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The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election revealed Tuesday night that prosecutors say they have connected former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates to a person with ties to a Russian intelligence service while Gates worked on the campaign. That Gates and the unnamed person, who had lived in Kiev and Moscow and worked for one of Paul Manafort's companies, were in touch in September and October 2016 was "pertinent to the investigation," a court filing from prosecutors said Tuesday night. The acknowledgment that Gates knew the person had Russian intelligence ties is alleged in a...

A North Carolina county precinct GOP chair resigned on Thursday after an offensive interview that aired on "The Daily Show" Wednesday, in which he said "lazy black people" want "the government to give them everything.""Yes, he has resigned," said Nathan West, a spokesman for the Buncombe County Republican Party. The party had asked for Don Yelton's resignation in direct response to the interview, West said.The interview, conducted by correspondent Aasif Mandvi, was on the topic of North Carolina's new voter ID law, over which the Justice Department has sued the state. On "The Daily Show," Yelton argued that the law...