Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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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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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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Of Four Options Facing Trump in Qatar, Only One Is the Right Choice
Three weeks after President Trump’s closely watched meeting with Arab leaders during his visit to Saudi Arabia, the No.1 question for Trump’s foreign policy team is how to navigate in a region that...
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How the Comey Hearing Made America Great Again
By Ciro ScottiThat sound you’ve been hearing for almost five months is the world laughing at America as the rubes from New York bumble around Washington smashing the fine china of governance in a spectacle of...
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The Only Person Who Can Bring Down Trump Is Sitting in the Oval Office
Could a wealthy businessman managing his own company do better operating the federal government than a politician? The experiment has just begun, but it’s already apparent that the type of...
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The Comey Firing Proves We Need Two Special Counsels, Not One
James Comey finds himself out of a job unexpectedly – and perhaps not unreasonably. The timing of his exit and the confusion over the status of the investigation into alleged Russian interference in...
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Democrats, Now the Party of No, Stonewall Trump at Their Peril
By Liz PeekAs Democrats have comfortably settled into their new role as the Party of No, some say the formerly obstructionist Republicans are getting their just desserts. But there is one stark difference...
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Trump's Troubling Embrace of Anti-Democratic Leaders and Policies
By Rob GarverFrom the earliest days of his presidential campaign, there has been an air of authoritarianism around the man who now occupies the Oval Office. But over the past few weeks, as Donald Trump approached...
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These Big, Expensive Giveaways to Illegal Immigrants Will Backfire on Liberals
By Liz PeekAs Trump ramps up border security, liberal Democrats vow ever-greater resistance. Blue states are increasingly adopting policies that bolster their pro-immigrant bona fides, but that may ultimately...
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Taxes to Abortion: Where Romney and Santorum Stand
By Eric Pianin and Michelle HirschAfter 20 debates and endless speeches, you would think voters would have a clear grasp of where Republican frontrunners Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney stand on the key issues, but think again. Here is...
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Santorum: From Politician to Far Right Evangelist
By Eric PianinFormer senator Rick Santorum is moving as far to the right as possible on religious, social and moral issues to draw a sharp contrast with his chief rival, Mitt Romney. But try as they will to set...
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Work to Begin Building Part of Keystone Pipeline
By Juliet Eilperin and Steve Mufson, The Washington PostThe Canadian firm hoping to build a massive oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. gulf coast announced Monday that it will push ahead with plans to build a $2.3 billion segment of the pipeline running...
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Geithner: Tapping Oil Reserve an Option
By ReutersThe Obama administration is weighing the circumstances that could warrant tapping the nation's strategic oil reserve, aware that supply disruptions from Iran could harm the global economy, Treasury...
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Romney and Paul Gang Up on Santorum at GOP Debate
By Eric Pianin and Michelle HirschMitt Romney joined forces with Ron Paul to attack surging presidential candidate Rick Santorum in a GOP debate in Arizona for supporting hundreds of millions of earmarks and other spending during his...