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Former vice president Cheney challenges Pence on Trump's foreign policy at private retreat At a closed-door retreat hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, Cheney compared the president's instincts to those of President Barack Obama. By Robert Costa and Ashley Parker · Read more What Trump proposed cutting in his 2020 budget See how each agency's discretionary funding would be affected by President Trump's proposal. By Kate Rabinowitz and Kevin Uhrmacher · Read more   Trump's proposed Medicare cuts put health care at center of 2020 race Democrats said Trump's proposed $845 billion in Medicare cuts would balance the budget on the backs of the elderly and poor. By Toluse Olorunnipa and Sean Sullivan · Read more   Analysis Winners, losers and 8 other key takeaways from Trump's budget plan President Trump's budget would keep $1 trillion deficits coming for years, even after making significant cuts to non-military programs, including Medicare. By Heather Long · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   Pelosi's 'I'm not for impeachment' remark draws swift rebuke from fellow Democrats In an interview with The Washington Post, the House speaker also said Trump is ethically and intellectually unfit to be president. By Mike DeBonis and Rachael Bade · Read more   Analysis Power Up: GOP senators face loyalty test in vote over Trump's border wall And 2020 is right around the bend. By Jacqueline Alemany · Read more   Facebook deletes, and then restores, Elizabeth Warren's ads criticizing the platform, drawing her rebuke Facebook confirmed it had removed three ads sponsored by Warren's presidential campaign, which the company said violated its policies against the use of its corporate logo. By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Tony Romm · Read more   Fact Checker · Analysis Ocasio-Cortez's misleading complaint: Trump did not transfer funds for the opioid emergency Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) misleadingly compares Trump's action on border-wall funding with the response to the opioid health-care emergency. By Glenn Kessler · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Roger Stone's attorneys apologize to judge for misrepresenting his book plans They say they made a mistake, not a publicity grab, while Stone is under a gag order in the special counsel case. By Spencer S. Hsu · Read more   Need a 'safe' place to wear your MAGA hat? A new app will help conservatives find one. Dubbed "Yelp for conservatives," a new app will identify restaurants and businesses, its founder says. By Amy Wang · Read more   The Fix · Analysis Massive, $77 million cocaine bust in Newark underscores an inconvenient truth for Trump Experts say the vast majority of drugs come into the U.S. through legal ports of entry — not illegal border crossings. By Eli Rosenberg · Read more   Analysis Without immigrants, Trump's jobs numbers would be much, much worse A large percentage of the jobs added under Trump are held by people not born in the United States. By Philip Bump · Read more   Recommended for you Get the Technology 202 newsletter Your daily guide to the intersection of technology and politics. Sign Up

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