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Trump’s budget draws comparisons to Reagan
Trump's budget draws comparisons to ReaganLeading fiscal conservatives are showering President Trump’s first federal budget proposal with some of their highest praise: comparisons to Ronald Reagan.

High-stakes CBO score to guide Senate on Obamacare repeal
High-stakes CBO score to guide Senate on Obamacare repealThe Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday is set to release a new score for the American Health Care Act, the legislation passed by House Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare, that will project government savings and how many people could become uninsured if the bill were to become law.

Sean Hannity: There is an effort ‘to silence me’ on Fox News
Fox News host Sean Hannity claimed during his opinion news program Tuesday evening that there is an effort to “silence” him from making certain comments on air.

Trump gets new leverage over radical Saudi clerics, Republicans say
Trump gets new leverage over radical Saudi clerics, Republicans sayPresident Trump’s $110 billion weapons deal with Saudi Arabia could have an unannounced side benefit of giving the United States leverage to reduce the Muslim monarchy’s support for radical clerics, according to Republican lawmakers.
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GOP spooked by big cuts in Trump’s budget plan
GOP spooked by big cuts in Trump's budget planRepublican majorities in the House and Senate had a decidedly unenthusiastic response to President Trump’s budget plan, even though it was the first budget from a GOP president they’ve seen in eight years.

Senators plan Medicaid’s future
Senators plan Medicaid's futureRepublican senators are grappling with how to rein in Medicaid spending even as some dismiss President Trump’sproposed $1 trillion cut to the program.

Al Franken: ‘I hate Ted Cruz’
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said he has dedicated an entire chapter of his new book to Ted Cruz because, as he put it, ‘I hate Ted Cruz.’

Editorial: Trump’s budget requires and should produce optimism
What’s actually remarkable about President Trump’s budget is that its cuts are modest and, in many cases, are not cuts at all, merely smaller increases than some people desired or expected.

Op-ed: Send the Paris climate deal to die in the Senate
This week, foreign leaders reportedly will pressure Trump to reverse his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. He must resist.

Anderson: Time to panic? Young Republicans ditching GOP like never before
Another day, another piece of news about the Republican Party’s continued problems with young voters.

How one British Muslim is responding to the Manchester bombing
“The rot in political Islam that propagates groups such as Daesh, al-Qaeda, and the Lebanese Hezbollah is a deep one.’

Alan Dershowitz op-ed: In Manchester and elsewhere, terrorism persists because it works
Every time a horrendous terrorist attack victimizes innocent victims, we wring our hands and promise to increase security and take other necessary preventive measures. But we fail to recognize how friends and allies play such an important role in encouraging, incentivizing, and inciting terrorism.
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