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Protocol is to not remark on an ongoing investigation. But Trump is not a typical figure of a federal case. And the official silence has allowed the former president to fill the void. The legal walls are starting to close in on team Trump, after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home Monday and investigations advance in New York and Georgia. But it's the embattled former president and his loyalists who are the only ones doing the talking, giving Trump a platform to express his grievances and raise money from rank-and-file Republicans who claim their favored political leader...

**SNIP** Unusually, resident Joe Biden had to draw those lines with fellow Democrats. Defund the police? Forget about it, Biden said Tuesday night. With crime on the increase around the nation – making for a nervous midterm electorate – the answer is to fund the police, Biden said. He also said very pointedly that he is a capitalist, albeit one who thinks big corporations should “pay their fair share" in taxes. On immigration, Biden called for reform – while also saying that those who "are not legitimately here can be sent back" to their home countries. He also made a...

MORE THAN HALF OF Americans think President Donald Trump's behavior warrants his removal from office and 57% think he's committed an impeachable offense, according to a poll released Friday morning – unwelcome news for a president facing a Senate trial that could begin this month. [ SEE: Photos of Trump’s Impeachment Hearings on Capitol Hill ] Further, the survey found that 57% of Americans want the Senate to hear from new witnesses to shed light on Trump's conduct, a demand Democrats have made – so far without success – of the GOP Senate majority. The FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll reflects a partisan...