The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: 240B on August 07, 2018, 01:22:03 pm
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Reuters
Reuters Staff
AUGUST 7, 2018
Highlights
Trump faces a test of his political influence in a special congressional election in Ohio that has become a referendum on his leadership and a last chance to gauge Democratic strength ahead of November’s midterm elections.
New U.S. sanctions against Iran took effect today and Trump, who defied Washington’s allies to impose them, pledged that firms doing business with Tehran would be barred from doing business with the United States.
Rick Gates, a former business associate to Trump’s ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort, will continue to testify against his former boss and is expected to face a tough cross examination today.
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