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Harris’ First Biden Event Shows How Politics Has Changed

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Kamala Harris and Beau Biden

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Middle-Class Voters Slip From Trump’s Grip

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Trump Lays Dangerous Trap for Democrats

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Republicans Go All-In on Kanye West Campaign

Republicans with ties to Trump’s re-election are openly working to put rapper Kanye West on swing states’ ballots to pull votes from Biden.

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Washington Grinds To a Halt on Pandemic Relief

There are times when everyone in Washington puts their best face forward and projects optimism. As unemployment insurance drops out from under millions of Americans, evictions are no longer banned and even post offices have...

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GOP Dodges Trouble With Marshall's Kansas Win

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to bed Tuesday night with one less fear of losing his gavel, his grip on power threatened by one fewer fringy contender. As Kansans cast their ballots in the...

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McConnell Says Local Budget Offices Are Hoarding Cash

It was one of those comments that stops Washington insiders cold in their tracks. On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was telling an interviewer that his home state of Kentucky — among the worst...

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Unemployment Aid Doesn’t Encourage Workers to Stay Home

In almost every political fight, you can count on one thing: the creation of a stereotype that can summon critics’ outrage and make its defense indefensible. Ronald Reagan’s 1976 bid for the White House introduced...

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Obama: The Best Way to Honor Lewis? Ditch the Filibuster

When Barack Obama strode to the front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s one-time church in Atlanta to eulogize Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, few expected the take-away to be his...

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Big Tech Faces Overdue Grilling in Congress

When the heads of four of the biggest tech companies lined up for a WebEx grilling from members of the U.S. House on Wednesday, there was something decidedly retro about the whole affair. It’s as...

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Republicans Add New FBI H.Q. In Pandemic Relief Package

Back in March, Republicans summoned all of their outrage when Democrats tried to attach money for voter protection, airline air quality standards and clean-energy incentives to Congress’ most recent coronavirus relief package. Now, four months...

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Congress Is Nowhere Near a Deal on a New Relief Package

There’s a whiff of bad improv in Washington right now as White House officials, their allies across government and fellow Republicans who control the Senate seem to be vamping their way to a trillion-dollar package...

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Trump Looks For Votes in the '70s Suburbs

The White House’s move this week to eliminate a fair housing rule seems like it came out of left field — until you take a look at the rhetoric behind President Donald Trump’s re-election bid....

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Fauci Shows Washington How to Win With Facts

In a city famous for studied misdirection, cynical spin and outright lies, there’s one man who has refused to play the typical Washington games. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy...

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Congress Moves to Remove Confederate Names from Bases

It looks like military bases honoring the memories of Confederate figures are going to need some new names at the front gates. The only questions remaining are whether it takes one year to rename the...

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Trump Steps Back Into Coronavirus Spotlight

Facing lagging poll numbers and dwindling public confidence, President Trump is restarting the regular coronavirus briefings

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How America's Crises Have Hit One Ohio Town

Welcome to The D.C. Brief, the rebooted newsletter from TIME’s Washington Bureau. In this space, we are going to take our collected experience and deep reporting and offer a place for our readers to come...

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