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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Biden vs. Clinton: Would Joe Stand a Chance?
The early speculation about the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee — hey, Election Day is only 1,179 days away! – has mostly centered on Hillary, Hillary, Hillary. But Joe Biden’s camp says the...
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Militants Ambush 24 Egyptian Police in Sinai
By ReutersSuspected Islamist militants killed at least 24 Egyptian policemen on Monday in the Sinai peninsula, where attacks on security forces have multiplied since the army overthrew President Mohamed Morsi...
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GOP’s 2016 Divide: Pragmatists vs. Ideologues
By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal TimesA clear line has been drawn in the battle for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, and it's pragmatism versus ideology. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he's tired of the philosophical navel...
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How Functional Illiteracy Could Doom Obamacare
In order to make informed decisions about Obamacare, consumers need basic health care knowledge. However, very few Americans have the health care literacy to make an informed choice.
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OMB Director: Who Says We Can’t Fix the Budget?
By Eric PianinOn her first day as President Obama’s new budget director, Sylvia Mathews Burwell couldn’t find many employees to greet – they were on furlough. But the former Clinton administration budget and...