President Obama’s new defense strategy reflects a shift in global politics to Asia.
Budget
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Hitting the Ground Running
Richard Cordray wastes no time introducing a financial supervision plan with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Governing on Empty
With the Tea Party in control, House Speaker John Boehner can do little but make empty promises.
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Showdown at the Docks
Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrated the movement’s three-month anniversary by taking the fight to major ports.
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Legislative Legerdemain
Right-wingers are just as fond of attaching demands to must-pass legislation across the pond.
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Britain Hesitates
David Cameron’s veto of an EU integration plan reveals England’s deep skepticism about the union.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Crash Diet
Obama still has time to redeem his food-production policy.
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Republicans’ Governing Glossary
In this edition: the term for gutting government agencies by stalling on nominees
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Elizabeth Warren: Bailout Queen
Karl Rove’s latest ad has to set an all-time record for hypocrisy and factual inversion. The ad actually manages to blame Elizabeth Warren for the bank bailouts. As anyone who hasn’t spent the past three years in a cave must know, Warren has been the nation’s single most effective, relentless, and brave critic of the […]
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The Wrong Fix
The deal to save the eurozone will hurt countries that can afford it the least.