Ron Elving
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Politics
Week in politics: Biden says there is no federal solution to the pandemic
President Joe Biden says there's no federal solution to the pandemic as cases climb dramatically.
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Politics
Trump, tough issues and personal rivalries test the GOP's reputation for unity
Tensions are driven by the still-divisive personality of former President Trump, by issues such as vaccines and mandates and by the prospect of big Republican gains in the elections of 2022 and 2024.
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Politics
Decades before Trump's election lies, McCarthy's anti-communist fever gripped the GOP
The former president threatens that GOP leaders must match their priorities to his or face a mass defection by the party's most reliable voters. It's without precedent, but there is a parallel.
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Politics
Democrats are having a unity problem. That's familiar territory for them
At their historic high tides, Democrats were not really more united than they are now. They may have been less so. The difference was they had enough votes to abide their disunity and still prevail.
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Politics
The Debt Limit And The Senate's Cloture Share A History. Both Were Born With A War
As the U.S. entered World War I, Congress created a limit on aggregate federal debt and also a cloture rule to end filibusters. The two are linked again in the current battles on Capitol Hill.
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Politics
'Peril' Details The Capitol Riot And Trump's Last-Ditch Effort To Hold Onto Power
The atmosphere throughout this account is foreboding, darkened by the shadow COVID-19 cast over the country but also by the dangers to democracy the authors perceive and depict.
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Politics
'Peril,' Latest Book About Trump, Also Examines Biden's Style Of Policymaking
The new book Peril — written by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa — turns out to be just as much about Joe Biden, and how he got to be Trump's successor.
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Politics
The Democratic Push To Tax The Rich More Is 40 Years In The Making
Democrats will use the same budgetary process used four decades ago when first-year President Ronald Reagan used reconciliation to achieve his "revolution" in federal fiscal policy.
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National
Vice President Kamala Harris Speaks At Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 9/11 Memorial Event
Vice President Kamala Harris is attending the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, memorial event. Shanksville was the site of the Flight 93 crash.
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National
Former President George W. Bush Speaks At Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Memorial
Former President Bush, who was in office the time of the 9/11 attacks, is attending the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, memorial. Shanksville was the site of the Flight 93 crash.