
Ella Nilsen
Former White House Reporter
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“We were always going to be on the offense this cycle.”


The Trump administration signals a much tougher stance on recreational pot; Iceland gives its equal pay laws some teeth.


A massive winter storm is set to wallop the East Coast; Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras has to pay up.


Violent protests continue in Iran; North Korea makes a rare diplomatic overture to its southern neighbor.


Grassroots activists are focused on local elections — and they’re winning.


“We have been told over and over again, especially in September, that December would be our time.”


Franken is resigning after sexual misconduct allegations. Some in the Senate want him to stay.


America gets a “big, beautiful tax cut for Christmas”; tensions escalate between Australia and China.


There’s no guarantee House Republicans will go along with the deals Susan Collins and Jeff Flake struck in the Senate.


Republicans pass their massive tax overhaul; Chilean voters elect former President Sebastián Piñera back into the office, signifying a right-wing shift in Latin America.