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Friday

Donald Trump Jr. talked with Senate investigators about his family's real estate dealings in September 2017. The Judiciary Committee released his testimony earlier this year. Bob Levey/Getty Images for Left/Right TV hide caption

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Thursday

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court Thursday in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption

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Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York. He has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about Donald Trump's negotiations about a Trump Tower in Moscow. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption

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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last November. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Beijing Is Pushing Hard To Influence U.S. Views Of China, Report Says

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Wednesday

A lawyer for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort reportedly briefed President Trump's lawyers about Manafort's interactions with special counsel Robert Mueller's team. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Demostrators in Quito, Ecuador, show their support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, in October. Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Manafort's attorneys said he believes he has offered "useful information" and doesn't agree with the government assertion that he breached the plea agreement. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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Special Counsel Says Paul Manafort 'Breached' Plea Deal, Lied to FBI

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Sunday

The border fence separating Nogales, Ariz. from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. In 2012 a Mexican teenager was shot and killed by a border patrol agent shooting through the fence. Last week, the agent was found not-guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Matt York/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption

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Thursday

President Trump speaks to members of the military over the phone Thursday from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Tuesday

According to The Washington Post, Ivanka Trump "often discussed or relayed official White House business using a private email account with a domain that she shares with her husband, Jared Kushner." Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Marines install concertina wire on top of a border fence at the Otay Mesa port-of-entry. The facility, east of San Diego, is primarily used for commercial cargo passing back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico. Steve Walsh/KPBS hide caption

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Marines Deployed To U.S.-Mexico Border As Central American Migrants Continue North

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