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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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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House Dismisses McConnell’s Solution to Fixing America’s Highways
By Eric PianinAmid signs that at least a quarter of the states are suffering from sharp declines in highway construction employment, the latest bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill to approve a new, multi-year...
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Clinton Falling Behind in Swing State Matchups
By Eric PianinFormer Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to dominate the Democratic field in her bid for her party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Yet persistent voter doubts about her honesty and...
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Trump’s Problem: Haters Outnumber Supporters 2 to 1
By Eric PianinStung by a political backlash to his comments demeaning Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Donald Trump appears anxious to change the subject. He is planning a trip to the U.S.-Mexican border Thursday to talk...
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Kasich's Defense Diet: Cut the Fat and Build Muscle
By Molly O'Toole, Defense OneOhio Gov. John Kasich is straddling the fiscal and defense hawk line as he enters a crowded Republican field of presidential candidates whose strong-on-defense rhetoric has sought to tap into — and...
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Hillary Needs a New ‘Gig’ If She Wants the Millennial Vote
By Liz PeekIs there a saboteur in Hillary’s camp? Given the serial missteps in her campaign (the limp announcement video and lassoing reporters spring to mind), one wonders. The latest blooper snuck into Mrs...