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It’s Time To Make Big Tech Practice What It Preaches

It’s Time To Make Big Tech Practice What It Preaches

Facebook banned Alex Jones, Paul Joseph Watson, and other “controversial” personalities from its platforms on Thursday  Read more

Trump on collision course with Supreme Court; justices may avoid interference in 2020 election

Trump on collision course with Supreme Court; justices may avoid interference in 2020 election

President Trump is on a collision course with the Supreme Court, a trajectory that threatens to put the justices in the middle of the 2020 election  Read more

	FBI Official’s Testimony Raises New Questions about Surveillance of Trump Campaign

FBI Official’s Testimony Raises New Questions about Surveillance of Trump Campaign

Deputy assistant director Jonathan Moffa’s testimony, which has been obtained exclusively by National Review, suggests there was more going on than has yet been admitted  Read more

Pompeo says he believes there is a 'path forward' in North Korea talks

Pompeo says he believes there is a 'path forward' in North Korea talks

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that he sees a "path forward" in the talks between North Korea and the U.S., days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the country's most significant military test in more than a year  Read more

Jobs surge in April, unemployment rate falls to the lowest since 1969

Jobs surge in April, unemployment rate falls to the lowest since 1969

The U.S. added 263,000 new hires in April, easily beating Wall Street expectations of 190,000.  Read more

Trump gambles he can stall Democratic tax returns demand past 2020 election

Trump gambles he can stall Democratic tax returns demand past 2020 election

President Trump is gambling that he can stall investigations by House Democrats into his finances until after the 2020 presidential election  Read more

 DOJ formally backs lawsuit that could strike Obamacare entirely

DOJ formally backs lawsuit that could strike Obamacare entirely

A Texas judge “correctly held” that Obamacare’s individual mandate to hold insurance is inseparable from the rest of the law, the Trump administration told an appeals court Wednesday in arguing the entire program must fall  Read more

	Democrats Split in Responses to Venezuela Crisis

Democrats Split in Responses to Venezuela Crisis

While Republicans were largely united in their support for the opposition to Nicolás Maduro’s regime, Democrats offered a wide range of messages on the issue  Read more

Senate Democrats face recruitment setback in bid to reclaim majority

Senate Democrats face recruitment setback in bid to reclaim majority

It’s been a rough week for Senate Democrats as they try to lay the groundwork to reclaim the chamber's majority in next year’s elections – with some of their most coveted recruits announcing they'll pass on 2020 runs  Read more

	Trump Administration Guarantees Conscience Protections for Doctors Who Won’t Perform Abortions

Trump Administration Guarantees Conscience Protections for Doctors Who Won’t Perform Abortions

The Trump administration on Thursday adopted protections for medical professionals who have moral objections to performing certain controversial procedures  Read more

 Trump attacks Biden despite Kushner directive to lay off Dem field

Trump attacks Biden despite Kushner directive to lay off Dem field

Kushner told campaign officials to not attack 2020 Dems — but that rule doesn’t seem to apply to the candidate himself  Read more

White House asks Congress for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border

White House asks Congress for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border

The money is on top of more than Trump's $8 billion budget request and $6 billion national emergency declaration.  Read more

 White House rejects House's security clearance document request

White House rejects House's security clearance document request

The White House has rejected a House committee’s request for documents related to possible abuses of the security clearance system  Read more

Lessons from Venezuela

Lessons from Venezuela

It’s been three months since the United States government officially recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s legitimate president  Read more

U.S., China near deal to roll back some tariffs

U.S., China near deal to roll back some tariffs

The United States and China are closing in on a deal that includes broad agreement on how the Trump administration will roll back a portion of the tariffs it has imposed on more than $250 billion-worth of Chinese goods, according to two people close to the talks  Read more

Amid good news, can Democrats talk down the economy?

Amid good news, can Democrats talk down the economy?

"The recession talk in late 2018 got way, way out of hand," the New York Times economic reporter Neil Irwin tweeted a few days ago. Indeed it did  Read more

 Trump to demand more money for border

Trump to demand more money for border

President Trump will send Congress a supplemental budget request this week demanding more money to secure the border amid the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis, the acting Homeland Security secretary told Congress on Tuesday, setting up a massive battle with Democrats  Read more

Trump And Democrats Agree On $2 Trillion For Infrastructure, But Not On How To Pay
  • NPR
  • 04/30/2019 12:00 AM

Trump And Democrats Agree On $2 Trillion For Infrastructure, But Not On How To Pay

Democratic congressional leaders say President Trump has agreed to a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. But — and it's a big but — there was no agreement on how to pay for such a wide-ranging and expensive proposal  Read more