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How Congress — and not the president — controls how taxpayer money is spent
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According to both the Constitution and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the president does not have the authority to spend or hold back funding Congress has appropriated.
Have 1 in 8 Americans really worked at McDonald’s?
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Donald Trump worked a recent shift at the fast-food giant, while Kamala Harris said she worked there when she was a college student.
The Secret Service does more than protect the president — and presidential candidates
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Agency’s failure to prevent the attack on Donald Trump is drawing scrutiny. It shields officials and families, but also probes financial crimes.
President George H.W. Bush dies at 94
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He came to office promising not to raise taxes, but later compromised to help cut the deficit.
President George H.W. Bush dies at 94
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He came to office promising not to raise taxes, but later compromised to help cut the deficit.
President George H.W. Bush dies at 94
LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images
He came to office promising not to raise taxes, but later compromised to help cut the deficit.
López Obrador moves from promises to policy
Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a lot of promises on the campaign trail. He promised everything from curbing corruption and kickbacks in the energy sector to extending the social safety net. When it comes to energy, how much of his rhetoric will really turn into policy? Click the audio player above to hear […]
What Mexico’s recent election means for NAFTA
Mexico has elected a new president. Andrés Manuel López Obrador … often referred to by his initials …. AMLO…won easily in yesterday’s ballot, getting more than half the vote. And for the first time since 1997, Mexico’s presidential party will also control both Houses in Congress. López Obrador is a long-time leftist, a populist, who […]
Mexican elections could bring shift to the left
Voters in Mexico go the polls on Sunday for nationwide elections to pick a new president, members of Congress, and regional and local leaders. The front-runner for president by a long shot is Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known by his initials AMLO. He promises to take the country in a very different direction from the more […]
The economics of presidential libraries
Thirteen presidents have libraries built in their names.

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