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Paul Manafort breaks

Paul Manafort breaks

The president’s former campaign chief is now cooperating with investigators  Read more

Avoid Government Shutdowns and Still Restrain Spending

Avoid Government Shutdowns and Still Restrain Spending

Automatic continuing resolutions can solve this problem  Read more

DeSantis, Scott disagree with Trump over Puerto Rico death toll claim

DeSantis, Scott disagree with Trump over Puerto Rico death toll claim

President Donald Trump’s false claim of a Democratic plot to inflate the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria drew rebuttals from two of his top GOP allies in Florida and set off a firestorm of condemnation by Democrats and Puerto Ricans  Read more

Judiciary Committee pushes vote on Kavanaugh nomination to next week

Judiciary Committee pushes vote on Kavanaugh nomination to next week

The Senate Judiciary Committee pushed a vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court until next week, and decided to consider his nomination on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 1:45 p.m.  Read more

U.S. Plans to Pay Mexico to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants There

U.S. Plans to Pay Mexico to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants There

President Trump has promised for years that Mexico would pay for a vast border wall, a demand that country has steadfastly refused  Read more

Trump falsely claims that official Hurricane Maria death toll was lower than reported, blames Democrats
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  • 09/13/2018 12:00 AM

Trump falsely claims that official Hurricane Maria death toll was lower than reported, blames Democrats

President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him “look as bad as possible.”  Read more

Planned Parenthood Targets Sen. Collins’s Kavanaugh Vote in New Ads

Planned Parenthood Targets Sen. Collins’s Kavanaugh Vote in New Ads

Planned Parenthood Action Fund will unveil Wednesday a new series of television ads urging Republican senator Susan Collins of Maine to oppose the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh  Read more

If 'Free College' Sounds Too Good To Be True, That's Because It Often Is

If 'Free College' Sounds Too Good To Be True, That's Because It Often Is

To millions of parents and students, they're magical words: free college  Read more

Right mounts campaign to make Jim Jordan the GOP leader

Right mounts campaign to make Jim Jordan the GOP leader

A collection of outside groups wants the Freedom Caucus co-founder to succeed Paul Ryan. But rank-and-file members aren't likely to abide  Read more

Democrats to delay Kavanaugh vote until next week

Democrats to delay Kavanaugh vote until next week

Democrats are poised to block a Thursday committee vote to advance the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court  Read more

Trump authorizes sanctions against foreign governments that interfere in US elections

Trump authorizes sanctions against foreign governments that interfere in US elections

President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday allowing sanctions on foreign companies, organizations or individuals the government determines to have interfered in U.S. elections  Read more

House Republicans unveil bills for second round of tax cuts

House Republicans unveil bills for second round of tax cuts

House Republicans have introduced bills for a second phase of tax cuts, after the Trump administration announced plans to pursue "tax reform 2.0" as a follow-up to last year's legislation  Read more

McConnell: Election will be 'very challenging' for Senate Republicans

McConnell: Election will be 'very challenging' for Senate Republicans

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned on Tuesday that the November midterm elections will be "very challenging" for Republicans, saying that the GOP is facing a "storm" as it tries to hold on to the Senate  Read more

The Worst Police Shooting Yet

The Worst Police Shooting Yet

Amber Guyger’s killing of Botham Shem Jean is an unspeakable tragedy. It also highlights the need for officers like Guyger to face impartial justice  Read more

The two lessons from Les Moonves' ouster

The two lessons from Les Moonves' ouster

If the swift departure of CBS Chairman Les Moonves has a bright side, it’s that a major television network took accusations of sexual harassment against its chief executive seriously enough to hold him accountable and obtain his resignation even at the expense of upending the management of its multi-billion dollar business  Read more

It was only yesterday: Remembering Sept. 11, 2001, New York's darkest day

It was only yesterday: Remembering Sept. 11, 2001, New York's darkest day

A generation of young adults has hazy understanding at best of Sept. 11, 2001. In the service of national memory, this is our attempt to set down what happened on that day and in its aftermath  Read more

Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?

Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?

Growth in this sector is occurring at the fastest rate since 1984  Read more

Bolton threatens sanctions against International Criminal Court

Bolton threatens sanctions against International Criminal Court

The Trump administration on Monday threatened to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel if it continues with an investigation into alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan, a move that could raise questions about the future of the court  Read more