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One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the U.S. military
Rebecca U. Thorpe
Since WWII, there’s been strong partisan support for military spending
Gabby Giffords calls on Mitch McConnell to apologize for joking about deaths of political opponents
Joseph Neese
"The nation is turning to Leader McConnell right now for leadership, and this is the furthest thing from it"
Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder amid Democratic calls to reconvene Senate to vote on gun control
Shira Tarlo
Calls to cancel the Senate's August recess come after two mass shootings left at least 29 dead and 53 injured
Trump’s Senate allies beg him to accept budget compromise to prevent economic collapse
Matthew Chapman
“Chaos is not good . . . If you get a reasonable deal, take it,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters
We could be on the verge of another Pullman Strike wave
Bryan Smith
In 2019, workers across the U.S. are proving that the legacy of the Great Pullman strike is still alive today.
Trump: Fox’s Homan is back to the administration
Zachary Pleat
Meet Tom Homan, the source of Fox News’ bogus immigration talking points.
Fears of another government shutdown as GOP leaders reach an impasse on budget
Tom Boggioni
Impasse on budget between GOP leaders and the White House are leading to fears of another government shutdown
Islamophobic and anti-Semitic hate crimes span U.S. history
Peter Gottschalk
San Diego synagogue shooter suspect's mosque burning investigation sparks conversation around U.S. hate crimes.
American Airlines mechanics are threatening the “bloodiest, ugliest battle” in labor history
Michael Arria
American Airlines merged with US Airways in 2013 to become the largest airline in the world
Full throttle toward impeachment: Democrats can avoid Trump’s trap — if they seize the moment
Paul Rosenberg
This is not a moment for dithering or political calculation. Only a frontal assault can bring down Donald Trump
TSA will deploy hundreds of officials to border as Trump administration cracks down on migrants
Matthew Rozsa
What is one possible side effect of the deployment? Aviation security could be weakened
Elizabeth Warren and other Senators call for refunds and investigations of TurboTax and H&R Block
Justin Elliott, Paul Kiel
Senators are seeking inquiries into whether the companies have deceived and violated restraint-of-trade laws
Mick Mulvaney casts doubt on Trump’s infrastructure deal with Democrats
Shira Tarlo
But Trump and Democrats agreed to move forward with the major infrastructure bill, saying talks went well
Donald Trump’s latest breakthrough: 10,000 presidential lies
Shira Tarlo
Trump made roughly 23 false or misleading claims a day in the last seven months, reports the Washington Post
Robert Reich: America has already fired Trump!
Robert Reich
When the public fires a president before election day, they don’t send him a letter. They just make him irrelevant.
Trump’s chief of staff told former Homeland Secretary not to tell Trump about Russian interference
Alex Henderson
Mick Mulvaney urged Nielsen to refrain from discussing Russian interference in the 2016 election around Trump.
How schools are using restorative justice to remedy racial disparities in discipline
Fania E. Davis
Too many schools today are pushing children into pipelines of incarceration and violence instead of liberation
How the IRS gave up fighting political dark money groups
Maya Miller
Dark money still gushes into the political system
Another kind of Democratic freshman: Rep. Mikie Sherrill is still working for compromise
Dean Obeidallah
From 2019: Navy pilot, prosecutor and suburban mom on her first 100 days in D.C.: "We're seeing Congress stand up"
Hemp is our “Green New Deal”
Jen Hobbs
The 2018 Farm Bill partially legalized hemp. But whether this will trigger a hemp farming revolution remains hazy
Inside Fox News host’s alleged “hold on members of Congress”: “The first call is Sean Hannity”
Matthew Rozsa
"They're deciding what they're going to do on major issues, and the first call is Sean Hannity"
Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico – here’s what happened
Aileen Teague
The history suggests that border closure may be politically useful but are never a real answer to human tragedy
Donald Trump still does not really know how to be president
Cody Fenwick
Because he couldn’t get the laws passed the way he wanted, Trump is just trying to break the laws that are in place
A blow but not fatal: 9 months after Janus, AFSCME reports 94% retention
Heather Gies
New membership data revealed a decline that experts say could mark the beginning of larger losses, but is not fatal
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