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How to Take Down Trump
When it comes to tamping down excitement, Robert Mueller is a genius. He soldiered on through two much-anticipated House committee hearings, full of politicians eager to make a splash. The result was ... muted.The Biden Sort-Of Lovefest
One of the great political themes of the Democratic presidential campaign is how much everybody loves Joe Biden.Where the Girls Aren't
It is possible that you didn’t know a 24-year-old black woman started the integration of the New York City mass transit system in 1854. It’s a very good story that involves some kicking and screaming, a ruined hat and a future president of the United States.What Do You Think About Beto?
Beto O’Rourke went to Iowa to start running for president. I know you have a lot of important questions.Let's Destroy Robocalls
Congress may have found an issue that all Americans can rally around.The Answer Is Blowin' in the Wind
Your challenge for today is to build your own Green New Deal.Surprise! It's Not Guns, It's the ...
Perhaps you missed it, but this week the House of Representatives held its first hearing on gun violence in eight years.How to Talk Presidential
Cory Booker is running for president. That makes nine announced candidates for the Democratic primary, and if you add everyone The New York Times lists from “likely” to “might,” you’re up to 22.Why Trump Still Likes Rudy
There are a lot of theories about why Rudy Giuliani is still Donald Trump’s lawyer. Maybe his crazed, contradictory rantings are a canny plot to confuse the public about what’s actually going on with the president’s Russia-connection scandal.How not to insult Trump
As the whole world now knows, the president was widely denounced for saying a quartet of young minority congresswomen, known as the squad, should go back to “the crime infested places from which they came.”
Trump doesn't know about labor
Explanation: It was a good deal. You know how this administration feels about good deals.
Big night for Dems? It's debatable
Inadequate excuses for missing the Democratic presidential debates:
Trump's running again, still
Relax. Everything political is interesting right now.
Corn as high as Donald Trump's tie
Trump himself was in Council Bluffs, trying to make sure nobody could forget about his existence for a single second, bragging about his devotion to farmers and calling Biden “Sleepy Joe.”
Trump's bridges to nowhere
By now, we’re used to being weirded out by Donald Trump. But the latest meltdown was something special. And it started with ... infrastructure. Who knew?
Donald Trump, king of the losers
Hard to believe, but it seems Donald Trump was an even worse businessman than we thought.
Welcome to spring quiz
Hey, winter’s over. Think of this quiz as a current-events spring fling:
Biden joins the really big crowd
OK, see how many Democratic presidential candidates you can name.
Politics lost in translations
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a president who could speak another language?
Trump chooses no choice
It’s only a matter of time before some state passes a law prohibiting women from getting abortions after the second week of pregnancy.
