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Betsy Woodruff is a political reporter for the Daily Beast. She is a former staff writer for Slate.
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A shutdown looms, again Will they or won't they? With no deal, Congress edges closer to the deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
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Manafort indicted, adviser pleaded guilty for lying to FBI President Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, appeared in court today on charges including money laundering to evade taxes. The President tweeted it all happened "years ago," before Manafort joined his campaign. But Democrats speculate that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is pressuring Manafort to testify about Russian meddling in last year's campaign. Democrats are worried that the President might fire Robert Mueller. At today's White House briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied that. Also today, one of the President's foreign advisors pled guilty to lying to the FBI about efforts to set up a meeting with Russians and the Trump campaign about "dirt" on Hillary Clinton.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Scott Walker Race Wisconsin’s Scott Walker is a political anomaly, a Republican governor in a blue state. He’s fought unions and survived a recall vote, but today’s he’s in a dead heat with his Democratic challenger. If he loses, top Republicans say the loss would be so big, it would overshadow a GOP Senate takeover. We look at what Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race means for national politics. Photo: Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, credit: Gage Skidmore
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White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
Left, Right & Center
President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?