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Watch Out. Tax Season Is Even More Stressful Than Usual.
With millions of people filing tax returns under a new tax law and after a long government shutdown, this is a challenging year. We offer survival tips and extensive coverage. Via the New York Times...
Mueller’s Office Recommends Paul Manafort Serve Up to 25 Years in Prison
Federal prosecutors, who also recommended Mr. Manafort pay up to $25 million in fines, said that a tax and bank fraud scheme allowed him to hide millions of dollars in “ill-gotten gains.” Via the New York Times...
FactChecking Trump’s National Emergency Remarks
In declaring a national emergency at the Southwest border, President Donald Trump strung together a long list of false, misleading and unsupported claims on illegal immigration, drug smuggling, human trafficking, trade deficits and other issues.
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Fact-checking Trump’s announcement of a national emergency
The president's rambling news conference was replete with false and misleading claims--- Analysis from the Washington Post's Fact Checker...
Trump rests national emergency declaration on border ‘invasion.’ Here are the facts
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to move forward with his campaign promise of building a border wall with Mexico. Trump didn’t lay out specifics about the declaration during a news conference at the White House. He said he anticipates legal challenges to...
Trump’s reelection campaign just got a lot tougher
"The wall kinda exists, if you think about it a certain way" isn't exactly a winning message.--- Opinion from the Washington Post's The Plum Line...
All mail-in ballots in Bladen, Robeson were tainted, McCready says in asking for re-do
Ballot harvesting by a Bladen County political operative “tainted” more ballots than the current margin in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, Democrat Dan McCready’s attorneys allege in documents filed...
Trump wings it in feisty, combative Rose Garden emergency announcement
ANALYSIS | A testy and combative President Donald Trump winged it Friday in the Rose Garden, turning an often rambling defense of his border security emergency into a 2020 assault on...
Read President Trump’s Speech Declaring a National Emergency
In long, rambling remarks, the president announced that he’s reprogramming billions of dollars to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.--- Analysis from the Atlantic...
A Defining Moment for the GOP
Now that President Trump has declared a national emergency to circumvent Congress and build his wall, Republican legislators face a time for choosing: Support Trump or the rule of law. The upcoming vote on the emergency...
Trump’s Bizarre, Rambling Announcement of a National Emergency
The circus in the Rose Garden threatened to distract from what the president actually did on Friday.--- Analysis from the Atlantic...
PAC plans new effort to put a black candidate on the 2020 Democratic ticket
A political group focused on electing African-American candidates says it is mounting an aggressive push to ensure a diverse 2020 Democratic presidential ticket, hoping to host a South Carolina...
Congressional Democrats bring fight to restore Voting Rights Act to North Carolina
Halifax County, a majority-black county in northeastern North Carolina, shuttered two of its three early-voting sites during the 2018 elections due to cost issues brought on by a new...
First One In
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Democratic Presidential Candidate John Delaney joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his campaign (he's been running since July of 2017), where he stands on the issues, and where he thinks Americans can find common ground. Special Guest: John Delaney. The latest podcast...