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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Hillary's Book Tour: A 2016 Gut Check
The rollout of Hard Choices is widely being interpreted as a prelude to a presidential run, but it might really be a trial run to see how voters would react on the trail.
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National Journal Inside the White House's Last-Minute Blitz for Global-Warming Rule Support
The administration is looking for help as it prepares for a massive conservative backlash.
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Gage Skidmore/Flickr 2 Unorthodox GOP Candidates Struggle for Traction
GOP mandarins say the party needs people like Dan Innis and Marilinda Garcia. Yet the establishment isn't giving the New Hampshire congressional hopefuls much help.
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Jason Reed/Reuters Why Benghazi Will Never Go Away
Speaker John Boehner announced he'll appoint a select committee to investigate the 2012 terrorist attacks.
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National Journal Chelsea Clinton Is Pregnant
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Mike Segar/Reuters Why New York Democrats Have Turned Against Andrew Cuomo
After initial moves on gun control and gay marriage, the governor is drawing fire for not taking up more progressive stands.
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National Journal Inside Washington
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Jason Reed/Reuters Why the Presidential Race Starts Earlier Every Cycle
It's not your imagination—but you should blame the candidates, not the media.
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Yuri Gripas/Reuters The Hillary Clinton–Industrial Complex
She hasn't announced she's running and the election is years away, but dozens of PACs, super PACs, and websites—often with unclear goals or strategies—are springing up.
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Gage Skidmore/Flickr Is Dr. Ben Carson the Answer for Republicans in 2016?
The physician hasn't said he's running, but a group of ardent fans is trying to lay down a groundwork and start fundraising.
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Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Is Hillary Clinton Stunting the Democratic Party's Development?
If the party looks back to the 1990s with its presidential nominee, it could be bad news for the rising generation of leaders.
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Reuters The Invisible Progressive Primary Against Hillary Clinton
The left doesn't expect to defeat her if she runs for the Democratic nomination—so it's trying to co-opt her instead.
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Getty Images Obama Flips Out About All the Golf Balls at Costco
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-Gate or -Ghazi? Toward a Unified Theory of Scandal-Naming
Very few scandals rise near the level of Watergate. We need a new term for these sub-gate scandals.
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Flickr How to Name a Scandal: What is a '- Gate' and What Is a '-Ghazi'?
Once-powerful suffixes are now used for everything from partisan squabbles to appalling crimes.
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GOP How Republicans Learned to Love PolitiFact
Hating on the fact-checking site was a favorite conservative pastime—until it named President Obama's promise about healthcare plans the lie of they year.
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How Republicans Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PolitiFact
It's more than a bit ironic to see conservatives touting PolitiFact as a trusted arbiter of truth considering they've spent the past four years trying to discredit the site as untrustworthy and biased.
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Gage Skidmore The Myth That Congress Doesn't Work Hard
Forget the headlines and late-night jokes. Your representatives work 60 to 70 hours a week, whether they're in Washington or back home.
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National Journal Why Does the Homeland Security Department Still Employ This Black Nationalist?
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DHS Still Hasn't Fired the Black Supremacist Who Called for Mass Murder of Whites
Almost four months after he was unmasked as a militant black nationalist who called for murdering "Uncle Tom race traitors," Ayo Kimathi is still employed.
