Articles filed under Politics
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Bitter Senate fight to confirm Kavanaugh plunges into deeper chaos over letterSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The bitter Senate fight to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court plunged into deeper chaos Thursday as a top Democrat disclosed she had referred "inf...
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Ex-Trump campaign chair Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special counselSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to two federal crimes after cutting a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to cooperate wit...
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When a foreign adversary meddled in a presidential electionSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - In the 1990s, a hostile foreign power meddled in our presidential election. There were serious questions about whether one party's candidate - the beneficiary - was comp...
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Slusher: Anonymous sources and a newspaper's bond of trustSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - The Daily Herald sets five conditions for permitting the use of an anonymous source in our reporting. The New York Times editorial board's decision to permit the writer ...
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An anniversary, a hurricane and the things we leave behindSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. - Tuesday morning, I did what millions of people have done in hundreds of places for centuries. I picked the few favorite items that I could take wi...
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'I think you buried the lede': Stephen Colbert asks Bob Woodward about the final line of his bookSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - Bob Woodward's book on the Trump administration already became a mine of joke fodder for late-night hosts long before it hit bookshelves. And on Monday, one of those hos...
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'We are really, totally at odds on this;' Roskam, Casten sharply disagree on 2017 tax lawSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - Whethe> the changes from 2017's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act help or hurt suburban residents in the 6th Congressional District is the defining disagreement between the two can...
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What a 'silver tsunami' of retiring Baby Boomer business owners could mean for workersSep 09, 2018 1:07 am - A little-noticed measure in the recently signed defense spending bill aims to address the widening wealth divide between workers and the owners or top executives who man...
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Testimony of the tell-alls describes danger we faceSep 09, 2018 1:00 am - One of the major problems with President Donald Trump's impulsivity is its utter predictability. A recent Op-Ed in The New York Times by an anonymous administration offi...
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Editorial: Justice Department must operate free from political influenceSep 08, 2018 2:00 pm - It's not just a matter of political judgment that should deter President Donald Trump from his efforts to bend the U.S. Justice Department to his political will. It's a ...