⚡️The Evening Update.
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Pennsylvania Special Election Results: Conor Lamb leads by 0.4 percentage points – or 755 votes – over Rick Saccone with 98% of the precincts fully reporting as of 10:47 PM ET. (New York Times)
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The family of DNC staffer has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, an investigative reporter, and one of the network's frequent guests over a story about Seth Rich, who was killed in 2016, and allegations that he was involved in a conspiracy. (ABC News)
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Trey Gowdy contradicted his own Republican-led House Intelligence Committee's findings in its Russia probe. Gowdy said Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election was motivated at least in part "by a desire" to hurt Hillary Clinton's candidacy. (CNBC)
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Trump floated the idea of developing a "Space Force," a new branch of the military that would operate outside of earth's atmosphere. The Space Force apparently started as a joke, but Trump has since decided it's "a great idea" because "space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air, and sea." (CNBC)
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Melania Trump plans to meet with Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Snap next week to discuss cyberbullying and ways to combat online harassment and promote Internet safety. (Washington Post)
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poll/ 51% of Trump voters think his affair with Stormy Daniels is immoral and 75% think the allegations are not relevant to Trump's presidency. (HuffPost)