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Senate Republicans met with Trump at the White House hours before a partial government shutdown.
‘I’m OK with a shutdown’: Inside the chaos of the House GOP’s last days
Trump gave a green light to his party’s hard-liners, and the House Republican majority ends with Washington barreling into another crisis of its own making.
There was no evidence of any remaining disease and no further treatment is planned, the Supreme Court said in a statement on Friday.
How Zinke lost his way
In journeying from Whitefish to Washington, an outsider from Montana failed to follow the political guardrails.
Why Mattis had to go
The defense secretary could no longer serve a president who no longer thinks he needs to listen to anybody.
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Democrats Need to Start Talking About National Security
We can’t defeat Trump on domestic policy alone.
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Stop the Stupid Tucker Carlson Boycott
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The Insufferable James Comey
Never before has a former FBI director been as self-satisfied as James Brien Comey Jr.
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America’s Yo-Yo Diet in the Middle East
President Trump’s sudden pullout from Syria is just the latest in a long series of calamitous U.S. moves in the region.
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Why You Shouldn’t Feel Sorry for Michael Flynn
His defenders say the former national security adviser is getting a bad rap. But what he did was unconscionable—and deeply damaging to U.S. national security.
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Here’s What Happened the Last Time There Was An Election Do-Over
North Carolina’s crazy election fraud scandal is almost, but not quite unprecedented in American history.
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How to Fix the Democratic Presidential Debates
Don’t have any. Seriously.
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Here’s What Happened to the Last Green New Deal
If progressives want to pass environmental legislation, they should pay attention to what happened 50 years ago.
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How Trump Could Get Away With It
Time is on the president’s side, despite strong evidence that he broke campaign law. But not if Congress and the special counsel decide to act.
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Searching for the Real Michelle Obama
You won’t find it in her new memoir.
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Rosslyn wasn’t always this glossy—far from it.
Mattis breaks with Trump in resignation letter
"You have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned," the defense secretary told him Thursday.
Ryan's legacy can't escape Trump
The retiring House speaker touted a series of accomplishments in his farewell address, but Trump will loom over his tenure.
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USDA will clamp down on work rules for food-stamp recipients
The move comes after the new farm bill didn’t deliver on the stricter work requirements Republicans sought.
Trump goes globalist to fight Chinese hackers
"It is not just a U.S. issue. Our partners around the world are aware of it and sensitive to it," says a Justice Department official told.
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Trump launches unprecedented reelection machine
Unique structure of the president’s reelection campaign is an expression of his iron grip on the party.
Ousted NPR news chief, ex-Fox News execs team up on new site
The site's founder says it will remedy the media's trust problems, but two top hires left their previous jobs after allegations of harassment and racism.
Examining Trump's grip on GOP leaders
Taking a harder look at how the president has gotten once-resistant party leaders to fall in line.
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