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D.C. Mayor Talks DOGE, Trump and Budget

This year, Washington D.C. has faced ⁠thousands of federal jobs cuts⁠ due to President Trump’s DOGE work. Also, the city has a ⁠$1 billion budget sho…

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Iran and the U.S. Were Set To Negotiate. Then Israel Attacked.

U.S. officials planned to meet with an Iranian delegation this weekend to discuss curbs on Iran’s nuclear program. In a twist, those talks ended up a…

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The Conservative Trying to Shift America Rightward... One Movie at a Time

Leonard Leo is a conservative lawyer and co-chairman of the Federalist Society who played a significant role in shifting the U.S. Supreme Court right…

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Inside UnitedHealth’s Dramatic Faltering

UnitedHealth is the largest healthcare company in the U.S. But over the last 18 months, a string of challenges, including several Justice Department …

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Inside ICE’s Aggressive Approach to Arresting Migrants

To fulfill a key campaign promise, the Trump administration has been pushing ICE to arrest more migrants. WSJ’s Michelle Hackman explains how that’s …

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Are Trump and Musk Done for Good?

The storybook bromance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk seems to have come to an end. WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus unpacks what happened and wh…

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Medicare, Inc. Part 2: Taxpayers Paid for Care Denied by Insurers

Some of the sickest Medicare Advantage patients ran into problems getting end-of-life care. Ultimately many patients switched to traditional Medicare…

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Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

Medicare Advantage was designed to save the government money. But a Wall Street Journal investigation found that private insurers used the program to…

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Deportations Could Upend This Parachute Factory

A special immigration status helped Mills Manufacturing, which makes parachutes for the U.S. military, keep its workforce fully staffed. But last wee…

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The Struggle to Get Aid Into Gaza

An Israeli-backed system meant to deliver aid and food into Gaza launched last week to scenes of chaos and violence. WSJ's Anat Peled breaks down the…

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