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Trump’s losses in drug pricing battle should be free market wake-up call to him

President Donald Trump Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Trump administration lost two key battles in the span of 48 hours in its fight to get prescription drug prices down. But it can still win the war by...

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Illinois Democrat and ex-ICE chief spar at hearing about child migrants

Rep. Jesus Garcia and the former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director, Thomas Homan, got into a testy exchange Friday during a House hearing. In it, Garcia, the Illinois Democrat,...

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Jeffrey Epstein met in jail with Alan Dershowitz, Bill Clinton pal

Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photograph of Jeffrey Epstein as he announces the financier’s charges of sex trafficking of minors and...

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House Progressive Caucus leader: Pelosi comments about AOC, others weren’t...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, suggested Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hurt the progressive cause when she downplayed the influence of...

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Jeffrey Epstein worth at least $500 million

Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is worth more than $500 million, federal...

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Hillary Clinton attacks Trump over tweet aimed at progressive congresswomen

Hillary Clinton on Sunday took President Trump to task over a criticized tweet where he called on progressive congresswomen to go back to the “crime infested” countries they came from, fix the...

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Steven Mnuchin says debt ceiling deal with Congress is getting closer

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks on regulatory issues associated with crypto currency in the briefing room at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2019. Nicholas Kamm | AFP |...

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Sanders slams Biden, says he was ‘wrong big time’ on Iraq War

In some of his most forceful criticism to date against 2020 Democratic rival Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders said he has some “pretty significant” policy differences with the former vice president as...

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Claudia Tenney leans toward running for House seat she lost in 2018

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is interviewed in her Cannon Building office on March 7, 2018. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Former Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney is leaning toward...

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House votes to kill Rep. Al Green’s resolution to impeach Trump

The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to set aside a resolution by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, to introduce article of impeachment against President Trump – the third time the Houston-area...

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Elizabeth Warren unveils regulations targeting private equity industry

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, as well as three other Democratic Presidential hopefuls Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Gov. Jay Inslee and react to questions during the Daily Kos/Netroots Nation candidate forum, at...

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Capitol police meet with members of political ‘squad’ about safety concerns

Congressional security officials have met with all four members of the “squad,” comprising Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rashida Tlaib,...

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Trump 2020 campaign selling 10 plastic straws for $15

The Trump campaign is selling plastic Trump straws for $15 a pack. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI | AFP | Getty Images There was the Jeb Bush guacamole bowl. Then, the “Grillary Clinton ” kitchen apron. Now,...

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Dem governors fear down-ballot impact of 2020 candidates’ far-left positions:...

Democratic governors are sounding the alarm that the increasingly far-left positions taken by the party’s 2020 presidential candidates are harming electoral chances of down-ballot candidates. The...

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Trump called Kanye, says he will call Swedish prime minister about A$AP Rocky

Rapper A$AP Rocky performs onstage during Breakout Festival 2019 at PNE Amphitheatre on June 15, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. Andrew Chin | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday said he will...

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Booker dodges question about spokesperson’s Biden ‘senate judiciary hearing’...

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker was unable on Sunday to clarify a tweet his spokesman sent out about former Vice President Joe Biden getting “his own Senate Judiciary Hearing.” The...

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Jeffrey Epstein stay in Florida jail under investigation

Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. Patrick McMullan | Getty Images The supervision that Jeffrey Epstein, now accused of child sex trafficking, received from...

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Trump announces ‘real compromise’ on budget deal with congressional leaders

The Trump administration and congressional leaders, including Democrats, have reached a critical debt and budget agreement that all but eliminates the risk of another government shut down this fall —...

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Hawaii’s tourism industry latest victim of US-China trade fight

The pool at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore. Amanda Macias | CNBC KAWELA BAY, HI — A growing cloud of economic anxiety is looming over Hawaii, as the ongoing trade war between the world’s two...

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House overwhelmingly OKs resolution opposing Israel boycott in rare...

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan resolution Tuesday opposing an international effort to boycott Israel as Democrats try to tamp down increasingly heated political...

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