Controversies
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Health-care reform: Where Obama went wrong
feature President Obama’s grand plan to remake the entire health-care system has bogged down in Congress, and his August deadline for passage is dead.
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Jobs: Why aren’t companies hiring?
feature Nearly 15 million Americans are out of work, half of them for more than six months, and the figures aren't dropping even though employers are ringing up good profits.
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Iraq
feature Is there a good reason for staying?
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Obama: Did he damage his credibility over Syria?
feature With a “slip of the tongue” Secretary of State John Kerry may have not only averted war, but also saved the Obama presidency.
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Wall Street: The good times are rolling again
feature The big banks are flush with money and plan to give out billions of dollars in annual bonuses to their employees.
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Iraq
feature Two years later, was it worth it?
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Iraq
feature Time for plans B and C.
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The financial crisis: Which candidate will benefit?
feature The $700 billion bailout has transformed the presidential campaign. The most important issue now is how to handle an economy at the brink of collapse; neither candidate will be able to deliver on previous promises.
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Terrorism
feature Why hasn’t the U.S. been hit again?
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Bush: How will history judge him?
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The GOP: Are party leaders divorcing the Tea Party?
feature It was only a few years ago that the Tea Party movement helped the GOP seize control of the House in the 2010 midterms.
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Iraq
feature Will a change of policy prevent chaos?
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The Supreme Court
feature Why Democrats can’t stop Alito.
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Tea Party rebellion: Is America still fighting the Civil War?
feature The philosophical and demographic gulf between the two parties has become a chasm, making compromise almost impossible.
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