Budget Battles
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Republicans Block Bipartisan Border Bill a Second Time
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Biden Cancels Billions More in Student Loan Debt
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‘A Large and Costly Mistake’: Unions Slam Trump Tax Cuts
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Senate Tees Up Another Doomed Vote on Border Bill
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The 2025 Spending Fight Has Officially Begun — and It’s Going to Be Big
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Supreme Court Slaps Down Challenge to Consumer Watchdog
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Inflation Eases in April, Lifting Hopes for a Soft Landing
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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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Romney: Give me 4 years, I’ll Create 11.5M Jobs
By Michelle Hirsch and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal TimesGOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney unveiled a 160-page blueprint for jumpstarting the economy on the eve of another candidates’ debate, as he tries to make up some ground on the frontrunner, Texas...
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Perry Undecided on GOP Debate Because of Wildfires
By ASSOCIATED PRESSAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry isn't yet saying if he plans to take part in a Republican presidential debate in California or stay in Texas to deal with wildfires that officials say destroyed...
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Obama Previews Jobs Ideas
By DARLENE SUPERVILLEPresident Obama is previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a Labor Day rally with union members in Detroit.
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Labor Unions Adjust to Obama
By SAM HANANEL, The Associated PressIn the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had visions of pushing through an agenda that would increase membership and increase union strength. They are now dealing with a...
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Huntsman Revamps Strategy; Tries to Revive Campaign
By Kasie Hunt And Philip Elliott Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Meet Jon Huntsman — Mr. Mainstream. It's been downhill since the day he announced his White House candidacy. His official presidential coming-out tour was riddled with mistakes, and...