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Miss Manners: What do you say when someone cuts you in line?
A letter writer wonders if there is a polite way to confront line-cutters.
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Defaulting on the national debt is much closer than anyone realizes
What’s lost in the back-and-forth din of congressional shouting is that House Republicans and Senate Democrats do not even agree on whether an actual negotiation is happening.
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For Biden, navigating the debt ceiling is an early test of his 2024 strategy
The president wants the strongest possible economy in 2024, but a misstep in handling the faceoff against House Republicans could hurt that goal.
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He blew the whistle on Trump’s Truth Social. Now he works at Starbucks.
“It’s an honest day’s work,” he says about the $16 an hour job, the ony work he’s found since he was fired from the Trump Media platform he helped found.
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Prosecutors in Jan. 6 Case Step up Inquiry Into Trump Fund-Raising
The Justice Department has been gathering evidence about whether the former president and his allies solicited donations with claims of election fraud they knew to be false.
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Press Freedom! Celebrities! (Also, the President.)
President Biden, who gets out of town most weekends, will attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday evening.
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McCarthy Brought His Detractors in From the Cold. Will They Stay?
The speaker’s all-carrots, no-sticks approach of empowering hard-right Republicans carries risks, and any negotiation with President Biden on the debt ceiling is likely to test them.
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Campaign, Interrupted: Pence May Run, but He Can’t Hide From Trump’s Legal Woes
The former vice president faces many challenges in his potential presidential run, perhaps none bigger than his complicated relationship with his old boss.
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As Biden Runs for Re-election, Black Voters’ Frustration Bubbles
In interviews, Black voters, organizers and elected officials pointed to what some saw as unkept promises — raising questions about the enthusiasm of Democrats’ most loyal voters.
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Weekly Notable Ruling Roundup
Our weekly roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent notable rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space….By: Perkins Coie