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Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package

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Trump Vowed to Dismantle MS-13. His Deal With Bukele Threatens That Effort.

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Ukraine Voices Concern as US Halts Some Missile Shipments

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Poll: Most Americans Say National Divide, Political Violence Threaten Democracy

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Paramount Settles With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ Interview for $16 Million

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Republicans Tee up House Vote on Trump Bill, Outcome Uncertain

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What’s Next for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs After His Sex Trafficking Trial?

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Dalai Lama Says He Will Be Reincarnated, Trust Will Identify Successor

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Reuters Exclusive: Dozens of Former Republican Officials in Talks To Form Anti-Trump Third Party

[aggregation-styles] Reuters Feb 10 (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters. The...

Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden Over Trump

WASHINGTON — A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the latest in a growing number of Republican groups to come out in support of Biden over President Donald Trump. The group, 43 Alumni for...

Walters: The Pardon Power, for Good or Ill

The power of presidents and governors to overrule judges and juries by pardoning convicted felons or commuting their sentences is a vestige of ancient monarchial authority. As one history of the pardon power puts it: “The prerogative of mercy made its debut on the statutory rolls of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs during the...

Cokie Roberts, Longtime Political Journalist, Dies at 75

NEW YORK — Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians who grew up to cover the family business in Washington for ABC News and NPR over several decades, died Tuesday in Washington of complications from breast cancer. She was 75. ABC broke into network programming to announce her death and pay...

McCain Praised by Past Presidents, World Leaders

WASHINGTON — Presidents past and present joined members of Congress from both parties and world leaders in mourning Sen. John McCain and praising him for a lifetime of service and accomplishments. President Donald Trump, who once criticized fellow Republican McCain for being taken prisoner during the Vietnam War, said his...

Zakaria: Comey’s Book Is About More Than Trump

The best-selling memoir by fired FBI Director James Comey covers a lot of ground that has already been widely explored in the media. But Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria, in his April 19 piece, points to an incident recounted in Comey's book that illustrates the importance of our nation's legal...

Want to Shed Jobs & Hurt Consumers? Impose Tariffs.

On March 8, the president slapped a 25 percent tariff on the metal, while also putting a 10 percent duty on foreign aluminum. After initially suggesting there’d be no exceptions, Trump promised to be “very flexible” and initially exempted Mexico and Canada from the duties, which are set to go...

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