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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Cutting Taxes Will Be Harder Than Trump Thinks
Failure is always an option—especially in Congress.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Will America Accept Refugees From Trump's White House?
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Sean Spicer demonstrated why those fleeing the administration may find it difficult to start fresh.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Why Trump's Immigration Gambit Will Likely Backfire
The president’s attempt to pressure Democrats using the status of those brought to the U.S. illegally as children may not turn out as he intended.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump's Buck Passing on Immigration
The president’s decision to try to shift responsibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to Congress could turn out to be one of his politically shrewder moves.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters How Mattis May Get Himself in Trouble With Trump
The secretary of defense could run afoul of his boss if his review of the policy on transgender troops follows the facts to their conclusion.
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Jae C. Hong / AP Why a Republican Pollster Is Losing Faith in Her Party
“If I pack up my toys and go home, there are people in red MAGA hats who would be saying, ‘Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.’”
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Doesn't Have the Authority to Attack North Korea Without Congress
The decision to engage in armed conflict rests with the legislative branch, a requirement that is neither a formality nor outdated.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Steve Bannon to Speak at ZOA Gala
The former White House adviser and Breitbart chief will speak at the event of an organization whose CEO attacked National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster as anti-Israel.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters What Steve Bannon's Return Means for Breitbart
The conservative outlet must figure out how to pursue its agenda without losing its audience.
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Scott Olson / Getty Images President Trump Pardons Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Trump picked the notorious Arizona lawman for his first-ever act of presidential absolution.
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Bettman / Getty / Jonathan Ernst / Reuters FDR's Message to Charlottesville—and to Donald Trump
In his speech in Virginia in 1940, Franklin Roosevelt united America; in his remarks in 2017, Donald Trump divided it.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Breaks a Taboo—and Pays the Price
The past week brought violent conflict over symbols and values held sacred—and an act of sacrilege.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Why Military Chiefs Are Condemning White Supremacy
The U.S. Armed Forces have had troubles with extremists enlisting in the past, and they don’t want it to happen again.
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‘A Treacherous President Stood in the Way’
Frederick Douglass’s 1866 essay for The Atlantic on how Congress can cope with a chief executive who refuses to recognize the rights of all citizens
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Defends White-Nationalist Protesters: 'Some Very Fine People on Both Sides'
The president backtracked from his remarks on Charlottesville just a day earlier.
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Stringer / Reuters 'Alt-Right' Leaders Won't Condemn Ramming Suspect
Two prominent white nationalist leaders held a press conference Monday in which they responded to the fallout from Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Eight Things Paul Ryan Has Learned About Governing
The speaker of the House had grand ambitions for the first 200 days of this Congress.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Senate Finally Gives Trump His Administration
Democrats relented on confirming dozens of presidential nominees to key government posts, days after the collapse of the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call / Getty The U.S. Government's Fight Against Violent Extremism Loses Its Leader
The resignation of George Selim, a key Homeland Security official, may signal a shift away from treating the American Muslim community as partners in the struggle against radicalization.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Anthony Scaramucci's Empty Feud With Reince Priebus
The new White House communications director’s profane rant at a reporter shows how similar to the president he really is.
