on impeaching Trump.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to the media during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 6, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

This week in the Russia investigations: Why aren't the Democrats trying harder to exploit the Mueller investigation? And Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein set to stop by for a little visit to Congress.

The health care election

The president's onetime national security adviser, campaign chairman, campaign vice chairman, campaign foreign policy aide and others have pleaded guilty to federal charges.

The president's son met before Election Day in 2016 with representatives of the same foreign government that employs roughly two dozen people charged by the Justice Department with attacking the election.

It's a slam dunk for political opponents, right? Wrong.

As midterm campaigning heats up and Democrats try to make their way back from the political wilderness, they are mostly not relying

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