Candidates, Your Views on the Middle East? You Have 30 Seconds.
Asking a presidential candidate for a soundbite on Iran is a disaster for democracy.
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The War on Immigrants
Hacked Emails Show GOP Demands on Border Security Were Crafted by Industry Lobbyists
Demands that CBP spend millions to upgrade cameras used to read license plates were orchestrated in part by a company that hoped to profit.
Protesters Target Joe Biden on Deportation and Bill De Blasio on Eric Garner During Democratic Debate
Direct action by protesters disrupted and energized the Democratic debate in Detroit, forcing Bill de Blasio and Joe Biden to defend their records.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them
Updated: CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debate was framed like an ambush against Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders — who then ended up dominating it.
Kamala Harris Receives Donations From Big Pharma Executives Despite Claim She Rejects Them
Campaign finance records show Harris has received thousands of dollars from executives at drug companies and distributors this year; most were not returned.
Trump's Pick for Top Intelligence Job Bragged of Experience as Terror Prosecutor -- But He Doesn't Have Any
Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe has long exaggerated his role in the Holy Land prosecution as a way of bolstering his national security bona fides.
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19 Questions They Should Ask Democrats at the Second Presidential Debate
Here's how to get some tension and drama in the second Democratic presidential debates.
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Mike Pompeo Is Donald Trump's De Facto Intelligence Czar
The secretary of state is supposed to be a customer of the intelligence community, not its master.
Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans — and Walked Away With $1.1 Billion
A newly elected state legislature, backed by a dark-money effort linked primarily to the nuclear industry, overcame years of opposition to pass the bailout.
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Congress and the Press Should Pick Up Where Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Left Off
The anticlimactic end of the Trump-Russia investigation is partly due to decades of bitter political battles over what powers to grant special prosecutors.