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We're Calling Our Lawyer

And Paul Ryan announces his departure from Congress.

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By Josh Barro • Apr 13, 2018 • 51m Listen

Paul Ryan has made it official — his time as House Speaker will end in January. Ryan never got to remake the welfare state, but President Trump is pushing one of his initiatives by executive order: work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps.

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Rukmini Callimachi takes the panel on a tour of the ISIS files: thousands of documents she recovered from battle-torn cities formerly under ISIS control that detail how the terrorist group built a government, financed its activities, and helped it cling to power.

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