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More than 30 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, eclipsing the 2014 early totals nationally and suggesting a high overall turnout for contests that could define the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. At least 28 states have surpassed their 2014 early votes. And

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published Jul 22nd 2016, 3:01 pm, by Cass R Sunstein (Bloomberg View) — Many Democrats do not merely disagree with the Republican Party platform and with the speakers at this week’s convention. They may even struggle to understand what they are reading and hearing. That’s a problem for Republican politicians,

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©2015 Bloomberg News NVEDKI6KLWMH (Adds details starting in first paragraph.) (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump has portrayed himself as a different kind of Republican presidential candidate. His tax plan is mostly more of the same. The billionaire front-runner for his party’s presidential nomination has been promising to make “hedge fund guys” pay more

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©2015 Bloomberg News NMXHBB6S972I (Bloomberg Politics) — CONCORD, New Hampshire—Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush took aim at current President Barack Obama on Thursday, saying the two-term Democrat has put his own legacy ahead of securing strong international pacts on behalf of the country. “This president wants to get deals for his

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NK1ST66K50YR (Bloomberg) — During a speech to New Jersey lawmakers and business leaders in Washington on Thursday night, Chris Christie recounted balancing five budgets without tax increases and persuading Democrats to support a pension overhaul. Yet retirement costs and taxes still present a quagmire as the governor

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJU8K16KLVR4 (Bloomberg Politics) — For former Texas Governor Rick Perry, hope springs eternal. Perry will return to Iowa on Monday, a state he hopes will help resurrect his prospects for becoming the Republican presidential nominee. Recent Iowa polls show Perry trailing his GOP rivals by double digits,

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