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Donald Trump
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last night on late night
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house democrats
Messaging or Investigating? How Should House Democrats Use Their Limited Power?Take a lesson from the GOP, Democrats, and focus on regaining power more than arguing over how it will be used.
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last night on late night
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the national interest
The Department of Justice Calls Donald Trump a FelonTrump’s lawyer was a criminal, he is providing evidence on Trump and Russia.
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neo-confederacy
VA Secretary Once Gave Speeches Lionizing Racist Arch-Traitor Jefferson DavisHaving an apparent member of the neo-Confederacy heading the agency that tends to those who served the country Davis tried to destroy is not good.
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Heather Nauert Won’t Be in Trump’s Cabinet Because She Has No CloutThe new U.N. ambassador won’t be in the Cabinet because she doesn’t have the résumé. The practice predates Trump.
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Remembering John Kelly’s Obvious Misery at His JobAmid reports that the chief of staff may soon be resigning, a look back at his facepalms and more.
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the national interest
Tillerson, Who Privately Called Trump ‘Moron,’ Pretty Much Confirms It in Public“Pretty undisciplined, doesn’t like to read, doesn’t read briefing reports, doesn’t like to get into the details of a lot of things.”
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Trump Is Still Ripping Kids From Their Families at the BorderMore than 80 migrant children have been separated from their parents since Trump’s family-separation policy ended.
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Susan Collins Is the Last New England Republican in CongressOnce a rock-ribbed Republican region, New England is getting very blue, except for a couple of atypically moderate governors.
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Trump Thinks Mueller Is Holding Him Back From a 75 Percent Approval RatingWhat other objective indicators of his unpopularity will he choose to ignore? The 2020 elections?
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the weekly standard
The Weekly Standard Lived by the Partisan Sword — and May Die by ItThe conservative magazine — always shameless in its GOP loyalty — looks to be closing after breaking ranks with Trump.
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the national interest
Giuliani: The Dog Ate My Counter-Report to MuellerGiuliani promised a devastating response to Mueller. A timeline of his “progress.”
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Report: The Saudis Used Unsuspecting Veterans to Funnel Money to TrumpThe effort saw a Saudi-funded lobbying firm drop $270,000 at Trump’s D.C. hotel in the months after the election.
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The Streak Survives: Gardner Ekes Out 22nd Term As New Hampshire Election ChiefDemocrat Van Ostern had the incumbent on the ropes over enabling Trump, but fears over rocking the primary calendar boat saved the day.
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Be Thankful You’re Not Sitting in This PewTrump made things extremely awkward at George H.W. Bush’s funeral.
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year in culture 2018
In Fiction, It Was the Year of the WomanAmid Trump-obsessed nonfiction blockbusters, women led the way forward for fiction that matters.
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the national interest
Mueller Reports Michael Flynn Is Singing Like a CanaryThe special counsel reports that Michael Flynn has given up a lot of useful information on his former Trump colleagues.
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Did Trump’s Win Mean Anybody Can Be President?The huge Democratic 2020 field that’s taking shape is an alarming sign that all standards of presidential viability have been eliminated.
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the national interest
Michael Avenatti’s Campaign Failed Because Democrats Don’t Want Their Own TrumpTrump didn’t prove that unqualified television personalities can win the presidency, only that Republican ones can.
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Democratic Weakness Among Florida Latinos in 2018 a WarningA poor performance among Latinos cost Democrats the governorship and a Senate seat in this key battleground state. They’d better focus on it soon.
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the sports section
With White House Invitation, the Red Sox Couldn’t WinThe Red Sox will leave behind the green monster to visit the orange monster.
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criminal justice reform
It Looks Like Trump Will Let McConnell Kill the Criminal-Justice Reform BillWith time running out, Trump’s not doing much to pressure the Senate leader to bring a bipartisan prison and sentencing-reform bill to the floor.
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life after warming
Why Al Gore Thinks There’s Still Hope for the PlanetThe environmentalist and former vice-president talks about wildfires, Donald Trump, and why he still has hope that we can preserve a livable planet.
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Trump Cuts Trade Deal With China, But Unclear If It Means MuchMarkets cheered when nothing really bad happened between Trump and Xi. But the deal may have been less than meets the eye.
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george h.w. bush
The Bush Family’s Struggle to Keep Up With the Conservative MovementGeorge H.W. Bush and his sons George W. and Jeb tried to stay in step with the ever-rightward drift of the conservative movement. They failed.
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Could Kris Kobach Be Trump’s Next DHS Secretary?Trump clearly wants to dump Kirstjen Nielsen. The fiery nativist from Kansas would test GOP loyalty, but would please the president.
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last night on late night
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Kevin McCarthy Rises to Power at Expense of His Defeated California ColleaguesThe new House GOP leader led his California colleagues to a slaughter in the midterms through his loyalty to Trump and his agenda.
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the national interest
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where's the beef?
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the national interest
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Federal Employees Barred From Discussing Trump’s Impeachment at WorkA new guidance on the Hatch Act also bars them from talking about “resistance” against Trump.
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russia investigation
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Tim Scott Kills Confirmation of Judge Accused of Vote SuppressionThomas Farr has been a close associate of North Carolina’s Republican warriors against voting rights. Two GOP defections stopped his confirmation.
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The New Republican Myth of California Voter FraudPaul Ryan and other Republicans are implying that California’s slow vote counts disguise fraud. It’s important to debunk these myths before 2020.
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Your Taste in Jeans May Have Influenced the ElectionHow Cambridge Analytica used fashion data from Facebook to help Trump.
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last night on late night
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the national interest
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jeffrey epstein
Trump’s Labor Secretary Once Helped a Billionaire Child Rapist Hide His CrimesProsecutors had enough evidence to put Jeffrey Epstein in prison for life. Instead they gave him – and his friends – immunity from federal charges.
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the national interest
If Trump Didn’t Collude, Why Does He Keep Obstructing Justice?The theory that Trump is simply upset about his election’s legitimacy being questioned is looking worse and worse.
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Vote on ICE Nominee Delayed for Investigation Into His MemesICE employees are worried that Ronald Vitiello compared the president to Dennis the Menace.
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reading the signs
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Just When Their Party Needs Them, Pro-Choice Republicans Are VanishingIt’s not going to be easy for Republicans to win back the suburbanites, women, and millennials they are losing when they are all for banning abortion.
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jeffrey epstein
Trump’s Labor Secretary Once Helped a Billionaire Child Rapist Hide His CrimesProsecutors had enough evidence to put Jeffrey Epstein in prison for life. Instead they gave him – and his friends – immunity from federal charges.
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Ivanka Says She’s Experienced Tremendous Personal Growth Doing Whatever She DoesShe insists she has really grown as a person during her time in Washington, D.C.
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the national interest
Trumponomics Tries to Praise Trump, But Instead Exposes His CorruptionLawrence Kudlow, Stephen Moore, and Arthur Laffer lack the self-awareness to realize how bad their book makes Trump look.
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climate change
Trump Says He’s Too Intelligent to Believe Climate Change Report“You look at our air and our water, and it’s right now at a record clean,” said the very intelligent man.
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