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A sign announces the closure of the White House's visiting center in Washington DC (United States) on December 27, 2018. EFE / Erik S. Lesser

Policy

A chaotic shutdown

President Trump's refusal to reach a budgetary agreement with Congress as long as there are no…

December 28th, 2018

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (c) signs into law the bipartisan budget deal that was reached on Thursday to avoid another government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 14. EFE

Thought Leaders

Border deal falls short

February 15th, 2019

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US President Donald J. Trump presides over a meeting of his cabinet at the White House in Washington D.C last Tuesday. Trump said he was not "happy" with the agreement reached on Monday by a bipartisan congressional committee to avoid another shutdown of the Administration as of February 15. EFE/Michael Reynolds

Defeated?

February 13th, 2019

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (C) and leaders of the Democratic House, participate in a signing ceremony for a continuing resolution to temporarily reopen the government on the US Capitol. EFE/EPA/SHAWN THEW

Who's the boss?

January 28th, 2019

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Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump shake hands at Trump's inauguration in 2017. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Pool/Getty Images

A lesson about discipline

January 24th, 2019

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The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, arrives to participate in an enrollment ceremony for legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, on January 11, 2019. EFE/EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

Don't Mess With Nancy

January 16th, 2019

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U.S. President Donald J. Trump (L) and Jackson County Sheriff AJ Louderback (R) participate in a roundtable discussion on border security on January 2019. The partial government shutdown, which is tied for the longest in U.S. history, has affected about 800,000 federal workers. EFE/EPA/SHAWN THEW

The failure of a tantrum

January 14th, 2019

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From left to right, Senators Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi attend the ceremony where former US Senator Bob Dole received the Gold Medal of Congress. EFE

We all lose in the blame…

January 24th, 2018

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The leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, arrives at the Capitol in Washington DC, United States, on January 22, 2018. EFE / Shawn Thew

No Wall, No DACA

January 24th, 2018

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Dusk in the US Capitol while lawmakers are working to end the government's shutdown in Washington on January 21, 2018. The closure began at midnight on January 20; The Senate voted for a temporary reopening on Monday, January 22. EFE / EPA / JIM LO SCALZO

Was it worth it?

January 23rd, 2018

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Miller and President Trump meet with county sheriffs at the White House in February. By Paul Marotta/Getty Images.

Trump's puppeteer

January 22nd, 2018

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US President Donald Trump (R) along with Vice President Mike Pence (L) addresses the Independent Bankers Association at the Kennedy White House Garden, Washington, USA on May 1, 2017. EFE / Jim Lo Scalzo

After approval for a…

May 2nd, 2017