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New ‘dark money’ group devotes multi-million dollar budget to ads helping Democrats

22 August 2019 - Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom

A new Democratic “dark money” group funded by secret donors plans to spend almost all of its $10.4 m [...]

Trump primary challengers would face big money problem

21 August 2019 - Jessica Piper

Some Republicans considering a challenge to Donald Trump in 2020 have had fundraising success in the [...]

Ryan Zinke-linked PACs still raising money — and spending it questionably

20 August 2019 - Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Jessica Piper

Several groups associated with former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke are still fundraising, bu [...]

Trump-tied operatives register as foreign agents of Libyan wealth fund

19 August 2019 - Anna Massoglia and Jessica Piper

Michael Cohen’s former lawyer and the political strategist reportedly behind Donald Trump’s famous e [...]

The Democratic field shrinks as Hickenlooper heads back to Colorado

15 August 2019 - Jessica Piper

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced the end of his presidential run Thursday, becoming [...]

Does the White House have a clear message to calm economic uncertainty?

25 August 2019

Michael Graham, Anne Gearan and Joshua Johnson discuss the state of the economy heading into 2020. [...]

Kudlow: China is bearing the brunt of trade war with U.S

25 August 2019

The White House economic adviser dismissed fears that reciprocal protectionist policies between the [...]

White House "not reflecting" view of U.S. businesses on trade, head of CEO group says

25 August 2019

Joshua Bolten, president and CEO of the Business Roundtable, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss how b [...]

Klobuchar says Trump uses tariffs "like a meat cleaver"

25 August 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota joins Margaret Brennan to dis [...]

Face The Nation: Amy Klobuchar, Joshua Bolten, Michael Graham, Anne Gearan, Joshua Johnson

26 August 2019

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on the 2020 campaign trail, trade war with China and [...]

One Crazy Day Showed How Political Chaos Threatens the World Economy

25 August 2019 - Neil Irwin

An escalating trade war and unpredictable policy shifts. Also, tweets. [...]

Powell Highlights Fed’s Limits. Trump Labels Him an ‘Enemy’

23 August 2019 - Jeanna Smialek

Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell says the central bank will do what it can to sustain the expansion [...]

How Politics Constrain the Federal Reserve and Other Economists

22 August 2019 - Jeanna Smialek

Top economists will meet in Jackson, Wyo., this week for a meeting sponsored by the Kansas City Fed. [...]

The End of Bidding Wars?

23 August 2019 - Michael Kolomatsky

Multiple bids are becoming a rarity, even in the nation’s most competitive real estate markets. [...]

Trump Acclaims Economy, but Voters Are Anxious Amid Recession Talk

23 August 2019 - Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley

Polling suggests that worries about the health of the economic expansion cross party lines. [...]