Budget Battles
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IRS Unveils Plan to Crack Down on the Rich
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’ll Force Vote to Oust Johnson
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Democrats Say They’re Ready to Rescue Mike Johnson
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‘A Good Day for America’: Biden Signs $95 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
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Senate Advances $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package
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GOP Infighting Continues as Senate Heads for Aid Vote
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News Alert: House Approves $95 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
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After the Capitol Attack: What Happens Next
The fallout from Wednesday’s chaos at the Capitol continued Thursday — and will likely be felt for some time. Here are the top developments: Congress certifies election, Trump says he will leave:...
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How Do We Respond to the Trump Insurrection?
Today, January 6, 2021, is a date which will live in infamy, to borrow President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s words after Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. Only today’s horrifying attack on American...
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Here’s How to Tell If John Kelly Really Has the White House Under Control
By Rob GarverPresident Trump’s decision to replace former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus with retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, until recently the head of the Department of Homeland Security, is...
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US Seen as Major Global Threat Along with ISIS, Climate Change: Pew Poll
A new Pew Research Center poll of nearly 42,000 people across 38 countries found the threat of climate change is nearly as great as terrorism from ISIS. Sixty-two percent of those polled said that...
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If Demographics Is Destiny, 80 Million Millennials Will Decide America’s Future
By Liz PeekIt wasn’t James Comey that torpedoed Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. It wasn’t Jeremy Corbyn who upset Teresa May. It wasn’t fed-up workers who gave the National Front their best-ever showing in...
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Time for Trump to Face It: From Now on, Every Week Is ‘Russia Week’
By Rob GarverThe Trump administration’s efforts to keep Russian interference in last year’s election out of the headlines are being overwhelmed by events, as another week ostensibly dedicated to a different issue...
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As Puerto Rico Votes on Statehood, Economic Distress Looms Large
By Leslie Picker, CNBCSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The question of "status," whether Puerto Rico should be admitted as a U.S. state, remain a commonwealth or seek sovereignty — has been an undercurrent of every major policy...
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Democrats May Be Blowing Their Best Chance for a Big Win Against the GOP
By Eric PianinDemocrats are improving their standing on the issues nationally, but the party is holding back on spending in a key congressional race in Georgia.
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The Fight Over the 2020 Census Could Determine Which Party Controls Congress
By Jay L. Zagorsky, The ConversationJohn H. Thompson, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, just resigned amid a funding fight over the 2020 Census . Since it comes at the same time that the president fired the director of the FBI ,...
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Macron's Challenge: Playing Nice With Germany to Secure the Euro Zone
By Noah Barkin, ReutersIn the days before Emmanuel Macron traveled to Berlin in March to meet Angela Merkel, people in his entourage debated what message he should send to the German chancellor. Some urged him to lay out a...
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The Most Powerful Woman on Team Trump (Hint: It’s Not Ivanka)
By Ciro ScottiThe most powerful woman on Donald Trump’s team is not daughter Ivanka, wife Melania or intrepid spokesperson Kellyanne Conway. Instead, at least in these early days as a Trump administration takes...
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Rudy Giuliani, Diplomat? Objections Grow to Trump’s Most Loyal Supporter
By Rob GarverAs people close to the Donald Trump transition team continue to report that former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is the leading candidate to be secretary of state in a Trump administration,...
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Some Sanctuary City Officials Will Stonewall Trump Over Criminal Deportations
By Eric PianinScores of cities and counties that have refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in detaining or informing on illegal immigrants are bracing for what is likely to be a bitter battle...
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How Trump's Economy Can Go Right (or Wrong)
Wall Street remains ebullient a week after Donald Trump’s shocking election victory, hopeful that his aggressive plan to cut taxes and pump up spending on infrastructure and the military will provide...
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Top GOP National Security Official Warns: Don’t Go Work for Trump
By Rob GarverA respected foreign policy expert who had urged young Republican professionals to consider answering the call when the incoming Donald Trump administration sought to fill key executive branch...