Decision to block presidential order won’t have immediate effect due to Supreme Court stay.
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Top FBI official linked to reporter who broke Trump dossier story
James Baker, the FBI’s recently reassigned general counsel, was in touch with David Corn of Mother Jones in the fall of 2016, GOP sources said.
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White House expected to tap new deputy director of Domestic Policy Council
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Trump to sign tax bill Friday morning
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Republicans warn Trump of 2018 bloodbath
The White House knows the midterm election will probably be bad. Behind the scenes, top aides are scrambling to avoid the worst.
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Republicans plan mega marketing push to sell unpopular tax plan
‘When [voters] start to see what happens to their paychecks,’ said one conservative, ‘they will change their minds.’
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Trump targets human rights abusers with executive order
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Cochran’s future in the Senate in doubt
The Appropriations Committee chairman hasn’t presided over a hearing in months, and speculation is growing he will resign in January.
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Trump commutes sentence of kosher meatpacking executive
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After tax cuts, watch America’s trade deficit surge
More government borrowing from the new tax plan will likely boost the U.S. trade gap despite Trump’s wishes, former U.S. trade chief Michael Froman says in the latest POLITICO Money podcast.
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