Most Republicans trust President Trump over Paul Ryan — as they have since May; Four million California voters live in neighborhoods that backed Clinton 3 to 1; Howard Dean endorses dark-horse DNC candidate Pete Buttigieg; Ivanka Trump goes to the Supreme Court; At a town hall in Trump country, an America that’s pleading to be heard; Supreme Court says race-based testimony discriminated against black death row inmate; A CNN panel debates the president’s anti-Semitism trump card: His daughter Ivanka; Sen. Chuck Grassley, once a tea party target, faces off with the #Resistance; The Daily 202: House Republicans, facing heated town halls, get some air cover on Obamacare repeal; Here you go: Pick a politician, watch them get yelled at; Republicans are facing the ire of the anti-Trump movement this week. Will it last?;
 
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Trump is turning to Wall Street for top jobs. Democrats hope to use that against him.
Some say the message could help sway working-class voters who backed him.
Most Republicans trust President Trump over Paul Ryan — as they have since May
What would have happened if he'd lost?
 
Four million California voters live in neighborhoods that backed Clinton 3 to 1
That's more than a quarter of those who cast ballots last November.
 
Howard Dean endorses dark-horse DNC candidate Pete Buttigieg
But despite the Dean endorsement, and a run of glowing media coverage, Buttigieg, an Indiana mayor, acknowledged that he is in the middle of the pack.
 
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Ivanka Trump goes to the Supreme Court
The first daughter accepted the invite of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
 
At a town hall in Trump country, an America that’s pleading to be heard
Tea party star Rep. David A. Brat (R-Va.) received sharp rebukes, emotional questions — and support from voters who like President Trump.
 
Supreme Court says race-based testimony discriminated against black death row inmate
The man’s lawyers had called a psychologist, who suggested that being male and black would make someone more likely to be dangerous in the future.
 
A CNN panel debates the president’s anti-Semitism trump card: His daughter Ivanka
President Trump regularly cites his daughter's religion in his own defense.
 
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, once a tea party target, faces off with the #Resistance
The Iowa Republican, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is holding more public town halls than anyone else in his caucus.
 
The Daily 202: House Republicans, facing heated town halls, get some air cover on Obamacare repeal
Ryan-allied group to air ads in 21 districts to support GOP ‘effort to fix health care’
 
Here you go: Pick a politician, watch them get yelled at
Presenting the Yell-O-Matic™.
 
Republicans are facing the ire of the anti-Trump movement this week. Will it last?
Test for Democrats is whether they can convert the energy and anxiety into electoral gains in midterm elections.
 
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