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Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t why they lack health care.

The real reasons people suffer poverty don't reflect well on the United States.

By Stephen Pimpare • Opinions • Read more »

Trump has a secret backup plan to kill Obamacare. It’s actually brilliant.

If repeal fails, Trump will simply let the ACA fail, and blame Democrats for it.

By Greg Sargent • Opinions • Read more »

Mitch McConnell’s refreshingly honest answer about Mexico paying for the border wall

"Um, no."

By Chris Cillizza • Read more »

Trump administration considers $6 billion cut to HUD budget

Move would drop Housing and Urban Development funding by about 14 percent as part of plan to cut domestic spending and increase the defense budget.

By Jose A. DelReal • Read more »

GOP health care plan: Obamacare revision clears first hurdle in House committee early Thursday

GOP leaders are pressing ahead on the health bill as opposition grows among industry groups, conservatives and liberals. Senate Majority Mitch McConnell weighed in Thursday with his own concerns about how quickly the proposal is moving

By Elise Viebeck • Read more »

Trumpism is now getting exposed as a monumental fraud

The GOP health-care bill and Trump's immigration plans are unmasking the scam.

By Greg Sargent • Opinions • Read more »

The Daily 202: Jon Huntsman's strange odyssey to become Donald Trump's man in Moscow

The art of sucking up

By James Hohmann • Read more »

A populist agenda based on Fox News hooey fizzles

Populism is on life support

By Jennifer Rubin • Opinions • Read more »

Harvard Law School will no longer require the LSAT for admission

In a pilot program sure to be noted by universities across the country, Harvard Law School will allow applicants to submit GRE scores in place of LSAT scores.

By Susan Svrluga • Read more »

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This may be the worst defense of Trump’s Obama-wiretapped-me claim — literally

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is in charge of investigating Trump's accusation. He thinks it shouldn't be taken literally.

By Aaron Blake • Read more »

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GOP hard-liners' Obamacare incoherence

Rand Paul and others are fine with "Obamacare Lite" if it benefits older people who vote for them.

By Avik Roy • Read more »

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A Redskins-Scot McCloughan separation seems to be a question of when, not if

Since staying home from the NFL Scouting Combine, McCloughan has remained sidelined from important roster-building decisions with which he would normally be involved.

By Mike Jones • Read more »

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Scarlett Johansson files for divorce. Husband Romain Dauriac is 'shocked.'

"I will never, ever be commenting on the dissolution of my marriage," Johansson said.

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