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Trump’s Plan to Slash $7 Billion From Kids’ Health Program Receives Green Light
The GOP tax cuts for the rich aren't going to pay themselves.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Unfazed by Conflict of Interest Charges
A pilot program with the aim of delivering student loans through prepaid bank cards is vulnerable to a conflict of interest.
GOP Tries to Grow Senate Majority With Inexperienced Male Candidates
Will this strategy work -- or will it blow up in their faces?
Democrats’ Anti-Corruption Proposals Applauded as Actual Plan to Drain the Swamp
Americans strongly support robust campaign finance reform.
Ballcap Semiotics
What does your ballcap say about you?
President Trump Is Not “Above the Law”: John Bonifaz Warns Against Normalizing Impeachable Offenses
The list of impeachable offenses is growing.
Killing the Iran Deal Could Have Unintended Global Consequences
Iranian nuclear weapons are not among them.
Seventy-Two Percent of Democrats Say Progressive Platforms Should Be Top Priority for Candidates
Respondents also said they'd be ‘'more likely'’ to vote for a candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Playing Trump for Peace: How the Korean Peninsula Could Become a Global Bright Spot
Let Trump preen so he can get out of the way of the real work.
White House Launches Incoherent Counterattack on Mueller Probe
Even as news emerges of another suspicious meeting, White House launches major assault on FBI.