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The Russia Investigations: What 'Collusion' Means Now

The current trajectory — if it holds — might be as good a political outcome as the White House could have hoped for: "Collusion" is a thing Democrats believe occurred while Republicans do not.
Senate intelligence committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. (right) and committee Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. (left) wait for the beginning of a confirmation hearing on May 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

This week in the Russia investigations: If "collusion" is now fully partisan in the House, the Senate and the public, that is good news for the president.

The politics of the Russia imbroglio took a little-noticed but important break last week for President Trump and the White House.

Members of the seldom-seen Senate intelligence committee appear to have arrived at a partisan deadlock over whether Trump's campaign conspired with the Russian attack on the 2016 presidential election, as CNN's Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb reported.

That's not necessarily surprising — in fact, . But it confirms that the senators, like their compatriots on the House intelligence committee, haven't uncovered a certified letter to Trump signed by Russian

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