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Arizona Democrats vote to oust state party chair amid infighting

Arizona Democrats voted to oust their state party chair, Robert Branscomb II, during a special meeting on Wednesday, a major rebuke that comes as the party has been embroiled in infighting. Arizona Democratic state committee members notched the two-thirds majority threshold needed in order to formally remove Branscomb during a tense meeting plagued by technical…

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Warren goes to bat for Powell amid Trump criticism

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, offered support Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whose policies she frequently criticizes. President Trump has gone back and forth this week on whether he wants to oust Powell before his term leading the nation’s central bank ends next year — which…

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White House likely to send another rescissions package to Congress

White House budget chief Russ Vought said Thursday that the administration is likely to send another rescissions package to Congress to claw back previously approved spending. Vought’s comments came as Republicans on Capitol Hill appeared poised to pass $9 billion in previously approved federal funding as part of an initial package of cuts put forward by the…

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