The decision to withdraw the regulations seemed to be an acknowledgment that they would go nowhere under the Trump administration.
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The president-elect is eager to evade responsibility for the consequences of a potential shutdown even as he blew up a bipartisan deal that would have kept it open.
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Postmortems Are Bad at Predictions: Democrats May Just Need a ‘Change’ Election
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAn opening will probably emerge for Democrats in four years, but it may not be what the party and pundits expect today.
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More Than Twice as Many U.S. Troops Are in Syria as Previously Disclosed
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA Pentagon spokesman said the increase was unrelated to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad to rebel forces in early December.
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RFK Jr. Returns to Capitol Hill With New ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Caucus in Senate
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRobert F. Kennedy Jr., the president-elect’s pick for health secretary, has spent much of the week meeting with friendly Senate Republicans, including some who appear to be trying to institutionalize …
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Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe world’s richest man led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by promoting false and misleading claims about it.
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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s denunciation of a bipartisan spending bill all but buried that deal while leaving unclear what form a new agreement could take.
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Trump, Egged On by Musk, Condemns Spending Deal, Raising Fears of Government Shutdown
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe president-elect weighed in against the huge spending package after Elon Musk had spent the day warning Republicans not to support it. The blowup left the compromise on life support.
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Inside a Huge Spending Deal: Disaster Money, a Football Stadium and More
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe mammoth year-end federal funding measure congressional leaders agreed on does far more than just keep the government running. It is stuffed with all manner of policy and other changes.
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Prisoner’s Self-Portraits of C.I.A. Torture Surface From Sealed Court Record
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said a lawyer for a now-confessed war criminal who spent years at Guantánamo Bay.