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Elizabeth Warren calls on Fed to demand Wells Fargo fire CEO Tim Sloan

Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing with Tim Sloan, chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Co., not pictured, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on …

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Democrats will take on drug prices, guns if they win House

Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The midterm elections are still three weeks away, but House Democrats are preparing for the actions they will take in the majority. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would likely start another stint as speaker if …

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Saudi Arabia top US weapons buyer, but doesn’t spend as much as Trump boasts

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump shows off posters as he talks with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Washington, DC.  Last …

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US budget deficit expands to $779 billion in fiscal 2018 as spending surges

Getty Images Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies on ‘The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council’ before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. The U.S. federal budget deficit rose in fiscal year 2018 as spending …

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GOP grip on Senate tightens even as Democrats threaten to take House

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. With less than a month to go until November’s midterm elections, the battles for both chambers of Congress are diverging. Republicans’ hold on their Senate majority appears …

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Trump’s legal team is preparing to answer Mueller’s questions

Leah Mills | Reuters Rudy Giuliani, attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, May 30, 2018. Lawyers for President Donald Trump are preparing written responses to questions sent by special counsel …

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Scott Walker trails and Tammy Baldwin leads in Wisconsin midterm races

Darren Hauck | Getty Images U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) celebrates her victory over Republican candidate Tommy Thompson as she enters the stage on election night on November 6, 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin.  The survey largely has good news for Democrats in Wisconsin only two years after …

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LA Times owner drops out of Saudi conference after journalist goes missing

Pier Marco Tacca | Getty Images COMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 07: Patrick Soon-Shiong President of Nantworks attends the Ambrosetti International Economic Forum 2018 on September 7, 2018 in Como, Italy.  Billionaire philanthropist and owner of The Los Angeles Times, Patrick Soon-Shiong, is the latest luminary to drop out of speaking …

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Judge slams ‘unusual’ aim to defer Manafort sentencing in Mueller case

Dana Verkouteren | AP This courtroom sketch shows Paul Manafort listening to U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III at federal court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.  U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis threw cold water on prosecutors’ aim to delay former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s sentencing …

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‘I could tell stories about him like you wouldn’t believe’

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump shakes hands with Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council, during a retreat with Republican lawmakers and members of his Cabinet at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, January 6, 2018. President Donald Trump took a shot at his former …

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