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Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton has pleaded guilty to retaining national security information. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports on the sentence Bolton could face.
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Janelle Stelson, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, campaigns in Harrisburg, in 2024. Stelson is running again this year. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The political world is in a frenzy over left-wing challengers’ wins in New York City’s primaries Tuesday. Leftists are overjoyed, and think they’re beating back the Democratic establishment. Many on the right and center are horrified, arguing extremists are taking over the party. And yet if
