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Perry Bacon
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Are bipartisan efforts on criminal justice reform at an impasse?
Bipartisan enthusiasm for reform in America’s criminal justice system has waned, halting movement on an issue the president considers part of his legacy.
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Obama jumps into 2016, blasts Trump proposals as ‘crazy’
President Obama aggressively defended his policies and blasted Donald Trump, calling one of the real estate mogul’s proposals “crazy.”
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Huge split between older and younger blacks in the Democratic primary
African-Americans have been sharply divided along age lines during the Democratic primary.
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Six things to watch in Kentucky and Oregon primaries
Hillary Clinton continues to move ever closer to clinching the Democratic nomination, but Bernie Sanders could get more victories in his column on Tuesday.
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Four things we learned from Trump’s visit to the Hill
Donald Trump’s series of meetings Thursday with top GOP officials didn’t result in a healing in the rift between the presumptive nominee and some leaders.
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Why Republicans on Capitol Hill are so wary of Donald Trump
To embrace Donald Trump or not embrace Donald Trump? That is the question many Republicans and their leaders are wrestling with.
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‘An enormous deal’: A look at Hillary Clinton’s promise of a cabinet full of women
Clinton’s pledge to appoint a cabinet in which at least half of the members are women would profoundly shift the look of the people who govern America.
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In Kentucky, anti-Trump forces again dominate delegate selection
Kentucky Republicans selected 25 delegates to the national convention on Saturday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell played a large role.
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For Trump, Tubman on $20 bill illustrates broader American problem
“Maybe we do the $2 bill or we do another bill,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said, decrying the change as “pure political correctness.”
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Trump’s unpopularity could put GOP House control In danger
The path for Democrats to win the House is steep and complicated, but plausible, particularly if Donald Trump emerges as the GOP presidential nominee