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Trump's Bob Corker tirade encapsulates why Trump has failed at governing Oct 09, 2017

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Donald Trump’s escalating feud with Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, captures in miniature why he’s been ineffective during his first nine months as president.

Baseball is a salve for our national wounds Oct 06, 2017

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A love letter about the game as the playoffs begin in Washington.

It's all about the base Oct 05, 2017

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The Virginia governor’s race is a base election, and Ed Gillespie has a problem with his base. A new Virginia poll shows why Gillespie is fighting the culture wars.

Why a Republican strategist thinks we’re in a new Gilded Age Oct 04, 2017

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Everywhere he looks, Republican strategist and lobbyist Bruce Mehlman sees “eerie” parallels between the Gilded Age and today. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear part of James' conversation with Mehlman on what those parallels are.

How politics may (or may not) change after the Las Vegas shooting Oct 03, 2017

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The horror in Las Vegas may not dramatically change the debate about guns. But the response to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, which has left at least 59 dead and hundreds more wounded, reveals a great deal about our politics.

Trump’s tweets make matters worse in Puerto Rico and North Korea Oct 02, 2017

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If Donald Trump doesn’t have anything presidential to say, maybe he shouldn’t say anything at all.

Tom Price’s charter flights in perspective Sep 29, 2017

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Is this a distraction from what should be the bigger scandals?

Influx of Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria could tip Florida toward Democrats Sep 28, 2017

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Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans are expected to permanently move into Florida as the result of Hurricane Maria. That could tip the swingiest of swing states toward the Democrats.

A Senate that's coming apart Sep 27, 2017

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Roy Moore’s victory and Bob Corker’s retirement are fresh indicators of a Senate that’s coming apart.

Trump’s plutocracy problem complicates push for tax cuts Sep 26, 2017

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The dichotomy between what the president promises his tax plan will do and what’s he’s planning to unveil on Wednesday is just the latest example of the president’s actions not backing up his rhetoric.

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