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RIP U.S. Senate, 1789-2017
This week has taught us Washington really is as broken and hopeless as we feared.
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Rep. Devin Nunes steps away from Russia investigation amid ethics complaints
After a number of ethics complaints, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., announced today that he will step aside from leading the House Intelligence Committee's probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Seven Disturbing Implications of Trump's Syria Strike
The attack raises a series of questions about the president’s approach to America’s political processes and institutions.
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FCC chairman seeks to keep voice-call ban on planes
Cellphone calls will continue to be banned during airline flights, under an order the head of the Federal Communications Commission proposed Monday.
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Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy
Department to reduce role of independent scientists, suspends review of questioned testimony
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Republicans sweat surprisingly close Kansas congressional race
Kansas has been reliably Republican in federal elections, but GOP operatives head into Tuesday uncertain of an easy victory when the deep-red state holds the first congressional election since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. By Bryan Lowry.
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A Berniecrat Takes on Trump and the Koch Brothers in Kansas
Republicans are pouring money into the race in an attempt to save a GOP seat. By John Nichols.
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Guardian Report Claims U.S. Has "Concrete Evidence" of Trump-Russia Collusion
The newspaper gives few details about the allegations, though.
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The White House Will Keep Its Visitor Logs Secret
Breaking with Obama Administration policy.
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First fake news, now fake history: Glenn Beck wants to train young people to promote an alternative history
Beck and his partner, David Barton, are holding training camps to teach fake history to a generation of students
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Lawsuit Against Trump over Foreign Payments Expands
A nonprofit watchdog expanded a lawsuit accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by letting his hotels and restaurants accept payments from foreign governments.
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Trump’s old tweets are becoming a minefield of hypocrisy
With surprising regularity these days, Trump's actions fly in the face of his past tweets.
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Noam Chomsky - Trump's Bombing of Afghanistan and Syria (audio only)
Chomsky on Trump’s bombings, radical Islam, and the 2017 chemical attacks in Syria.
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B.C. Premier responds to U.S. softwood duties by seeking a ban on U.S. coal transport through B.C.
In the wake of the U.S. imposing new penalties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, Christy Clark is asking Ottawa to ban the shipment of all thermal coal — including U.S. thermal coal — through British Columbia.
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More black women are learning to use guns: 'this is a movement, and it starts now'
African American women organizing shooting classes are finding a surge of interest – and many say it comes down to feeling less safe in the era of Trump
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Michelle Obama says she won't run for office
Former first lady Michelle Obama said she would never run for political office.
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To Fight Inequality, Tax Land
In the lasting debate over Thomas Piketty’s book on outsized returns on capital, a significant fact has been obscured: If you exclude land and housing, capital has not risen as a share of the U.S. economy. If you're surprised, you're not the only one. Intuition suggests this capital-output ratio should be higher today than it was in the early 1900s. Yet, in the U.S., capital excluding land and housing has been roughly constant as a share of the economy since the mid-1950s, and is lower today than at the turn of the 20th century.
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Obama's travel expenses were $97m over 8 years. Trump is already at $20m on Mar-a-Lago trips alone
President Donald Trump has racked up an historic amount of travel expenses in his first 100 days in office, by far surpassing the president who came before him.
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House Republicans Finally Pass An Obamacare Repeal and Replacement
But what seems like a GOP victory may ultimately be their downfall.
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FCC to investigate, 'take appropriate action' on Colbert’s Trump rant
Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert’s controversial joke about President Trump drew the attention of the Federal Communications Commission. The agency received “a number” of complaints about Colbert’s commentary earlier in the week, according to the FCC’s chief.
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