The Legislature’s Schedule Works Only For The Most Powerful
To be effective and competent at the Legislature, legislators and their staff need time to gather knowledge, analyze it, ...
Trump’s Russian rapprochement, Mars musing and DOGE dividends. And is the gold gone? It’s Week 5
President Donald Trump’s fifth week in office included a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward Russia, firing the country’s ...
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Why Democrats Will Probably Shut Down the Government Soon
Despite their apparent powerlessness, Democrats can block appropriations measures with a Senate filibuster, as they could in ...
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Democrats' Hypocrisy on Defense Spending Exposed by Trump
Democrats Flip on Defense Spending Amid Trump’s Reforms** In a stunning display of political hypocrisy, Democrats are performing a complete reversal of the ...
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Germany’s Shallow Reckoning With Its Nazi Past
Last month, banking conglomerate Credit Suisse made headlines for being investigated by the US Senate Budget Committee. The bank is suspected to have systematically laundered money for the German ...
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Week in Review: S.C. groups call on feds to protect Medicaid, SNAP
More than 50 social service groups are calling on South Carolina’s U.S. senators and members of Congress  to reject House G.O ...
GOP Split on Medicaid Imperils Trump’s Tax-Cut Plans
President Trump cautioned House Republicans crafting a budget framework about cutting Medicaid, with some seeing a juicy ...
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‘Trump likes winners’: How John Thune manages the Senate and Donald Trump
Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune convened his leadership team to ...
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In a supposedly boring session, General Assembly tackles some big issues
It was a session when the high cost of housing and closely linked issues of local government powers took central stage, as ...
Dead Or Alive? With A Week To Go, Some Sunshine Bills Are Teetering
A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public support.
Budget battles and the lopsided lineup seeking statewide office: Thomas Suddes
One-party rule imperils Ohioans’ wallets and their state’s treasury (think House Bill 6, the FirstEnergy bailout, or the ...
In war against DEI in science, researchers see collateral damage
According to the committee report, concepts related to race, gender, societal status, as well as social and environmental ...