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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 $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 ...
President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday in the Oval Office that the White House had “reached a deal” with Harvard, before cautioning that the agreement had not been finalized. “All you have ...