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August 4, 2017

Amid Russia Probe, Senate Moves to Restrict President's Powers
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On Capitol Hill, the Senate barred President Trump Thursday from making
recess appointments while lawmakers return to their home states for a
summer break that will last through the Labor Day weekend. The move was
widely seen as a bid to block Trump from firing Attorney General Jeff
Sessions as special counsel Robert Mueller continues the Russia
investigation. Meanwhile, a pair of bipartisan bills introduced in the
Senate Thursday would restrict President Trump's power to fire special
counsel Mueller.


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