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Today's Commentary --- No direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia -- President Trump rallies for a wall -- Follow-up on Roger Stone raid; former FBI agent tries lamely to defend it -- Phony Apology #1: Ilhan Omar --- Phony Apology #2: Ralph Northam -- Negotiators reach agreement -- Movie Star Chris Pratt Responds -- Reminder -- Evening Edition -- Daily Verse

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can smell blood in the water (well, maybe not blood, but he smells something floating in there), so he plans to give the Democrats exactly what their most strident leftwing base wants: a vote on the so-called “Green New Deal.”

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who has had his own tangles with the law, is assailing President Trump for having the effrontery to refer to certain people as “criminals” simply because they are in the US illegally and have committed crimes such as drunk driving.

Today's Commentary --- Follow-up on Roger Stone raid; former FBI agent tries lamely to defend it -- The Deal -- Optimism and the President's approval rating are up -- "Common sense gun laws" --- Youth and Inexperience -- News You Can Use -- Ainsworth: NPR must think "Beto" O'Rourke is Latino -- Reminder -- Evening Edition -- Daily Verse