Welch, Peter

Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff

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The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.

Democrats Face a Series of Tests Over Support for Israel

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First up is a resolution put forth by Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who is Jewish, to deny Israel certain military weapons.