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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders fields questions from reporters during the daily briefing, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at the White House in Washington.

Columnist Jay Fleitman: Navigating the problem of fake news

by Jay Fleitman January 7, 2019

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts speaks at a campaign event at Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019.

Columnist Bill Newman: Elizabeth Warren for president?

by Bill Newman January 7, 2019

Nora Brooks a furloughed customer service representative for the Internal Revenue Service poses for a photograph at her home in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Brooks has been furloughed, worrying about whether she will need to seek a second job. The agency requires pre-approval to avoid conflicts of interest, but there’s no one in the office to sign off. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Federal employees feel financial pinch as shutdown drags on

by Claudia Lauer Associated Press, and Michael Kunzelman Associated PressJanuary 4, 2019

Newly-elected Mass. State Senators Becca Rausch, left, and Diana DiZoglio take the oath of office in the Senate Chamber at the Massachusetts Statehouse, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Boston, where 40 senators were sworn in to new two-year terms on Beacon Hill. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Ready to get to work: Five new Valley legislators sworn into office

by Bera Dunau Staff writerJanuary 3, 2019

Dear Jo: A call for questions, ideas, hopes and concerns

by Jo Comerford January 2, 2019

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney answering a question about tariffs during the debate with Democratic opponent Jenny Wilson in the America First Event Center in Cedar City, Utah, Oct. 9, 2018. Utah Sen.-elect Romney says President Donald Trump's "conduct over the past two years ... is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office."

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Trump answers Romney criticism: ‘I won big, and he didn’t’

by Associated Press January 2, 2019

Andy Pignatare: A call for a ‘friendly forum’

January 2, 2019

President Donald Trump stops to talk with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Nov. 29, 2018.

Peter Scotto: Seeing through the shutdown

January 2, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks outside her home, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in Cambridge, Mass. Warren on Monday took the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency, hoping her reputation as a populist fighter can help her navigate a Democratic field that could include nearly two dozen candidates.

Kenneth Graf: Warren is the fighter we need

January 2, 2019

A member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, as he stands on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum-seekers that traveled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they face possible separation from their children and detention for many months. They say they want to prepare them for the worst possible outcome.

David A. Gardner: Calling on Senate Democrats

January 2, 2019