Why the Cohen hearing was so jaw-dropping

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"I did the same thing you're doing now for 10 years. ... protecting Mr. Trump ... The more people that follow Mr. Trump blindly are going to suffer the same consequences I'm suffering."“Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.”It was a rough 24 hours for President Trump — Cohen's testimony, no deal with North Korea. But it could have been A LOT worse.

"Amy and I have made a decision about how we can best serve our country," O’Rourke said in a statement to theTwo sources familiar with O’Rourke’s thinking tell NBC’s Garrett Haake that the former Texas congressman will NOT be running for Senate again in 2020 .On the trail today: Joe Biden, in Omaha, Neb., attends the Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership… Kamala Harris visits Nevada.

And it’s down. The overall response rate for Pew was 9 percent in 2016. And back in 1997, it was a now-unthinkable 36 percent.

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