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It's rare for a Democratic lawmaker to thank a Fox News host, but that's exactly what Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) did after Fox News anchor Shepard Smith ripped the Trump administration's handling of the investigations into Russian election meddling.

"More liberal propaganda against @realDonaldTrump," Lieu wrote on Twitter. "Oh wait, this is from Shepard Smith w/ @FoxNews. Thank you Shepard for telling the truth."

Two Democratic congressmen used Time magazine's latest cover on Friday to make a political point about the Donald Trump Jr.-Russia affair.

Saudi Arabia has been fighting a long and brutal war in Yemen against Houthi rebels, who ousted the Saudi-backed central government in 2014. More than 10,000 civilians have died in the conflict, and over 3 million have been displaced. Millions face starvation.

THINK AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT — President Donald Trump sounded a fresh note of skepticism about Russia's role in the 2016 election in a recent interview that is drawing jeers from the cybersecurity community. In Reuters interview excerpts published late Wednesday, Trump expanded on his discussion of election meddling with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20.

CRACKS IN DEMOCRAT WALL ON NET NEUTRALITY? — Key tech industry leaders are expressing openness to having Congress step in to legislate net neutrality — putting pressure on Democrats who've been adamantly opposed to such a move, Ashley and Steven report. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg said this week they're willing to work with lawmakers on the issue, and Reddit's Alexis Ohanian expressed a similar view.

House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and a number of House Democrats gave a press conference Friday calling for Jared Kushner's security clearance to be "revoked immediately" given past and recent revelations of his contacts with foreign nationals.

The National Defense Authorization Act is a massive $696 billion defense policy bill that covers everything from F-35 fighter jets to Guantanamo Bay to military pay raises.

A California congressman has written a letter to the Alabama State Bar (ASB) accusing Attorney General Jeff Sessions of possibly violating Alabama's Rule of Professional Conduct for lawyers.