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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released new numbers that shed light on income trends in the United States. Richard Reeves and Christopher Pulliam break down the data and show how America’s top 1% is pulling away from everyone else.
“The collision of corporate opportunism and Republican anti-government orthodoxy has pushed the United States backwards on the allocation of important spectrum for fifth generation wireless networks (5G),” writes former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.
To get to the truth of Donald Trump’s presidency, we need to shed light on the president’s relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senator Lindsey Graham, argues Elaine Kamarck in her weekly impeachment roundup.
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