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On Oct. 20, 1973, U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned, and ...
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The Supreme Court Is Creating a King

Congress is barely functional these days. One reason is that Republicans control both chambers and are consciously ceding their power to President Donald Trump. Other structural factors, like ...
The White House is standing firm in its position that there will be no negotiations with Democrats while the government remains shut down. Republican leadership has said such discussions could take ...
The $200 million construction project is privately funded, so it's unaffected by the shutdown that began on Oct. 1 McCrery Architects/The White House; Chip Somodevilla/Getty The U.S. government shut ...