How some Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to vote against government shutdown
The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...
Opinion - In the battle for blockchain leadership, American innovation is the answer
China has been investing heavily in blockchain technology, but the U.S. has the capacity to outcompete them and should ...
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Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch
The Senate minority leader appears to think the way to resist the Trump administration is by voting for the GOP's spending bill.
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Trump is trying to remake the presidency. Here's why
The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve ...
The New Republic1dOpinion
Democrats, Shut Down the Government
It’s risky, for sure, but the politics are much better for Democrats than some chin-strokers in Washington believe.
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What Would Greenland’s Independence Mean for U.S. Interests?
The island’s residents have voted in favor of a party that seeks gradual independence from Denmark. But Greenland has ...
Independent MPs are elected for a reason – hung parliaments may be precisely what voters want
The federal election hasn’t even been called, yet efforts are already underway to sideline the Teals if voters return a hung ...
How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
Jackson finished second in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who would go on to lose the 1988 presidential election to George H.W. Bush. But Jackson’s strong results ...
The parallels between Kash Patel and William J. Burns, a scandal-mongering 1920s FBI director — an FBI historian explains
Some observers have compared Patel to J. Edgar Hoover, the domineering FBI director between 1924 and 1972 who was renowned for FBI abuses. In 1956, Hoover created COINTELPRO, an illegal ...
Greenland Elections Don’t Fully Back Trump’s Takeover Talk. Here’s Why.
The leader of the winning party said he hoped the election would send a clear message to Trump that Greenland was “not for sale” and Greenlanders “don’t want to be Americans.” ...
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So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons
What came first: America's obsession with Halloween or Party City? Steve Mandell launched Party City in 1986 as a single store in New Jersey. He sold cups, napkins and other supplies for birthday ...