Budget Battles
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Harris Quickly Consolidates Democratic Support After Biden Exit
It’s a whole new race! President Joe Biden’s game-changing decision Sunday to end his re-election bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him atop the Democratic ticket completely...
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Biden Fails to Stem a Growing Democratic Rebellion
By Michael RaineyA make-or-break press conference Thursday evening ended up neither making nor breaking President Joe Biden and his hold on the Democratic nomination to run against former President Donald Trump this...
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Biden Insists He’s Staying in the Race. Democrats Aren't So Sure.
President Joe Biden has been adamant that he’s not giving up his bid for another term, and he and his aides say that they’re done talking about the dreadful debate performance two weeks ago. Other...
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Biden Defiant Amid Dem Drama: ‘I’m Not Going Anywhere’
President Joe Biden’s official schedule for Monday was light, showing only a 10:45 a.m. daily briefing. Biden was plenty busy, though, as he ramped up his efforts to salvage his troubled re-election...
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Democratic Lawmakers Start to Publicly Back Away From Biden
Democrats have been freaking out for days about President Joe Biden’s terrible debate performance last Thursday night. The White House and the Biden campaign have sought to tamp down those concerns...
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Supreme Court Hands Trump a Historic Win in Immunity Case
Welcome to July! It’s only the first of the month, but we’ve already got fireworks going off in the nation’s capital, where the Supreme Court handed down a landmark 6-3 ruling , decided along...
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Trump Lashes Out, Vows to Appeal Guilty Verdict
Donald Trump today vowed to appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments made to silence an adult film star’s story about a sexual encounter...
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Will Democrats Save Kevin McCarthy?
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz indicated again on Monday that he will move this week to force a vote on ousting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Gaetz, who has long been highly critical of the...
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Trump Impeached Again: What's Next?
The House on Wednesday impeached President Trump for the second time in 13 months, this time for “incitement of insurrection” for his role in trying to overturn the results of the election and...
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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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Congress sends Trump disaster aid, debt limit increase
By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to provide disaster aid, extend the debt ceiling and fund the federal government for three months on Friday, delivering on...
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Robert Samuelson: Why Trump’s Tax Reform Won’t Work
It’s hard to imagine that tax reform is No. 1 on the Republicans’ to-do list when they still don’t have a 2018 budget. Worse, they still haven’t agreed to raise the debt ceiling, as the federal...
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Why a Government Shutdown Is More Likely in December Than October
President Trump may be willing to shut down the government to get Congress to pay for his border wall with Mexico, but that fiscal fight may not happen until December. When Congress returns after...
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Gary Cohn: Here's What We Want From Tax Reform
By Michael RaineyGary Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, told the Financial Times Friday that the White House will begin a sustained push on tax reform starting next week. The president will hit the road...
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The GOP Has One Last Health Care Plan. It Would Also Cause Millions to Lose Coverage
By Michael RaineyNow that Republicans have failed to pass multiple versions of health care bills to repeal and replace Obamacare, or just repeal it, there’s only one GOP health care bill left floating around: one...