Nancy Pelosi Is Winning
She beat George W. Bush on Social Security privatization, and she’ll beat Trump on the wall.
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A lawsuit to block the border wall could go the route the House GOP took in 2014 to challenge Obamacare.
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Mimi Leder, best known as one of the great TV directors, talks about her new Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic and why it took so long to return to the big screen.
Don’t Blame the Government Shutdown for SpaceX Delays
The impasse in Washington hasn’t yet threatened a significant milestone in the American space program.
Cambodian Deportees Return to a 'Home' They've Never Known
America is deporting Cambodian refugees convicted of crimes. Did the U.S. have a responsibility to help them when they first arrived as refugees?
The President’s Big-Mac Feast Was Politically Savvy
The fast-food dinner Trump hosted was also an argument: about government, about political messaging, about himself.
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Why Did the Border Patrol Union Switch Its Position on the Wall?
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