Is ISIS Back on the Rise?

Is ISIS Back on the Rise?

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Why Even Some Democrats Hate California’s Billionaire Tax Proposal

A landmark proposal for a one-time tax on billionaires in California recently reached a milestone. The labor union backing it said it had collected enough signatures to put the measure on the state’s ballot. Laurel Rosenhall, who covers California politics for The New York Times, ...  Show more

Assassination Attempt Suspect Charged

What we know about the man in custody after the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, and how the incident unfolded. The man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with multiple weapons was charged on Monday with trying to assassinate ...  Show more

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