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Trump’s Capitol Hill dreams are at odds with GOP reality

The White House’s dream of clinching major new Republican victories on Capitol Hill before the midterms is crashing into the reality of a bitterly divided Congress.Tackling major GOP priorities on ...

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Who is the Democrat talking with Trump on health policy?

President Donald Trump said he’s talking to Democrats on health care. No Democrat will cop to it.POLITICO reached out to two dozen House and Senate offices and none would acknowledge they are in co...

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Can Ted Cruz Podcast His Way to the Presidency?

Three times a week, late in the evening, a middle-aged man pulls a microphone out of a Pelican briefcase, unscrews a bottle of Bai flavored antioxidant water and opens a window into the future of A...

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'Democrats are going to come to regret this': After Epstein vote, Trump ready to attack

The Trump administration, on its back foot following brutal election results and its failed effort to quash a House vote to release the Epstein files, is now planning to go on the attack.“The Democ...

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The Populist Insurgency Against Political Parties Everywhere

One paradox of American politics is that voters are both extremely polarized about politics and extremely disdainful of political parties. A record share, 43 percent, self-identify as political ind...

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Larry Summers steps down from OpenAI

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from the board of directors of the OpenAI Foundation, the latest development in the fallout following the release of emails showing that he soug...

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Dems look to capitalize on Trump's weakening with Latinos

Democrats believe they have an opening to reclaim Latino voters that fled the party last year — but a prominent Latino-focused group argued the party needs to present a message that’s more than jus...

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Roadblocks leave Republicans questioning whether redistricting push was worth it

President Donald Trump’s bad week got a lot worse on Tuesday when judges blocked his Texas gerrymander, leaving Republicans wondering whether the nationwide remapping effort was worth the political...

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Trump Told a Woman, ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ When She Asked Him About Epstein

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Summers leaves his posts — but OpenAI still quiet

The rapid unwinding of Larry Summers’ public career accelerated on Tuesday, after emails showed the former Treasury secretary sought romantic advice from late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein...

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Thune steadfast on data seizure payouts for senators as Republicans seek repeal

The House plans to vote Wednesday to repeal a provision that could award eight GOP senators hundreds of thousands of dollars for having their phone records seized without their knowledge during a B...

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Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to ‘major non-NATO ally’ status

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have entered into a security agreement that will ease weapons transfers and elevate the relationship between the two countries.Under th...

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Why Republicans are worried about Trump’s plans to split the Education Department

Republicans generally supportive of President Donald Trump’s goal of dismantling the Education Department still have their doubts about key parts of his plans for the agency, with one GOP lawmaker ...

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Trump defends Saudi crown price, who US intelligence found ordered killing of Washington Post columnist

President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, calling him “a great ally” and defending him against questions about American intelligence repo...

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In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map

A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map — which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans — saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-...

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House approves Epstein files bill in near-unanimous vote

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to force the Justice Department to release more information about the case it built against the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — putting legislat...

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Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit

BELÉM, Brazil — Dozens of governments on Tuesday urged countries to agree on a “roadmap” for phasing out coal, oil and natural gas, ratcheting up the stakes for United Nations climate change negoti...

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Republicans to Trump: We need you on the campaign trail

Fresh off their staggering electoral losses this month, Republicans are urging President Donald Trump to start hitting the campaign trail for them next year with control of Congress on the line.And...

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Trump admin acknowledges another ‘inadvertent’ deportation despite court order

The Trump administration has acknowledged that officials improperly deported a transgender woman to Mexico last week in violation of an immigration judge’s order in March concluding she was likely ...

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Harris returns to the campaign trail for Tennessee Democrat

Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the trail for the first time since her presidential election defeat, campaigning in a hard-fought Tennessee special election where Democrats are hopi...

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The Inevitable Collapse of Larry Summers

“The first rule of holes is to stop digging,” Larry Summers said a few months ago in an interview with the New York Times about why, in his opinion, the Trump administration should stop levying tar...

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