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A new State of the Union website will present personalized pop-up facts as the president gives his speech.


The story goes all the way back to a deal made in 1744.


A new book reveals one of the President’s most important, least-understood achievements.


Why not cap health-care prices at 125 percent what Medicare pays?


A Warren-esque tax on megabanks, plus help for parents of young kids, college students, and people trying to save for retirement.

He saw the limits of presidential power, he was a genuine liberal, and more.


In a speech, Paul argued that judges should intervene to protect people’s “liberty to contract.”


Low inflation could be fantastic news for America — if the Fed gets it right.


Just to be clear, the US is not at war with China


The CBO tried to estimate it. But they’re probably wrong. Here’s why.


Vermont’s state legislature is considering the first steps toward marijuana legalization. It would be the first in the country to legalize pot without direct voter approval.


A GIF that tracks the rise and fall of empires from 1492 to 2008.


The state has too much legal pot for recreational purposes.


Would she approve? Is she a Republican?


“You see young men wearing Osama bin Laden t-shirts in hookah shops.”
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