ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated PressMar 9, 2019
Trump's budget arrives amid gloomy times for deficit hawks, with little alarm about a U.S. debt load now above $22 trillion. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Ilana NovickJan 14, 2019
But respondents believe that both parties are playing politics at the expense of their constituents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Margaret Flowers / Health Over Profit for EveryoneAug 1, 2018
A Koch brothers-funded study that produced scare headlines about the cost of a single-payer system is flawed in serious ways. What we cannot afford is the system we have now. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
DARLENE SUPERVILLE / The Associated PressJul 29, 2018
Despite the president's words, Republicans, trying to protect their majority in Congress, are playing down the chance of a shutdown as the November election nears. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
KEVIN FREKING / The Associated PressMay 10, 2018
The Senate takes the rare step of confirming the nomination of a Wisconsin attorney to serve as a federal judge despite the objections of one of his home-state senators, a Democrat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
HERBERT G. McCANN / The Associated PressApr 19, 2018
The administration cannot withhold public safety grants from cities that refuse to cooperate with Trump's immigration enforcement policies, a federal appeals court rules. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated PressFeb 16, 2018
The president offers thanks to the doctors and nurses who helped the wounded, declaring "the job they’ve done is incredible." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated PressFeb 9, 2018
The president signs a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosts spending and swells the federal deficit, ending a brief federal government shutdown. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Phillip Smith / AlterNetJan 5, 2018
The attorney general's rescinding of Obama-era "hands-off" guidance to federal prosecutors is sending shock waves through the marijuana industry, but its impact is likely to be limited. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher / APOct 18, 2017
The revised order "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor," U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson writes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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