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FROM Keli Goff
Proud to shut down President Trump says he’ll gladly take dire action if Congress won’t fund his border wall.
Very legal? Very cool? President Trump says it was very legal and very cool to run his business and campaign simultaneously, but was it?
Fired In A Tweet The president uses social media to tell his secretary of state it's over.
It's been a busy year Three stories from the year's news that need a little more attention and context from experts and the Left, Right & Center panel.
LRC Live! Wins for Democrats, trouble for Roy Moore, and a look at the year that was.
Hugh Hefner's complicated legacy Hugh Hefner died at his home, the Playboy Mansion, yesterday. Although married a few times, the Playboy founder embodied the ultimate bachelor, in his signature silk pajamas, smoking jacket, and pipe. He popularized sexual liberation, voyeurism, and of course the “Playboy Playmate.” But there’s another side to Hefner’s legacy.
Illegal border crossings are down Unauthorized crossing are down at the US-Mexico border. President Trump wants credit. Plus, Bill O'Reilly is out at Fox News.
Live from New York, it's Left, Right & Center! LRC travels to NYC, President Trump's hometown. Thursday, February 23 at 7pm
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What are charter schools? LAUSD teachers were picket lines for a second day Tuesday. And this morning the teachers union organized a march to the California Charter Schools Association office downtown, to draw attention to their criticisms of local charter schools. But what are charter schools anyway?
No end in sight More than 800,000 federal employees continue to go without pay in what could soon be the longest government shutdown yet.
Belly up to the Barr Bill Barr is set to reprise his role as Attorney General, but this time for the Trump administration. Why would he want the job now?
National Security: An Adult in the Room America’s mainstream media are obsessed with President Trump’s off-hand policymaking in military and foreign affairs. But his mistakes don’t justify the unquestioned authority given the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. William Arkin is quitting NBC News with a scathing assessment. He says the national security state has created a condition of “perpetual war” without making America safer--and that the media are failing to report it. L ater on our Climate Change Update segment: how the government shutdown is hurting American science.