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Understanding Trump's unprecedented international business entanglements

by Liz Sanchez and Kimberly Adams
Jun 6, 2019
The Center for Responsive Politics reports on the president's business interests across 30 countries.
The Center for Responsive Politics used President Donald Trump's personal financial disclosures as a starting point for its investigation.
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Business is getting personal as values take over the workplace

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 3, 2019
From meat-free corporate culture to climate activism, personal beliefs are moving front and center in the professional world.
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Social media, elections and fake news: India edition

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 5, 2019
As national elections approach, voters are being targeted with fake news on WhatsApp.
An Indian newspaper vendor reads a newspaper with a full back page advertisement from WhatsApp intended to counter fake information in New Delhi on July 10, 2018.
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Can the internet save Congress from “call time”?

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 4, 2019
Members want to rely on recurring small-dollar online donations to avoid spending time “dialing for dollars.”
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Will Trump’s State of the Union address reset the debate on infrastructure?

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 5, 2019
The president pushed a big infrastructure plan at his last year and may do so again tonight.
President Donald Trump appears on a television camera monitor as he delivers the State of the Union address on Jan. 30, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Government shutdown 2019

Trump, Congress agree to end longest government shutdown

by Associated Press
Jan 25, 2019
Trump said he would sign legislation funding shuttered agencies until Feb. 15 and try again to persuade lawmakers to finance his long-sought wall.
President Donald Trump speaks about the government shutdown on Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Government shutdown 2019

Shutdown could affect security clearances

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 18, 2019
Skip a bill payment, get bad credit. Get bad credit, lose your security clearance.
Social worker Pam Harrison holds a sign protesting the government shutdown at the James V. Hansen Federal Building on January 10, 2019 in Ogden, Utah.
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When Big Tech embeds staffers in political campaigns

by Molly Wood
Jan 8, 2019
What can we expect in 2020?
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Divided Decade

Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed politics

by Tommy Andres
Dec 18, 2018
Did saving the financial system break the political system?
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Popular with voters, more conservative states push for Medicaid expansion

by Peggy Lowe
Dec 10, 2018
One of the big winners in November’s midterm election was public health insurance coverage – specifically expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
A man casts his midterm ballot on Nov. 6, 2018 at Briles Schoolhouse in Peoria Township, Kansas.
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