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A Quick Follow-Up on the Republican Tax Cut

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Trump Admin Leaked Pelosi’s Commercial Travel Plans, House Speaker Aide Says

ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday accused the Trump administration of leaking Pelosi’s revised plans to fly a commercial aircraft to Afghanistan, forcing the top Democrat to officially cancel her visit to the war zone. It was the latest development after the president, in an extraordinary…

Trump: “Not One Dollar” For Puerto Rico

Yuisa Rios/Planet Pix via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Back when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, there was a lot of talk about how President Trump was taking it a lot less seriously than two other hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, which hit areas that were, um, a…

A Federal Court Just Blocked Wisconsin Republicans’ Attacks on Early Voting

Opponents of an extraordinary session bill submitted by Wisconsin Republicans gather for a rally outside the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin on December 3, 2018. John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During a lame-duck session in December, Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled state Legislature sparked protests and outrage when it passed…