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CUSHMAN: Gearing up for 2020 

By Tuesday, December 10th, the week’s national political news was already too much to grasp. On Monday, December 9th, the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, released the 436-page report “Review of Four FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) […]

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TRAUTWEIN: Americans Don’t Want the Government to Do Away with Private Insurance 

Most Americans like private health insurance. Fifty-six percent of voters oppose Medicare for All if it eliminates private coverage.  Many moderate lawmakers are well–aware of these polling figures. So they’re calling for an expanded version of Medicare — or […]

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MATTHEWS: Biden reportedly considering one-term pledge as age issue creeps up in Democratic presidential race 

In presidential campaigns, the age issue is oftentimes the elephant in the room that few people want to talk about. It’s an uncomfortable but sometimes necessary issue to discuss in the context of deciding who […]