An abruptly canceled hearing and the condescending treatment of a black woman reporter reveal the White House’s hysteria.
Donald Trump
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How to Marginalize the Tea Party
A little bit of bipartisanship on the part of Trump and Ryan would do the trick.
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Trump Eviscerates Federal Contracting Rules
The president just repealed an Obama executive order to prevent bad employers from getting federal contracts. Next up? The rest of Obama’s labor rules.
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Anti-Trump Suburbanites Force New Jersey Republican to Think Again on Health-Care Bill
Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen’s defection signals the power of the anti-Trump grassroots movement—and the vulnerability of many suburban Republicans.
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10 Lessons From the Republican Health-Care Debacle
The terms of the health-care debate have clearly changed.
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Mick Mulvaney: Trickle Downer of the Week
Trump’s budget chief is testing just how far one can go to peddle feed-the-rich economic policies.
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Congress Must Act: Trump’s Russia Ties a Full-Blown Crisis for U.S. Democracy
If there has ever been a need for a select committee and an independent prosecutor, that time is now.
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Who Loses If Trump Cuts Public Media Funding? His Supporters.
Ending federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as President Trump proposes, will shutter local stations in rural areas and poorer states, and hit GOP constituents hardest.
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Trump Costs Struggling Retirement Savers Billions of Dollars
The president’s fiduciary rule delay hurts future retirees and allows Wall Street to continue lining its pockets.
