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DeVos: Picking schools should be like picking Uber, Lyft, or taxis
The Trump University fraud case comes to a close
If the White House spied on the FBI, there’s a problem
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.31.17
Trump keeps expanding his son-in-law’s policy portfolio
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s isolation is a problem
Chaffetz explains his indifference towards Trump’s alleged corruption
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the darndest things
Devin Nunes has some explaining to do
Fired Trump aide seeks immunity deal, jolting political world
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 3.30.17
White House accused of having direct role in Devin Nunes’ leak
GOP lawmaker: House Intel chairman ‘works for the president’
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.30.17
Trump has seen the enemy and it is the House Freedom Caucus
The Republican war on science intensifies in the Trump era
Paul Ryan accidentally tells the truth, rejects bipartisanship
When it comes to Trump’s vow to build a wall, read the fine print
In North Carolina, the end of an error?
Trump prefers to keep power (literally) inside the family
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 3.29.17
Republicans take new steps to keep Trump’s tax returns secret
The Supreme Court fight stands at a crossroads
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.29.17
It’s a little late for Trump to try reaching out to Democrats
Why Trump is suddenly eager to cut funding for medical research
Trump’s ‘big’ jobs announcement points to Obama-era success story
House Intelligence Chair’s antics generate bipartisan criticism
Republicans roll back the clock on Internet privacy protections
Trump’s lawyers try to shield him from sexual misconduct lawsuit
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 3.28.17
Targeting climate policy, Trump makes a promise he can’t keep
Did the White House try to block the former A.G. from testifying?
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.28.17
Trump wants a Russia investigation … directed at Clinton
Republicans can’t even agree on whether to give up on health care
Republican failure in DC changes the game on Medicaid expansion
Is the House Intelligence chairman trying to discredit himself?
As his presidency falters, Trump’s support hits new lows
With Trump, the buck always stops anywhere but with him
Before his strange announcement, Intel chair went to the White House
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.27.17
For GOP, fallout from health care fiasco is just getting started
Trump giving broad new powers to his inexperienced son-in-law
Trump keeps demanding credit for Obama’s successes
Following failure, Paul Ryan’s reputation may never be the same
On public policy, Trump combines ignorance and indifference
In the wake of failure, Republicans eager to push tax cuts
Donald ‘The Closer’ Trump didn’t know how to close the deal
Republicans give up on controversial, unpopular health plan
Republican vows to ‘explain’ health care plan after it passes
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.24.17
When a Republican investigator needs to be investigated
Trump’s conflict-of-interest troubles come roaring back
White House has some bad advice for women seeking maternity care
White House finding new ways to throw Manafort under the bus
Team Trump preemptively distances itself from flailing health bill
Republicans find a way to make a bad health care plan even worse
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 3.23.17
House Republicans cancel vote on controversial health care bill
Americans reject Republican health plan in striking numbers
Where things stand with the Republican health care bill
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.23.17
New poll shows Trump slipping further, even among Republicans
Trump’s ability to separate fact from fiction is evaporating
Dems take aim at Wall Street lawyer before he oversees Wall Street
White House struggles with questions about the Russia scandal
House Intel chair trashes what’s left of his credibility
Key Dem points to evidence of collusion between Russia, Team Trump
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 3.22.17
Trump’s former campaign chair worked to ‘benefit’ Putin’s government
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.22.17
McConnell prepares for the ‘conclusion’ of the health care fight
Mattis is proving to be far too responsible for some in the GOP
Despite White House claims, our ‘military superiority’ is clear
The Republican health care plan is actually worse than nothing
When a president simply lies too much
FBI probe into Team Trump casts cloud over Supreme Court process
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 3.21.17
Ivanka Trump gains unprecedented new powers in the White House
Republicans can’t defend their health care bill on the merits
Gorsuch nomination creates important test for Senate Democrats
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.21.17
Republicans hope the ‘Buffalo Bribe’ can make a difference
Reince Priebus’ FBI contacts suddenly look even worse
Trump picks the wrong slogan: ‘Promises made, promises kept’
Republicans scramble to rescue flailing health care bill
Russia scandal leaves a ‘big, gray cloud’ over Trump, Republicans
Spicer tries to distance Trump from top members of his campaign team
FBI’s Comey confirms investigation into Team Trump’s Russia ties
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.20.17
Trump doesn’t understand NATO nearly as well as he thinks he does
Trump borrows from Obama for nation’s ‘new’ ISIS plan
GOP senator acknowledges Americans’ ‘right’ to health care
Tillerson: ‘I’m not a big media press access person’
Trump and his team don’t want to talk about his golf game
Donald Trump is running out of foreign leaders to alienate
Republicans’ concerns about the deficit quietly disappear
Trump supporter credits him with ‘Obamacare’ benefits
Voters in urban areas discover what they ‘have to lose’ under Trump
A rare ally of the GOP health care plan has its own motivations
Beleaguered Secretary of State raises stakes with North Korean warning
Trump’s budget director develops the wrong kind of reputation
Questions surrounding Trump’s wiretap conspiracy theory grow louder
A painful lesson as Donald Trump’s words are put into action
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 3.16.17
Trump doesn’t deny punishing his base with his health care plan
Trump may have blurted out classified information
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.16.17
GOP takes one step forward, two steps back on climate crisis
Trump’s border-wall dream moves forward, but not with Mexican money
Republicans shouldn’t count on the economy to bolster Trump
New polling: Americans are unimpressed with GOP health care plan
Trump’s defense of his wiretap conspiracy theory goes horribly awry
As Muslim ban flops again, Team Trump is its own worst enemy
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 3.15.17
Trump declares end to non-existent ‘assault’ on US auto industry
One of Trump’s top allies questions validity of wiretap allegations
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.15.17
Military progress in Mosul leaves Trump in an awkward position
Ryan is eager to share credit (and blame) for GOP health care bill
On Team Trump, influence of the ‘Inhofe brigade’ matters
‘Mortally wounded’ Republican health plan starts moving backwards
Despite campaign promises, Trump adds another Goldman Sachs vet
Obtained tax documents shed new light on Donald Trump’s finances
Drug Distributors’ Responses to Cabell County, WV Lawsuit
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 3.14.17
Republicans consider the subtle nuances of the word ‘everybody’
Paul Ryan won’t escape blame for failing on health care
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.14.17
Ready for the next fight over the debt ceiling?
On health care, Republicans find themselves lost without a map
As health care debate intensifies, GOP takes aim at empiricism
Remember those Medicare ‘cuts’ Republicans deemed outrageous?
Why the White House isn’t sharing health care numbers of its own
Official report exposes GOP health care promises as falsehoods
White House’s Conway: ‘I’m not in the job of having evidence’
Steve King’s racially charged comments put Republicans on the spot
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.13.17
Republicans declare ‘war on their own voters’ with health care plan
GOP plan would be ‘a major retreat’ in addressing addiction crisis
Trump’s budget chief thinks Obama admin ‘manipulated’ jobs data
Mike Pence’s falsehoods start catching up with him
GOP congressman sees ‘shadow government’ conspiracy involving Obama
GOP can’t keep its story straight on taking people’s insurance away
White House’s claims about Flynn are falling apart under scrutiny
Trump sparks new controversy with U.S. Attorney dismissals
White House: Job totals were ‘phony,’ but they’re ‘very real now’
Freedom Caucus member points to emergency rooms for uninsured
Putting an end to the debate about the GOP as a ‘governing party’
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.10.17
In the Russia scandal, many key players have bad memories
Republicans take aim at men paying for prenatal care
To get what they want, Republicans learn to play Trump against Ryan
Republicans take aim at Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeepers
New jobs data shows 2017 is off to a strong start
Why did Trump put a former foreign agent in a key security post?
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 3.9.17
Trump’s climate-denying EPA chief makes matters worse
Paul Ryan flubs the basic idea behind insurance
Sessions considers special counsel, but not for Trump
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.9.17
Conservative senator to House GOP: ‘Start over’ on health care
Trump appoints a colorful bunch to fill official ‘beachhead teams’
White House isn’t on board with the ‘Trumpcare’ label
Kansas’ Brownback poised to jump to Team Trump
Republicans’ health care plan has already run out of friends
New details put the spotlight back on Trump’s Russia scandal
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 3.8.17
AG Jeff Sessions can’t shake Russia controversy
Trump’s budget chief: Health insurance is ‘not really the end goal’
Paying for Trump’s dubious immigration goals isn’t easy (or cheap)
Republicans face resistance from hospitals, doctors, and seniors
CDC funding in the crosshairs in new Republican health plan
Republicans don’t want to talk about their health plan’s tax cuts
Republicans struggle with their own deep divisions over health care
Trump betrays those who believed his health care promises
By pointing to piles of paper, Spicer makes the worst argument of all
Chaffetz tries and fails to defend the Republican health care plan
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.7.17
Republican health care plans break new ground in hypocrisy
Trump’s Obama obsession isn’t doing the White House any favors
Steve Bannon believed Joe McCarthy’s crusade was right
When Team Trump and Big Oil are (literally) on the same page
Ben Carson has some unfortunate ideas about immigration, slavery
After seven years of effort, Republicans unveil a woeful health bill
White House undercuts its own arguments with new Muslim ban
On Trump’s wiretap allegations, White House’s defenses don’t add up
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.6.17
Donald Trump’s most important friend in Congress
Team Trump tries to pacify its ‘raging mad’ president
Following Sessions’ Mar-a-Lago appearance, new ethics questions arise
When Trump has questions, far-right media gives him answers
Comey, Justice Department at odds over Trump’s bizarre claims
Trump targets Obama with wild-eyed wiretapping conspiracy theory
Exclusive: Trump admin. plans expanded immigrant detention
Trump desperately tries to move the Russia scandal’s goalposts
Trump’s vision of a ‘great wall’ starts to look like a mirage
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.3.17
Sessions dissembles on basic details of Trump’s Russia scandal
Trump wants to talk about who’s ‘lost their grip on reality’
Trump’s promises about American steel come with deceptive fine print
Lawmakers launch a ‘treasure hunt’ to find secret GOP health bill
Pence’s email controversy is everything his critics could’ve hoped for
Team Trump’s Russian communications come into sharper focus
TRMS Exclusive: DHS document undermines Trump case for travel ban
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 3.2.17
Sessions recuses himself from investigation into Trump, Russia scandal
House Republicans help shield Trump from scrutiny
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.2.17
Republican officials take aim at progressive protests
Trump’s claims about Yemen raid run into conflicting evidence
Republicans start to sweat over Atlanta special election
Team Obama took steps to protect intel on Team Trump’s Russia ties
House Republicans moving forward with ‘secret’ health care plan
Jeff Sessions faces resignation calls following Russia revelations
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 3.1.17
There’s no reason for style to triumph over substance
White House drops the pretense on the politics of Trump’s Muslim ban
Special elections continue to deliver good news for Democrats
The most outrageous of Donald Trump’s bogus employment statistics
Ignoring the evidence, Trump pushes school voucher scheme
Trump’s false start on immigration leaves everyone guessing
Trump puts deadly Yemen mission back in the spotlight
Reality continues to dog Trump during his first address to Congress