“U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students are struggling with reading comprehension with last year’s nationwide testing showing the worst results in over two decades,” Bloomberg reports.
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White House Mulls New Ways to Seize Spending Power
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‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Headed This Way
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Down on the Democrats
Aaron Blake: “A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday had this stunning finding: While Americans were about evenly split in their views of the Republican Party (43% favorable to 45% unfavorable), negative views…
Senate May Jam House with Two Bill Approach
“Down in Florida on Wednesday, House Republicans tried to coalesce around a plan to pass ‘one big, beautiful bill.’ Meanwhile, up in Washington, Senate Republicans are ready to go with…
Who’s Writing Trump’s Executive Orders?
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Trump Tests Local Control of Schools
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Tulsi Gabbard Doesn’t Have the Votes Yet
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Key Trump Officials Blindsided by ‘Buyout’ Proposal
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Democrats Find Their Voice
“President Donald Trump’s flurry of actions in his first week knocked Democrats back on their heels, dividing the party on how to respond to major parts of his agenda and…
FBI Overhaul Off to a Rocky Start
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Trump Tests the Limits of His Power
“President Trump abruptly fired dozens of officials in the past few days — including inspectors general, a member of the National Labor Relations Board and career prosecutors — in ways…
Inside 45 Hours of Chaos
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Trump Lashes Out at the Federal Reserve
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X Scrambles to Settle with Trump
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Pelosi Backs Ben Wikler for DNC Chair
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wading into DNC chair race, throwing her weight behind Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, Politico reports. Save to Favorites
Fetterman Says RFK Jr.’s Nomination Is In Trouble
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who was thought to be open to voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, now says the…