Chris Cillizza The Washington Post
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Donald Trump Played A Game Of Chicken With House Republicans. Then He Blinked.
Donald Trump was elected in large part on one, loud promise: I know how to make deals these normal politicians don't.
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With Eight Days Before Presidential Election, A Barometer Of Where Things Stand
There are eight days left before Americans will choose whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States. And, although October - and its surprises - have become cliche in politics at this point, it's hard to remember a final month of a presidential campaign that has contained so many twists and turns.
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Who Had The Worst Week In Washington? Bill And Hillary Clinton.
For the Clintons, things had been going a little too well of late. Then this past week happened.
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Hillary Clinton's Email Story Continues To Get Harder And Harder To Believe
On Monday night, the Associated Press published a piece noting the release of an additional 165 pages of emails Hillary Clinton sent from her private email address while serving as secretary of state. These were emails that had never been previously released and only were made public because of a court order in response to a request from a conserva...
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The Remarkable Parallels Between The Brexit Vote And The Rise Of Donald Trump
Most Americans were only loosely aware of Thursday's vote on a referendum that would allow Britain to formally exit the European Union, a campaign better know by its short-hand name "Brexit."
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Trump's Treatment Of The News Media And Those Who Disagree With Him Is Getting Worse
Penning off reporters is nothing new for Trump, and he's not the only candidate who has used such tactics to keep the media away from supporters. The aggressiveness with which Trump's security detail is enforcing this barrier and the channeling of reporters away from actual people attending the rallies are anathema to a free and unrestrained media.
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Opinion: Why Donald Trump Is Remarkably Dangerous To The Republican Party
As it's become more and more clear that Donald Trump is the odds-on favorite to be the Republican presidential nominee, there's been considerable speculation about what he could mean for the broader GOP, particularly as the party tries to hold its Senate majority and consolidate its House margins in the 2016 election.
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Why Clinton Would Hold Back Paid-Speech Transcripts
Hillary Clinton had a chance to put to rest swirling questions about her paid speeches to audiences such as Goldman Sachs during last week's final debate before Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire. She pointedly refused to take it.
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Still Don't Think Donald Trump Can Win? This Should Convince You
When people find out I am a political reporter, they usually have only one question for me: "Donald Trump can't really win this thing, can he?" My answer is always the same these days: Absolutely he can.
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Winners And Losers From The 5th Republican Presidential Debate
Tuesday's Las Vegas debate featured a series of high-profile skirmishes. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio battled over the National Security Agency and its metadata program as well as their stances on immigration. Jeb Bush went after Donald Trump hard, casting him as an unserious person; The Donald dismissed Bush as irrelevant because of his low poll numbe...
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Hillary Clinton Triumphed at the Benghazi Hearing by not Losing her Cool
Hillary Clinton had one mission during her daylong testimony in front of a House select committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya: Don't get angry.
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Donald Trump Played A Game Of Chicken With House Republicans. Then He Blinked.
Donald Trump was elected in large part on one, loud promise: I know how to make deals these normal politicians don't.
-
With Eight Days Before Presidential Election, A Barometer Of Where Things Stand
There are eight days left before Americans will choose whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States. And, although October - and its surprises - have become cliche in politics at this point, it's hard to remember a final month of a presidential campaign that has contained so many twists and turns.
-
Who Had The Worst Week In Washington? Bill And Hillary Clinton.
For the Clintons, things had been going a little too well of late. Then this past week happened.
-
Hillary Clinton's Email Story Continues To Get Harder And Harder To Believe
On Monday night, the Associated Press published a piece noting the release of an additional 165 pages of emails Hillary Clinton sent from her private email address while serving as secretary of state. These were emails that had never been previously released and only were made public because of a court order in response to a request from a conserva...
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The Remarkable Parallels Between The Brexit Vote And The Rise Of Donald Trump
Most Americans were only loosely aware of Thursday's vote on a referendum that would allow Britain to formally exit the European Union, a campaign better know by its short-hand name "Brexit."
-
Trump's Treatment Of The News Media And Those Who Disagree With Him Is Getting Worse
Penning off reporters is nothing new for Trump, and he's not the only candidate who has used such tactics to keep the media away from supporters. The aggressiveness with which Trump's security detail is enforcing this barrier and the channeling of reporters away from actual people attending the rallies are anathema to a free and unrestrained media.
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Opinion: Why Donald Trump Is Remarkably Dangerous To The Republican Party
As it's become more and more clear that Donald Trump is the odds-on favorite to be the Republican presidential nominee, there's been considerable speculation about what he could mean for the broader GOP, particularly as the party tries to hold its Senate majority and consolidate its House margins in the 2016 election.
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Why Clinton Would Hold Back Paid-Speech Transcripts
Hillary Clinton had a chance to put to rest swirling questions about her paid speeches to audiences such as Goldman Sachs during last week's final debate before Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire. She pointedly refused to take it.
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Still Don't Think Donald Trump Can Win? This Should Convince You
When people find out I am a political reporter, they usually have only one question for me: "Donald Trump can't really win this thing, can he?" My answer is always the same these days: Absolutely he can.
-
Winners And Losers From The 5th Republican Presidential Debate
Tuesday's Las Vegas debate featured a series of high-profile skirmishes. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio battled over the National Security Agency and its metadata program as well as their stances on immigration. Jeb Bush went after Donald Trump hard, casting him as an unserious person; The Donald dismissed Bush as irrelevant because of his low poll numbe...
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Hillary Clinton Triumphed at the Benghazi Hearing by not Losing her Cool
Hillary Clinton had one mission during her daylong testimony in front of a House select committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya: Don't get angry.
