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Porn star Stormy Daniels’ testimony about an extramarital sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump is the kind of thing that would sink a normal politician. But there was no indication on Wednesday that his Rolodex of congressional supporters or evangelical base was ready to ditch him over Ms. Daniels’ X-rated narrative.

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In this file photo, immigrant rights supporters hold giant letters reading "Dream Act" as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a 'Clean Dream Act' that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the U.S.,Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Miami. A decade after President Obama announced the program, DACA recipients are still in legal limbo, Congress remains gridlocked and the border faces unprecedented chaos. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

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On one end of the Senate dais Wednesday was Mitchell Soto-Rodriguez, an illegal immigrant “Dreamer” who came to the U.S. at age 9, put herself through college and earlier this year was sworn in as a police officer, despite not having legal status in the U.S.

In this file photo, immigrant rights supporters hold giant letters reading "Dream Act" as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a 'Clean Dream Act' that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the U.S.,Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Miami. A decade after President Obama announced the program, DACA recipients are still in legal limbo, Congress remains gridlocked and the border faces unprecedented chaos. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., says she'll call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Rep. Greene moved to oust Speaker Johnson on Wednesday using an arcane motion that will force a vote on his speakership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion Ukraine aid package that also includes support for Israel, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 24, 2024, in Washington. The Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict on whether Israel's conduct of its war in Gaza complies with international and U.S. laws. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., says she'll call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Rep. Greene moved to oust Speaker Johnson on Wednesday using an arcane motion that will force a vote on his speakership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street, April 15, 2013, in Washington. In spring 2024, NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio have each dealt with turmoil for essentially the same reason: journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

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Michael Cohen, former attorney to Donald Trump, leaves the District Attorney's office in New York on March 13, 2023. Trump is set to stand trial Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York on state charges related to the very sex scandal that he and his aides strove to hide. Many details of the case have been public since 2018, when federal prosecutors charged Cohen with campaign finance crimes in connection with a scheme to bury Stormy Daniels' claims, and other potentially damaging stories from Trump's playboy past. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

Perjury questions dog Michael Cohen ahead of Trump trial testimony

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In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington where the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the first case of LGBT rights since the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. LGBT-rights activists are looking ahead as they celebrate a major victory in the Supreme Court regarding job discrimination, They hope the June 15, 2020, decision spurs action against other forms of bias against their community and undermines the Trump administration’s near-total ban on military service by transgender people. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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A student protester stands in front of the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment of students protesting against the war in Gaza, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ** FILE **

Ivy League schools took millions in gifts from ‘State of Palestine’ entities

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Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley gestures to the audience as she concludes a speech at a caucus night party in West Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2024. Despite the fact two months have passed since Nikki Haley dropped out of the GOP presidential race, the former UN ambassador and South Carolina governor continues to draw significant support and votes in state primaries. With most of the votes counted from Indiana’s presidential primary Tuesday, Haley has taken more than 21% of votes in the conservative state. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

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President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Scranton, Pa. Biden has begun three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania in his childhood hometown of Scranton. The Democratic president is using the working class city of roughly 75,000 as the backdrop for his pitch for higher taxes on the wealthy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Pro-Palestinian protesters camp out in tents at Columbia University on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in New York. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict. Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. (AP Photo)

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A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The hunt for COVID-19 origins has gone dark in China. An AP investigation drawing on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents and dozens of interviews found feuding officials and fear of blame ended meaningful Chinese and international efforts to trace the virus almost as soon as they began, despite years of public statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, Sunday, April 28, 2024. Musk met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital Sunday, just as the nation's carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show. (Wang Ye/Xinhua via AP)

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