Budget Battles
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Dems Help Save Johnson's Aid Package for Israel, Ukraine
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Johnson Rejects a Plan to Save His Speakership
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Johnson Defies Hardliners, Pushes Ahead With Foreign Aid Plan
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Facing Right-Wing Revolt, Johnson Says He Won't Resign
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Johnson Unveils Plan for Israel, Ukraine Aid
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Trump Throws Johnson a Lifeline: ‘He’s Doing a Very Good Job’
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Biden’s New Student Debt Relief Plan Would Cost $84 Billion: Analysis
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Multiple CEOs Have Now Quit Trump's Manufacturing Council
By Michael Erman, ReutersThe chief executives of Intel Corp, Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council on Monday, following Trump's initially tepid...
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Is Putin the $200 Billion Man?
By Catherine Clifford, CNBCFor a short time Thursday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos surpassed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as the richest person alive. Amazon's stock price then slid and Bezos went back to the number two spot,...
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Watch Trump's Epic Cringe Worthy Handshake with the French President
By Veronika Bondarenko , Business InsiderOn Friday, before leaving France, where he was visiting as part of Bastille Day celebrations, US President Donald Trump enthusiastically shook French President Emmanuel Macron's hand for about 25...
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Trump's New Fed Nominee Could Be a Seismic Shock to the System
By Jay L. Zagorsky, The ConversationPresident Donald Trump on July 10 nominated Randal Quarles to be one of the seven governors of the Federal Reserve System , the central bank of the United States. Before I get to Quarles and his...
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Trump’s Big Problem: He Doesn’t Understand the Rules of the DC Game
By Rob GarverIn his career as a businessman, the overwhelming body of evidence is that Donald Trump was an inveterate rule breaker. Ask the contractors who were never paid, the trail of former partners who have...
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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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Trump Promised a Lot for His First 100 Days. Here’s What He Has — and Mostly Hasn’t — Done
By Rob GarverThe idea of measuring the progress of a presidency by what happens in its first 100 days is utterly arbitrary and arguably “ridiculous.” But that raises the question: Why did Trump work so hard to...
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The 45 Donors Who Gave $1 Million to Trump’s Record-Breaking Inauguration
By Janna HerronWhile he may not have had record-breaking crowds at his inauguration, President Trump raked in far more cash than any president to spend on the festivities surrounding his swearing in to office...
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Is Rex Tillerson Already Irrelevant – or Playing a Long Game?
By Ciro ScottiLater this month, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scheduled to host a high-profile meeting in Washington with representatives of 68 nations involved in the U.S.-led coalition to fight the Islamic...
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The Conservative Conundrum: What to Do About the Alt-Right?
By Rob GarverStung by the embarrassment of having to disinvite right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from a speaking slot at its Conservative Political Action Conference, the American Conservative Union sent...
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Small US Towns Look to Syrian Refugees for an Economic Boost
By Michael Ollove, StatelineRUTLAND, Vermont — Mayor Christopher Louras sees trouble ahead for this small city of about 16,000 at the foot of the Green Mountains. “It’s a strong, vibrant community but unless we do something to...
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Here’s Why Mark Cuban Went From Trump Supporter to #NeverTrump
By Jethro Nededog, Business InsiderTech billionaire and "Shark Tank" host Mark Cuban used to support Donald Trump's presidential run, but he has since changed his mind. On Wednesday's "Late Show," host Stephen Colbert asked Cuban why...
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13 Things You Should Know About Ivanka Trump
By Emily Shah, The Fiscal TimesOn the final night of the Republican National Convention, the presidential nominee is almost always introduced by his wife. Not Donald Trump. Before he formally accepts the Republican presidential...
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What Is Trump’s Brand Actually Worth?
By Nicholas Wells, CNBCOther companies in that vicinity are MTV ($3.42 billion), Chipotle ($3.38 billion) and Fanta ($3.32 billion). Halliburton, the oilfield services company once run by Dick Cheney and made famous by its...
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GOP Leaders’ Tepid Praise Spells Trouble If Trump Wins
By Rob GarverCLEVELAND, Ohio -- The two most powerful Republicans in Congress last night presided over the formal nomination of Donald Trump as the GOP’s presidential candidate for the 2016 election, and of...