New York’s attorney general sues two mega-banks for violating their “robo-signing” settlement
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The Prospect Goes “Up”
Our own Jamelle Bouie and Monica Potts were on the MSNBC program with Steve Kornacki Saturday to discuss political polarization and Barck Obama’s legislative influence. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Bad Flight Plan
In restoring funding for air-traffic control, Democrats lost an opportunity to cudgel Republicans. Here’s what they should do next time
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A Crossroads for Hillary
Will the former secretary of State oppose Obama’s back-door cut in Social Security?
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On Immigration, Gay Community Should Take One for the Team
Why LGBT-rights supporters may have to sit this one out if reform is to succeed.
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The Frankenstein Foreign-Policy Crisis
It’s hard to remember a problem as large as Syria, for which there are so few prospects and those that we have are so barely tolerable.
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Obama Jokes at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
“I remember when BuzzFeed was just something I did in college around 2 a.m.,” the president said Saturday night at the annual event, remarking on the changing media landscape. “My job is to be president. Your job is to keep me humble. Frankly, I think I’m doing my job better.”
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Don’t Give Up on Green Tech Yet
Fisker Automotive may not be doing so well, even after its Department of Energy loan, but on the whole the government has a good—and necessary—track record on electric cars.
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A Support Group for the Most Powerful Man in America
“We’ve been called the world’s most exclusive club and we do have a pretty nice clubhouse,” President Obama said Wednesday before a crowd that included the Bush and Clinton families at the opening of George W. Bush’s presidential library. Obama said the former presidents offer him words of encouragement during troubled times. Unfortunately your browser […]
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Is the U.S. Set to Intervene in Syria?
Intelligence showing the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against its own people puts the pressure on the Obama administration to act. What are the president’s options?
