Democrats unseat Republicans in Trump stronghold

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Democrats unseat Republicans in Trump stronghold

February 7, 2018 

Democrats won a Missouri special election on Tuesday for a state house seat in a district that President Donald Trump won in a landslide victory during the presidential election

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Embattled Trump campaign chairman Manafort resigns

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 26, 2016 shows Paul Manafort,
advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign,
checking the teleprompters before Trump’s speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC./ AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / CHIP SOMODEVILLA

Paul Manafort resigned Friday as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, under fire in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation and two days after being sidelined in a team reshuffle.

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“This morning, Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign,” the Republican nominee said in a statement, paying tribute to the 67-year-old veteran strategist and lobbyist’s skills.

Trump shakes up senior campaign staff

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has again shaken up his senior campaign staff, appointing a conservative website executive and a pollster to head his team amid sinking poll numbers, news reports early Wednesday said.

Stephen Bannon, executive chairman of the influential Breitbart News site, will serve as the campaign’s chief executive.

Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway, a longtime Republican pollster, will become campaign manager.