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  • Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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  • Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
  • Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
  • Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker

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  • The Fight Over the 2020 Census Could Determine Which Party Controls Congress

    By Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation

    John 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 ,...

  • With his party struggling to retain power, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer helps straddle the Democrats’ moderate-liberal divide.

    The GOP Health Care Plan Gives Democratic Fundraising a Big Boost

    By Maxwell Tani, Business Insider

    Following the passage of the American Healthcare Act on Thursday, Democrats expressed outrage at House Republicans — online, in person, and at the bank. In a joint statement released Friday,...

  • Jon Ossoff

    If Ossoff Wins Big in Georgia, Democrats Could Sweep the 2018 Midterms

    By Eric Pianin

    Republicans are desperately trying to hang onto a Georgia House seat up for grabs in Tuesday’s special election to dampen Democrats’ prospects for establishing a beachhead before the 2018...

  • Pence and Priebus join McConnell to speak with reporters after the weekly Republican caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Washington

    Seven Tests That Can Keep Republicans from Screwing Up

    By Edward Morrissey

    It didn’t take long for Republicans to make their first tin-eared mistake after winning a broad victory in November. In fact, they had barely opened the new session of Congress before performing a...

  • U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan in Washington, U.S. April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

    This Is Exactly Why Paul Ryan Didn't Want to Be Speaker of the House

    By Rob Garver

    Paul Ryan never wanted to be speaker of the House, and Wednesday was a perfect example of why. The guy who made his reputation as the Republicans’ wonk-in-chief as chairman of the Budget Committee...

  • The End of Antibiotics? Drug-Resistant Superbug Reaches the US

    By LENA H. SUN and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post

    For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of last resort, an alarming development that the top U.S. public health official...

  • Debt ceiling

    As the Debt Hits $19 Trillion, Has the US Reached a Tipping Point?

    By Rob Garver and Eric Pianin

    For several years, the growing federal debt was ignored as the economic recovery chipped away at once massive spending shortfalls of $1 trillion or more. Now, there’s an uneasy feeling among many...

  • How to Stem the Feds’ Spending Addiction Before It Cripples Our Economy

    By Charles Blahous

    At a time when the presidential campaigns seem to be about everything other than the federal budget, the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) serve as a stark reminder that...

  • Debt ceiling

    Tea Party Revolts Against Obama’s Budget as Debt Exceeds $19 Trillion

    By Eric Pianin

    In what appears to be an extraordinary snub of White House budget director Shaun Donovan, the Republican chairs of the House and Senate Budget Committees announced on Thursday they would not host...

  • House Report Says Treasury Secretary Misled Congress Over Debt Ceiling Risks

    By Eric Pianin

    During an October 2013 appearance before the Senate Finance Committee, Lew warned Congress against a “manufactured crisis” over the debt ceiling in Washington. He added that prioritization was “...

  • Maverick Angus King Wins Snowe’s Senate Seat

    By Eric Pianin

    Former Maine Gov. Angus King, a real wild card of this year’s Senate campaign, has been declared the winner by television networks to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe. King, defeated Secretary...

  • A Secret Edge for Obama in Battleground States

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    Election Day is all about Red States versus Blue States. Jack Ablin, the chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, took that color-coded view of the world and applied it to the stock market...

  • Election Day Clues that Point to the Next POTUS

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    Following the final scramble for the White House is a bit like watching a tennis match—with heads constantly turning as President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney jet across the country. If you want...

  • Obama a Likely Win, but Will He Get the Popular Vote?

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    If the presidential election were any closer, the country might have to consider shared custody. Even though the polls suggest President Obama will secure the all-important 270 electoral votes needed...

  • A Mail-Order President? A ‘Hanging Chads’ Sequel

    By Peter Henderson, Reuters

    Sloppy signatures on mail-in ballots might prove to be the hanging chads of the 2012 election. As Republicans and Democrats raise alarms about potential voter fraud and voter suppression, mail-in...

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