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    The little-noticed bombshell in Trump's immigration order

    The travel ban got all the headlines, but experts are realizing another provision could clamp down on normal tourism and even diplomats.

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    Five big questions about Trump’s executive order on regulation

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    How Trump's attack on Mexico could hurt border security

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    All of Trump’s executive actions so far

    The new president is chipping away at Obama’s legacy, and he’s not waiting for Congress to do it.

  • On the radar

    • Monday, Feb. 6: The American Enterprise Institute holds a discussion on "Renewing American Strength Abroad"
    • Monday, Feb. 6: The Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance holds a conference on "Securing American Interests: A New Era of Economic Power"
    • Monday, Feb. 6: The McCain Institute holds its second annual Human Trafficking Symposium
    • Tuesday, Feb. 7: The Brookings Institution holds a forum on "Identifying a Fiscally Responsible Approach to Funding Infrastructure"
    • Tuesday, Feb. 7: The Atlantic Council holds a discussion on "Rebuilding Syria: Reconstruction and Legitimacy"
    • Tuesday, Feb. 7: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testifies before House Homeland Security Committee on border security
    • Tuesday, Feb. 7: House Armed Services Committee hearing on "The State of the Military"
    • Tuesday, Feb. 7: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination of Andy Puzder to be Labor secretary
    • Tuesday. Feb. 7: CNN holds a town hall debate between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Ted Cruz on the Affordable Care Act
    • Feb. 7-8: The Federal Aviation Administration holds its 20th annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference
    • Wednesday, Feb. 8: The Brookings Institution holds a discussion on fintech
    • Wednesday, Feb. 8: The Center for Strategic and International Studies holds a discussion on "The Effect of Encryption on Lawful Access to Communications and Data"
    • Feb. 8-10: House Democratic Caucus hold its 2017 Issues Conference
    • Thursday, Feb. 9: The National Economists Club holds a luncheon discussion on "The Budget and Economic Outlook" with CBO Director Keith Hall
    • Thursday. Feb. 9: The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs' Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy holds a briefing on "U.S. Policy on Iran: Now What?"
    • Thursday, Feb. 9: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a discussion on "Guiding Principles for U.S. Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia"
    • Tuesday, Feb. 28: President Donald Trump to deliver joint address to Congress
    • Tuesday, Feb. 28: BEA releases second estimate of 4th quarter GDP
    • Friday, Mar. 10: BLS releases February jobs report
    • Mar. 14-15: Federal Reserve Open Markets Commitee meets to set monetary policy
    • Thursday, Mar. 30: BEA releases final estimate of 4th quarter GDP and annual GDP for 2016
    • Friday, Apr. 7: BLS releases March jobs report
    • Sunday, Apr. 23: First round of France's presidential election
    • Friday, Apr. 28: Deadline for Congress to fund the government
    • Apr. 28-29: Federal Reserve Open Markets Commitee meets to set monetary policy
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    Six ways Congress can curb a runaway president

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    How Trump can move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem

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    The trouble with Democrats’ infrastructure job promises

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    What Trump’s hiring freeze means (and doesn’t)

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    The right way to cut wasteful defense spending

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    The teeth in Trump’s new immigration rules

    It sounds bureaucratic, but the shift in “enforcement priorities” could change life drastically for undocumented immigrants.

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    Paul Ryan's favorite Obamacare talking point, debunked

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    Why Trump must save the government's privacy board

    The board isn't just critical to protecting Americans' privacy. It also is vital for U.S. national security.

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    How the government can crack down on anti-Semitism on college campuses

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    Trump's border wall attacks the wrong immigration crisis

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    Three trends buried in the December jobs report

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    Obama's last chance to reduce the risk of nuclear disaster

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    Can Trump end Washington’s biggest budget gimmick?

    He's chosen the right guy to do it: Mick Mulvaney, his nominee for budget director, has been a top critic of the Pentagon's emergency fund.

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    Cities of the Old

    Across the country, spontaneously arising communities of elderly people are challenging American health care — but also creating labs for smarter ways to think about aging.

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    Rebooting the nursing home

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    Overpasses: A love story

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    Bitcoin vs. the SEC

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    The Flint of California

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    Our best frenemy

    China's hackers aren't delicate cat burglars. They're smash-and-grab artists helping build an economy, and that makes the Chinese hacking problem harder to fix than you think.

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    Congress just outlawed changes to the $1 bill

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    The Katrina disaster that hasn’t ended

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    The 7-year-old government loan program that has never made a loan

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    The government program with a 116% default rate

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    That time Obama negotiated his own Carrier-style deal

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    Is Washington creating more Flints?

    The untold story behind this year’s water scandal is that D.C. has been turning its back on America’s crucial water systems, leaving cities and states with the bill.

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    Arne Duncan’s Wars

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    The Debrief

    FEMA head Craig Fugate explains what keeps him up at night

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    Uber vs. Laws

    Will the “sharing economy” help kill off government regulation?

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    Leaked: What’s in Obama’s trade deal

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    I became a wired wonk

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    The U.S. government’s predatory-lending program

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    The Big Idea

    Tax Harvard!

    President Barack Obama wants to make college more affordable. Here's how.

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    The wrong state to have an accident

    Obamacare was supposed to improve health care equality. But for some people, state politics has made the problem much worse.

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    The holes in the overtime rule

    Despite Obama's sweeping new regulation, America's 1930s-era labor law is still leaving a strange assortment of workers in the cold.

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    Trump's Wall plan could actually increase crime

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    Cats, weed, and outer space

    A field guide to the 2016 scorecards you probably didn’t know about (until now)

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    Al Gore: Optimist?

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    The new Obama rule that’s making stockbrokers swear

    Whose interest is a retirement adviser supposed to serve?

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    Trade with Cuba? We already do $300 million worth

    A look inside our little-known export pipeline suggests who might benefit when the embargo lifts.

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    Congress tries to hide a submarine