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How the last five days of Rex Tillerson's tenure played out
From the surprise North Korea announcement to a Tuesday morning tweet. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Here are 4 ways the West Virginia teachers' strike shows women's power in politics
Ironically, the political leverage women teachers have today is itself a legacy of patriarchy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Q&A for federal workers: 'Burrowing in'
Although rare, the hiring of political appointees into the career civil service remains a focus of attention. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates
The longtime Trump adviser denied any such contact and said he made one allusion to meeting Assange in jest. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Did Xi Jinping just become China's strongman? Not quite.
Here’s how Xi stacks up against other personalist dictators. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
In Pennsylvania’s Trump country, a surging Democrat takes House race down to the wire
Republicans hope Trump’s 11th hour visit will help carry the GOP’s Rick Saccone to victory. But Democratic challenger Conor Lamb ... -
Russia has a long history of eliminating ‘enemies of the state’
The nerve-agent attack on Sergei Skripal is a throwback to earlier KGB measures. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
What Pennsylvania's special election can tell us about Democrats' chances to take back the House
Could a Democrat win deep in Trump country on Tuesday? http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Trump appoints lots of white men to be federal judges. Here’s why it matters.
Judges tend to cite other judges with similar backgrounds. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Whatever happened to the California Republican? A state lawmaker thinks he has the answer.
No Republican has been elected to statewide office since 2006, but a state lawmaker, backed by former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ...