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Image copyrightReutersImage caption Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas is an associate of President Trump's personal lawyer An aide to Rudy Giuliani claims President Trump "knew exactly what was going on" regarding efforts to pressure Ukraine into i…

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Beginning with a 35-day government shutdown and ending just as the House impeaches President Donald Trump, 2019 will forever be known as the year the shit hit the fan in American politics. Lots of crappy things happened this year, including several states eff…

But anyone who thinks blowout government spending, partly financed by an unconstitutional and ineffective wealth tax, is going to be an electoral winner should look at the fate of Britains hapless Jeremy Corbyn. What would work? Smart infrastructure spendin…

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There were only ever a handful of cabinet secretaries and Trump aides who would brave the night life of a city that reviles, and is reviled by, President Trump. (You know its bad when Wilbur Ross, the 82-year-old secretary of commerce who both falls asleep an…

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At the same time the House was voting to impeach him on Wednesday, President Donald Trump was holding a rally in Michigan, tearing into everyone and everything that even slightly displeased him. Among his targets was Rep. Debbie Dingell, who voted for impeach…

It was that kind of evening. The Democratic candidates vying for their partys presidential nomination agreed that their main goal is to defeat Mr. Trump in the general election next November. But to win the nomination, they have to find ways of differentiatin…

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