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A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

Carrot without the stick? Congress can’t pretend tax cuts pay for themselves

Jeffrey Birnbaum

Monday, June 19, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence looks toward the north from an observation post inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

President Pence?

Friday, June 16, 2017

U.S. President Richard Nixon (L), listened to by First lady Pat Nixon and daughter Tricia Nixon (R), says goodbye to family and staff in the White House East Room on August 9, 1974. On Monday it will be 25 years since Nixon resigned his office, or "resigned in disgrace" as many of the news accounts would say, as it became clear the House of Representatives would impeach him for Watergate misdeeds and the Senate would follow by convicting him. In the quarter century since that day, historians, politicians and Nixon himself until he died on April 22, 1994, have argued his legacy and how his resignation -- the first by an American president -- changed the highest office in the land. - RTXJ4K6

Impeaching Trump is a heavy lift

Friday, June 16, 2017

U.S. Capitol is seen after the House approved a bill to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with a Republican healthcare plan in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTS157JN

Repeal and phase out? Senate proposals on Medicaid expansion funding

Molly E. Reynolds and Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Thursday, June 15, 2017

People take photos at sunset in Key West, Florida, U.S. February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTX2ZRG2

Trump’s global warming views remain elusive, but not those of Americans

Christopher Borick, Barry G. Rabe, and Sarah Mills

Monday, June 12, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX39W0U

Now what happens to the Trump presidency?

Friday, June 9, 2017

Britain's Primer Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street on her way to Buckingham Palace after Britain's election in London, Britain June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay - RTX39TAH

Everyone loses in UK election

Richard V. Reeves

Friday, June 9, 2017

FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTS14ZLT

Why the Comey testimony won’t tell us all we need to know

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with German schoolchildren at the Microsoft exhibition stand during a media tour of the world's biggest computer and software fair, CeBit, in Hanover, Germany, March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Nigel Treblin - RTSAHUH

Polling Spotlight: Prosperous countries have a paradoxically gloomy outlook

William A. Galston

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

FBI Director James Comey is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee

What to expect when you’re expecting Comey

Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

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The art of the political deal

Friday, June 2, 2017

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 19, 2016.

Why voting makes us stupid, and what to do about it

Thursday, June 1, 2017

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An America not in Paris

Philip A. Wallach

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

French President elect Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during his victory rally near the Louvre museum after results in the 2017 presidential election in Paris, France, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Samson/Pool

Trump, Sanders, Corbyn, Macron and the attack on parties

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue during a People's Climate March, to protest U.S. President Donald Trump stance on the environment, in Washington

Paris Agreement enjoys more support than Donald Trump

William A. Galston

Wednesday, May 31, 2017