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The 10 Senate seats most likely to switch parties in 2018: October edition
President Donald Trump is an influential figure all over the 2018 Senate map. The problem for Republicans: He doesn’t seem interested in using his power for the party’s good.
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CNN poll: Trump approval steady, but more say he’s leading in the wrong direction
President Donald Trump’s approval rating holds steady in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but that overall stability belies declining views on how things are going in the country today.
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How Trump is negotiating like a hostage-taker
As a candidate, Donald Trump sold himself as a deal maker. As president, he’s governing more as a hostage taker.
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Post-Maria, Trump’s approval rating on hurricanes down 20 points
President Donald Trump’s approval rating for handling the federal government’s response to recent hurricanes has dropped 20 points in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Donald Trump was for Steve Bannon before he was against him
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Trump claims he and McConnell are ‘closer than ever before,’ despite Bannon’s primary war
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is scheduled to have lunch Monday afternoon with President Donald Trump after a tumultuous several months in which Trump has attacked the Senate’s Republican leader by name and the President’s former adviser Steven Bannon has threatened all-out war on rank-and-file Republicans up for re-election.
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Trump: We’re looking ‘very, very strongly’ at welfare reform
President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will start to consider reforming the welfare system in the United States, saying that some people are “taking advantage of the system.”
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Congress week ahead: Republican plans for tax reform faces key Senate vote
The Republican push for a broad tax overhaul faces a critical test this week as senators must approve a budget bill that would clear the way for tax reform to pass the Senate with just GOP support.
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Washington is turning against the US Senate
Some conservatives in the House of Representatives believe they’ve found a way to shield themselves from loss in 2018: run against the US Senate even if it means running against their own GOP colleagues.
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