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A picture taken on September 15, 2019 shows an Aramco oil facility near al-Khurj area, just south of the Saudi capital Riyadh. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

New strategic balance in the Middle East

Prabir Purkayastha - Independent Media Institute
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

New Trump argument: Total immunity

Igor Derysh
Jonathan Holloway and Stephen Schwarzman (AP Photo/Getty Images/Yale Daily News/Julia Henry)

Two buildings at Yale: An American story

Jim Sleeper
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) holds a confirmation hearing for Eugene Scalia to become the next U.S. Labor Secretary on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images))

"Secretary of Corporate Interests"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
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An opposition activist holds the Russian Constitution book in front of the monument to Soviet-era opposition legendary bard Vladimir Vysotsky during a protest in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The growing political crisis in Russia

Regina Smyth - The Conversation
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee at a hearing on 'Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

DeVos nixes positive view of Islam

Igor Derysh
The View (ABC)

McCain walks off stage on “The View”

Tana Ganeva - Raw Story
Tucker Carlson (Fox News)

Carlson backs Kelly amid Trudeau scandal

Shira Tarlo
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Betsy DeVos and Ben Carson (AP Photo/Julio Cortez/Getty Images/AFP/Saul Loeb)

Ben and Betsy's lessons in transphobia

Amanda Marcotte
Chris Cuomo interviewing Rudy Giuliani on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" (CNN)

Rudy: I asked Ukraine to probe Biden

Shira Tarlo
Donald Trump (AP Photo/Getty Stock/Salon)

Dems: Military spent big at Trump resort

Matthew Rozsa
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., arrives to speak to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

"Moscow Mitch" backs election security

Matthew Rozsa
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio ends 2020 bid

Shira Tarlo
Donald Trump, Pat Cipollone and Bill Barr (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's Ukraine fiasco: How bad is it?

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Impeachment inquiry or something else?

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Game theory expert: It's not 3-D chess

Chauncey DeVega
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Chris Murphy speaks on the floor of the Senate, June 15, 2016, where he launched a filibuster demanding a vote on gun control measures. (AP/Senate Television)

The Senate filibuster explained

Daniel Wirls - The Conversation
Martha McSally, Kris Kobach and Corey Lewandowski (Getty Images/Mark Wilson/Jeff Malet/Scott Olson)

Ariz. GOP candidate: Let's take Mexico!

Igor Derysh
Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader/Ronen Zvulun/Salon)

Gantz rejects Netanyahu's unity offer

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. President Donald Trump (Getty Images/AP Photo/Evan Vucci/Salon)

Trump sues Manhattan DA over tax returns

Shira Tarlo
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A newly displaced homeless camp is seen while Los Angeles Police officers guard a Harbor Freeway ramp during the visit of President Donald Trump in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Trump began a California visit on Tuesday, saying he will do "something" about homelessness but offering no specifics beyond the mention of creating a task force. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Trump targeting Calif. on homelessness

Igor Derysh
Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks during a public employees union candidate forum Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) (AP Photo/John Locher)

How Beto O'Rourke roiled Texas politics

Patrick Svitek - The Texas Tribune
Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, April 3, 2019. (AP/Steven Senne)

Huffman: White is the color of remorse

Michael Orsini, Linda Mussell - The Conversation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Getty/Menahem Kahana)

Four big questions after Israel election

Dov Waxman - The Conversation
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