Australia and the U.S. Are Old Allies. China’s Rise Changes the Equation.
Economic geography is proving more significant than historical alliances. from NYT > Politics https://nyti.ms/2WCM8xE
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Sunday, 12 May 2019
‘So Help Me God’ No More: Democrats Give House Traditions a Makeover
The Democrats running the House are changing things, including sometimes omitting words from the swearing-in oath, and some Republicans are ...
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On Politics: The Biggest Stories of the Week
It’s been a busy week in American politics. Here are some of the stories you might have missed. from NYT > Politics https://nyti.ms/2Lx...
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Trump Sees a China Trade Deal Through a New Prism: The 2020 Election
The president’s recent statements suggest he now believes that demonstrating his toughness with China and walking away from a deal might wel...
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Pentagon Builds Deterrent Force Against Possible Iranian Attack
The Defense Department is deploying an antimissile battery, a limited step taken in part because an intelligence analysis concluded that Ira...
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Is Andrew Yang ‘Too Nice’ to Beat President Trump?
He faced the question again in New Hampshire as Kamala Harris and Joe Biden were ratcheting up their attacks on the president. from NYT ...
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White House Memo: Trump Usually Keeps Loyalists Close. But There Are Some Things He Can’t Forgive.
In President Trump’s world, most sins are eventually forgiven except for one — profiting from his name. from NYT > Politics https://nyt...
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Pentagon Shifts $1.5 Billion to Border Wall From Afghan War Budget and Other Military Projects
The newest shift in money is in addition to the $1 billion that the Defense Department transferred to wall construction in March from the Ar...
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White House Asked McGahn to Declare Trump Never Obstructed Justice
Two requests by presidential advisers show how far the White House has gone to try to push back on accusations that the president obstructed...
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House Ways and Means Chairman Subpoenas Trump Tax Returns
Richard E. Neal, the panel’s chairman, dropped his use of a century-old provision in the tax code and instead used a more common instrument ...
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HUD Says Its Proposed Limit on Public Housing Aid Could Displace 55,000 Children
The proposal, published on Friday, would prohibit families with at least one undocumented immigrant from obtaining public housing benefits. ...
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Mueller Will Not Testify Next Week, but Democrats Are Not Giving Up
“He will come at some point,” said Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. “If necessary, ...
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Monday, 6 May 2019
Trump Objects to Mueller Testifying Before Congress
The stance put the president at odd with Democrats and his own attorney general, setting up another confrontation over presidential authorit...
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In Tiger Woods, Trump Finds a Hero and a Business Opportunity
The president has long cheered on Mr. Woods, who will receive the Medal of Freedom on Monday. But he has also cultivated the golfer as a cel...
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Trump Names Mark Morgan, Former Head of Border Patrol, to Lead ICE
Mr. Morgan led the Border Patrol during the last months of the Obama administration, but he has expressed agreement with many of President T...
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Asked if a Woman Can Win, 2020 Candidates Offer an Easy Answer: ‘I Have’
While the “must defeat Trump” calculus has largely buoyed male presidential candidates, several women in the Democratic field have a track r...
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On Politics: Trump Says Mueller Should Not Testify
The president said that Robert Mueller’s report was conclusive, and that Congress and the American people did not need to hear from him. f...
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Citing Iranian Threat, U.S. Sends Carrier Group and Bombers to Persian Gulf
John R. Bolton, the White House national security adviser, announced the deployment on Sunday night. He and other officials have pushed anti...
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Will China’s Uighur Detentions Spur U.S. Sanctions? Pompeo Won’t Say
The secretary of state’s remarks were another sign of the administration’s paralysis on imposing sanctions, as some American officials fear ...
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Trump Says Kentucky Derby Ruling Was ‘Not a Good One’
The president tweeted that to disqualify the first-place finisher and name a different winner could happen “only in these days of political ...
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