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Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Threatens Democracy and Federal Deficit
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Governance & Legislation

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Threatens Democracy and Federal Deficit

The DOGE and Executive Power
Governance & Legislation

The DOGE and Executive Power

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Democracy

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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Media & Technology

Does the foreign aid package include millions of dollars for pensions in Ukraine?

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Governance & Legislation

Is the House broken?

Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Richard Shelby
Governance & Legislation

Congress is still working on government spending three months after the deadline ... again

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Congress narrowly averts a shutdown but is still mired in legislative dysfunction

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President Joe Biden
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Ethics & Leadership

Traditional leverage won't get the Democratic Party through its current crisis

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