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COMEDY
Fed-Up Colbert Shreds Democrats And Republicans Alike Over Wall Brawl
By Ed Mazza
The "Late Show" host calls out both parties for celebrating the "absolute minimum."
A view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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POLITICS
Taxpayers Dish Out $54,000 For Mar-a-Lago Party Tents For New Year's Eve
By Mary Papenfuss
The public eats the costs of a bash at Trump's Florida resort while federal workers go without pay amid the partial government shutdown.
Aerial view of Washington D.C. from Top of Town restaurant, Arlington, Virginia shows Lincoln & Washington Memorial and U.S. Capitol and Memorial Bridge crossing Potomac River
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POLITICS
What Happens In A Partial Government Shutdown
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be forced off the job, and some services will go dark.
The US Capitol is seen ahead of a possible partial government shutdown in Washington, DC, December 21, 2018. - A threatened shutdown of the US government would see hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed and many more working without pay. President Donald Trump warned Friday, March 21, 2018 that a shutdown could last a 'very long time' unless Democrats in the Senate join Republicans and approve funding for the border wall with Mexico. Unless a last-minute deal is reached the government will shut down at midnight (0500 GMT Saturday). (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
House Adjourns, Ensuring A Government Shutdown
The House left the Capitol Friday night before passing a spending bill ahead the midnight deadline.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on the FY2019 Environmental Protection Agency budget in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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POLITICS
These Are The Scandals That Brought Down EPA Chief Scott Pruitt
By Lydia O'Connor
Scott Pruitt resigned after racking up ethics probes over perks like first-class travel, courtside seats, secret calendars and soundproof booths.
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POLITICS
Trump Had Big Plans To Repair Our Crumbling Infrastructure. Here’s What America Got Instead.
By TomDispatch, Editorial Partner
Instead of investing in roads, bridges and trains, the Trump administration has pumped money into the Pentagon.
Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, listens during a press conference at the CEO Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The conference brings together leading CEOs and heads of state from the Americas region to analyze opportunities to promote economic growth and investment. Photographer: Guillermo Gutierrez/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Sen. Marco Rubio Admits There's No Proof Tax Cut Is Helping American Workers
By David Moye
In a blow to basic Republican beliefs, he suggests increasing government spending.
UNITED STATES - MARCH 14: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addresses demonstrators while attending a rally on the West Front of the Capitol to call on Congress to act on gun violence prevention during a national walkout by students on March 14, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
Democratic Leaders Not Quite Ready For A Jobs Guarantee
By Arthur Delaney
A proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders hasn't yet caught on with party leaders.
EAST CHICAGO, IN - APRIL 19: U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt makes a statement to the media after meeting residents from and taking a brief tour of the West Calumet Housing Complex on April 19, 2017 in East Chicago, Indiana. Nearly all the residents of the complex were ordered to move by the East Chicago Housing Authority after the soil and many homes in the complex were found to contain high levels of lead. The area has been declared an EPA superfund site. This was Pruitt's first visit to a superfund site since being named the agency's administrator. The complex is scheduled for demolition. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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OPINION
Scott Pruitt's Public Service Mostly Involves Serving Himself
By Donald Moynihan
What the EPA administrator's many scandals have in common.
ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 19: Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, is seen on the field before the football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium on November 19, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Chris Christie Sticks Taxpayers With Huge Bill For Official Portrait
By Lee Moran
How much?!?
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 26: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the members of the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
NYT: EPA Officials Reassigned, Demoted For Questioning Scott Pruitt's Spending
By Chris D'Angelo
The report comes as the EPA chief faces mounting pressure to step down.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 06: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the media about the GOP agenda after a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill, on March 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
The Hollow Republican Promises To 'Read The Bill'
By Matt Fuller
It turns out, reading is hard and bills can be really long.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 15: (L-R) U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar , President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, and U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) walk down the House steps at the Capitol after the Friends of Ireland luncheon March 15, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Trump and Varadkar attended the annual luncheon hosted by Speaker Ryan, to commemorate St. Patrick's Day. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
House Passes 2,232-Page Omnibus Spending Bill That No One Read
By Matt Fuller
Lawmakers only got the full text of the massive bill a little after 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R) and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (L) deliver a speech in White Sulphur Springs, West Viriginia during the Republican party retreat on February 01, 20108. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
After Years Of Deficit Doomsaying, Republicans Go On Massive Spending Spree
By Igor Bobic
When they're in power, they spend. When they're out of power, they harp about deficits and debt.
HEMPSTEAD, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump makes a face during the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York. The first of four debates for the 2016 Election, three Presidential and one Vice Presidential, is moderated by NBC's Lester Holt. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Remember When Trump Said Mexico Would Pay For His Border Wall? Twitter Does.
By Dominique Mosbergen
The president said Wednesday that $1.6 billion in taxpayer money has been earmarked for his oft-touted border wall.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson arrives to testify before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill March 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. Secretary Carson has drawn fire from lawmakers for purchasing furniture for his office suite despite agency cutbacks. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Ben Carson Blames His Wife For $31,000 Dining Set Purchase For HUD Office
By Rebecca Shapiro
His spokesman initially denied that the secretary and his wife were involved in the lavish purchase decision.
US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke speaks before US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to review the Antiquities Act at the US Department of the Interior April 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Interior Department Spending $138,670 To Replace Doors In Zinke's Office
By Chris D'Angelo
The upgrade is meant to ensure the interior secretary doesn't get locked out on the balcony and that rain doesn't leak in.
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GOP Congresswoman Questions The Need For Government-Funded Research On Gun Violence
By Igor Bobic
"I’m not sure that’s the best use of taxpayer money,” Rep. Claudia Tenney said.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) welcomes Ben Carson, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of housing and urban development, in his office at the Capitol in Washington, U.S. December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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POLITICS
After Saying He'd 'Monitor Every Penny,' Ben Carson's Office Spent $31,000 On Dining Set
By Nick Visser
The purchase comes amid proposals to slash HUD programs for the poor and elderly.
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: Aerial view of the Pentagon building photographed on Sept. 24, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
How The Pentagon Devours The Budget
By TomDispatch, Editorial Partner
Normalizing budgetary bloat
UNITED STATES Ð APRIL 6: Tea party activist John Oltesvig, of North Carolina, wears a colonial costume with a tri-corner hats as he participates in the rally at the Capitol on Wednesday, April 6, 2012, days before a possible federal government shutdown. (Photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call)
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OPINION
'Fiscal Responsibility' Was Always A Red Herring
By Angie Maxwell, Guest Writer
The recent budget deal should finally settle the question of what the Tea Party was really about.
U.S. President Donald Trump smiles during the Infrastructure Summit with Governors and Mayors at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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POLITICS
Trump Vowed Not To Run $400 Billion Deficits. Instead He’ll Run A $1 Trillion One.
By S.V. Date
Does that technically count as a “promise kept”?
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an infrastructure initiative meeting at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. Trump's administration releases infrastructure plan it says would stimulate at least $1.5 trillion in new investment, shorten project permitting time to two years, improve training to get more qualified workers and boost investment in rural projects. Photographer: T.J. Kirkpatrick/Bloomberg via Getty Images 
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POLITICS
What You Should Know About Trump's Nihilist Budget
By Zach Carter, Arthur Delaney, and Igor Bobic
He just doesn't care.
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tax reform at Sheffer Corporation in Blue Ash, Ohio on February 5, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Trump's Deficit Is Fine. His Budget Is Terrible.
By Zach Carter
But nobody in Washington is really worried about the deficit fairy.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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POLITICS
Trump's New Infrastructure Plan Is Kind Of Underwhelming
By Igor Bobic
The “big league” president goes small on infrastructure.
BOSTON, MA - APRIL 14: Sarah Palin is a guest speaker at a Tea Party rally. The Tea Party Express ended their cross-country tour in Boston where thousands rallied on Boston Common. The populist Tea Party Movement promotes fiscal conservatism and emerged largely in response to the 2009 economic stimulus package and the 2008 bailouts. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
New Spending Agreement Repeals Obamacare's Mythical Death Panel
By Jonathan Cohn
Reminder: It wasn't really a death panel.
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