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| | | | | | | The most important politics stories today. | | Presented by ExxonMobil | | | | | | (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) 'War Room' is at the center of a fledgling network monetizing what some employees saw as 'Trump propaganda.' By Isaac Stanley-Becker ● Read more » | | | The expertise of Biden's chief of staff is unmatched. But in a turbulent first year, he has drawn the ire of some top Democrats and is rethinking an inside-D.C. strategy. By Sean Sullivan and Tyler Pager ● Read more » | | | | The Senate Republican leader got in trouble for his comments, but we're more interested in McConnell's factual dexterity than his verbal dexterity. Analysis ● By Glenn Kessler ● Read more » | | | The president used an epithet to describe a reporter who asked him a question about inflation and the midterm elections during a White House event on lowering prices for American families. By Felicia Sonmez, Elahe Izadi and Matt Viser ● Read more » | | | | The special grand jury can be seated in May and continue for a period "not to exceed 12 months," Fulton County Superior Court judges ordered. By Amy B Wang and John Wagner ● Read more » | | | | The court said it would examine the admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, most probably in the term that begins in October. By Robert Barnes and Nick Anderson ● Read more » | | | | The Office of Congressional Ethics alleges that Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) and his family misused congressional funds and staff. By Mariana Alfaro ● Read more » | | | An Idaho couple that already won once at the high court brings the case that businesses and home builders hope will limit the EPA's power. By Robert Barnes ● Read more » | | | | A Fox News poll shows voters — and especially independents — overwhelmingly say they favor electing someone else in 2024. The numbers are worse even than Obama's and Trump's worst polls. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | From Crimea to Trump's impeachment to Biden's next big challenge, why Ukraine keeps popping up in American politics. Analysis ● By Amber Phillips ● Read more » | | | | Right-wing sentiment flips from cautious concern to partisan frustration. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had proposed the system in May 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Republicans have used it despite their lawsuit against it. By Mariana Alfaro ● Read more » | | | | The proposals include a mélange of sanctions ideas — preemptive, threatened or a mixture — with relatively little appetite for threatening military intervention. And they don't break neatly along partisan lines. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | | In some cases, even Democrats are surprisingly supportive of Republican capabilities. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | | Follow the president's progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service. By Harry Stevens, Madison Walls and Adrian Blanco ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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