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While avoiding Roe v. Wade talk, Gorsuch opponents roll out a facile ‘little guy’ argument

Michael Barone · March 16, 2017 2:21 pm

President Trump will nominate Carlos Muniz, a former attorney for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as general counsel at the Education Department, the White House announced Friday evening. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

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Trump’s budget proposal cuts Education Department overall, but adds money for school choice

Jason Russell · March 16, 2017 2:14 pm

The Republican House leadership's healthcare bill may be deeply flawed, but some of the complaints from its most conservative critics amount either to hypocrisy or to sheer ignorance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Healthcare tax credits used to be conservative

Quin Hillyer · March 16, 2017 2:10 pm

President Trump's earliest budget framework listed Export-Import Bank among independent agencies to abolish. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Trump budget spares Export-Import Bank, targets other corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney · March 16, 2017 1:01 pm

On Thursday morning, the Trump administration released its budget plan. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Here’s what President Trump wants you to know about his budget

Emily Jashinsky · March 16, 2017 12:55 pm

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So much for ‘Dutch Trump’

David Freddoso · March 16, 2017 11:00 am

Tintori says officials told her she was being kicked out on the orders of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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A crumbling Chavist bloc still flexing what muscles it has

David Freddoso · March 16, 2017 11:00 am

The movement is led by "Organizing for Action" - a progeny of President Barack Obama's first presidential campaign.. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Volunteerism, Obama style

Robert Ehrlich · March 16, 2017 10:00 am

Perceptions of an incoming president's likely policies can shape the behavior of many; perceptions of an outgoing president's policies, not so much. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Perceptions are that Trump’s policies are working

Michael Barone · March 16, 2017 4:01 am

Copies of President Trump's first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington on March 16. Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget on Thursday, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes many domestic programs to finance a significant increase in the military and make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Budgets aren’t really moral documents

David Freddoso · March 16, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump said Wednesday that he views himself as an "arbitrator" in the GOP's internal debate over how lawmakers should repeal and replace Obamacare. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Byron York: Donald Trump, reluctant Obamacare warrior

Byron York · March 16, 2017 3:21 am

Spicer believes President Trump's business acumen can improve the administrative services at the VA. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Americans have a lot to be angry about — especially when it comes to failing our veterans

Chris Kalbach · March 16, 2017 12:00 am