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Michelle Obama, in Las Vegas, stresses importance of voting

People packed the Chaparral High School gymnasium Sunday evening to hear Michelle Obama, celebrities and local leaders speak on the importance of registering to vote. They called on the crowd to ensure they were registered — and to ensure their friends, family and colleagues were registered — with Election Day around the corner.

 
Solemn ceremonies, presidential tribute commemorate 9/11

Americans looked back on 9/11 Tuesday with solemn ceremonies, volunteer service and a presidential tribute to “the moment when America fought back” on one of the hijacked planes used as weapons in the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

 
Kavanaugh declines handshake with father of shooting victim

A man whose teenage daughter was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting tried to shake the hand of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during a break in Tuesday’s confirmation hearing.

 
John McCain remembered as ‘true American hero’ in Arizona

Sen. John McCain was eulogized as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — at a crowded church service for the maverick politician Thursday that ended with the playing of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”

 
Michael Cohen pleads guilty to several charges, implicates Trump

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trumps former personal lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying Trump directed him to arrange the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election.

 
Prosecutors expected to rest case in Paul Manafort trial

Prosecutors are expected to rest their case Friday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, after days of occasionally dramatic testimony in Manafort’s bank fraud and tax evasion trial and some testy exchanges with the trial judge.

 
States sue Trump administration over family separations at border

Seventeen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the border.

 
Protesters heckle Kirstjen Nielsen at Mexican restaurant

About a dozen protesters heckled Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen about the Trump administration’s immigration policy as she ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Washington.