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This will be a pivotal year. Democrats head into midterm elections convinced they can retake the House and that President Donald Trump, with his dismal approval ratings, is a political liability.
But he has successes to celebrate, most notably the extraordinary raid to snatch Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.
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Yet we all know that the electorate does not make its decision based on foreign policy.
Republican strategists want more from the president on the economy. Tax breaks should kick in this year, and
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