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Senator Cantwell: Trump budget ‘dead on arrival’
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, unveiled Tuesday, “is dead on arrival” in…
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Senator Murray blasts Trump budget: ‘Handouts to the wealthy’
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) said Tuesday that President Trump’s proposed budget for 2018 includes draconian cuts to…
Opinion
Trump in Saudi Arabia: With Friends Like These | Mel Gurtov
Donald Trump seems to be more popular in Saudi Arabia than in the United States.
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Hostage to the rules of espionage | Robert C. Koehler
“Trump emphasized the need to work together to end the conflict in Syria” … and “emphasized his desire…
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Yet Another Impeachable Offense | Dick Polman
Forgive my frequent references to Richard Nixon. It’s just eerie how his impeachable behavior is being replicated by…
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The GOP’s Faustian Bargain with Trump | John L. Micek
Here’s how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., handled the news that President Donald Trump had leaked classified…
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Watergate II? A Scenario for Trump’s Resignation | Mel Gurtov
“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” said Donald…
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Senator Murray reacts to appointment of special prosecutor in Russia investigation
U.S. Senator Patty Murray said the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as a special…
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Senator Murray seeks independent investigation
Senator Patty Murray continued her call Wednesday for an independent investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 Election.
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Senator Cantwell reacts to Mueller appointment
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) issued the following statement in response to news that former FBI Director Robert…
Opinion
Trump’s 16th week in office | In cartoons
Sweet 16? It was for cartoonists across the country, and around the globe, as President Trump marked his…
Opinion
Our Imperiled Democracy | Mel Gurtov
Ambitious national political leaders invariably face a problem: How to get things done in the face of competing…
Opinion
President Braggadocio Fires a Showboat | Raging Moderate
The firing of FBI Director James Comey by the president of the United States slammed Washington with the…