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Nancy Pelosi’s first big vote looms today. House Democrats are meeting privately to select new leaders for the next Congress on Wednesday, including caucus chair, House majority leader, and whip. But the top position — House speaker — won’t get…
President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is making life harder for struggling American farmers. A total of 84 farms in the upper Midwest filed for bankruptcy between July 2017 and June 2018, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. That’s…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to retaliate against General Motors for its decision to shutter plants and slash jobs by cutting the automaker’s federal subsidies, including for electric cars. But he can’t act unilaterally to do it. The president…
It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours of news about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. First, on Monday night, Mueller’s team said that former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, who had agreed to cooperate with their investigation, had breached his agreement…
President Donald Trump has found a new preferred metric for his presidency now that the stock market has become so tumultuous: oil prices. Trump spent much of the first two years of his term taking credit for the stock market’s…
When President Donald Trump authorized the military to use “lethal force” — if necessary — against migrants at the southern border last week, it was in his purview as the commander in chief. But it created a legal gray area.…
