TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) If Donald Trump's campaign aides like Paul Manafort were contacting Russian officials during the campaign, then the President had nothing to do with it, claims former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. "If anybody crossed a line and gave information to a foreign agent or foreign government or foreign intelligence official, whether that's Paul Manafort or it's Rick Gates or anybody else, I hope they're held accountable," Lewandowski told David Axelrod on "The Axe Files," a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. He later added: "Any staffer who contacted or potentially contacted a Russian agent or a Russian official has done so on their own accord and not at the direction of the campaign, the President or anybody else in the administration."Lewandowski attempted to shield the PresidentManafort has denied the alleged contact as "100% not true" 
 Question:Lewandowski and _ were considered part of two rival power centers in the campaign during the time they overlapped.

SOLUTION: Paul Manafort

PROBLEM: (CNN) -- The Supreme Court begins each session with a proclamation that ends with the words "God save this Honorable Court." Even strict advocates of the separation of Church and State ought to say "Amen" to that line after Thursday's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act . I write this as someone who not only thought that the act would be overturned, but also still thinks there are strong constitutional arguments to be made against the mandate. All Americans, however, regardless of their partisan affiliation or views on the Constitution, had something to celebrate Thursday . Despite what almost all the pundits predicted, the court's decision provides some evidence that there remains one institution of American government that cannot be seen as nakedly partisan. In the end, Chief Justice John Roberts, a career Republican who was nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush, cast the deciding vote upholding the signature act of the current Democratic administration.Paul Sracic says whatever your political bent, you can celebrate Supreme Court's decisionHe says it's evidence that there's still an American institution that is not nakedly partisanHe says a career Republican, the Chief Justice, cast deciding vote on Dem Obama's lawSracic: The example of bipartisan deliberation was much needed in today's political climate 
 Question:Unfortunately, the divide between _ and Democrats has, if anything, gotten worse over the past 3Â½ years.

SOLUTION: Republican

PROBLEM: Daly Cherry-Evans has agreed to play the rest of his NRL career at Manly after backflipping on his multi-million dollar deal with the Gold Coast Titans. Manly CEO Joe Kelly announced on Tuesday that 27-year-old Cherry-Evans had been given 'lifetime contract' with the club, worth a reported $10 million. He declined to say how many years would be on the contract registered with the NRL but one report suggested it was an open-ended six-year agreement. Under the NRL's controversial 'round 13 rule', Queensland and Australian playmaker Cherry-Evans had up until the end of round 13 next week to change his mind about heading north to join the Titans.Daly Cherry-Evans, 27, has signed a lifetime contract with Manly, worth an estimated $10 millionThe playmaker accepted a four-year deal with the Gold Coast Titans in March'Round 13' rule means he is allowed to change his mind - and he's staying at ManlyCherry-Evans said opportunity to become a one-club player was too tempting to turn downNew Manly deal is said to be worth $1 million and run for at least six years 
 Question:Cherry-_ insisted he intended to honour his four-year multi-million contract with Gold Coast even after Manly signed his good friend, Titans captain Nate Myles.

SOLUTION:
Evans