(Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Welcome to FOX News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Wednesday, August 8, 2018 President Trump and Republican state Sen. Troy Balderson claimed victory in Ohio’s special congressional election Tuesday in a race too close to call Rick Gates, the star witness in the fraud trial of ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, admitted having an extramarital affair in London as defense attorneys attempted to undermine his credibility President Trump will make the final decision on whether he will be interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, Trump attorney Jay Sekulow told FOX News’ Sean Hannity More than 700,000 foreign nationals overstayed their visas in 2017, the Department of Homeland Security says in a new report The Trump administration announced it will impose 25 percent tariffs on an additional $16 billion in Chinese imported products later this month NFL legend Jim Brown says he would always respect the American flag and prefers that players always stand during the national anthem THE LEAD STORY – TOO CLOSE TO CALL: Buoyed by a dramatic last-minute rally by President Trump, Republican state Senator Troy Balderson appeared to be inching closer to beating back a challenge by insurgent Democrat Danny O’Connor in Ohio’s special election for a vacant House seat Tuesday … A victory in the race for the Ohio’s historically conservative 12th Congressional District would deny Democrats the major upset they had sought ahead of the November midterm elections. The winner takes the seat previously held by Republican Pat Tiberi, who resigned in January to take another job. Speaking to cheering supporters Tuesday night, Balderson said O’Connor ran a “hard race” and claimed victory. And in a tweet Tuesday night, Trump wrote that Balderson had won a “great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting.” But O’Connor has not conceded, and said in a statement released shortly before midnight that “we don’t know the results quite yet.” The race remained too close to call. Balderson held a slim one-percentage point lead with all precincts reporting, but there were at least 3,435 provisional ballots left to be reviewed and 5,048 outstanding absentee ballots. That’s enough for O’Connor to potentially pick up enough votes to force a mandatory recount. TURNCOAT ADMITS CHEATING: Rick Gates, the star witness testifying against his former boss, ex-Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort, after taking a plea deal, acknowledged having an extramarital relationship in London while working for Manafort as the defense accused him of leading a “secret” and “second” life … For the last two days in court, Gates has testified that he and Manafort committed bank and tax fraud together. But during cross-examination on Tuesday, the defense painted Gates as living a “secret life” in London and accused him of embezzling money from Manafort’s foreign accounts at center of the trial to indulge in an extramarital affair in Britain. The questioning was part of the Manafort defense strategy of presenting Gates to the jury as someone who lies and cannot be trusted. TRUMP’S CALL: President Trump will make the final decision
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