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Perez won the DNC chair position in the first contested party leadership election in more than a decade. He will help formulate the Democrats’ near-term response to the party’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218447
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The sweeping tax reform is US President Donald Trump’s first major legislative victory. Although the bill met strong opposition, and criticism from many leading economists, Trump…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227596
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The latest Republican effort to retrench Obamacare federal outlays and protections, the Graham-Cassidy bill, stalled in the Senate due to insufficient signs of support, with the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224752
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Although a victory in the short term for Abbott, the narrow margin will only intensify doubts about his long-term prospects as party leader and as prime minister. The challenge…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197539
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It includes large federal stimulus spending to spur economic growth and to alleviate the worst impacts of the collapse in global commodity prices, particularly oil. The budget…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210194
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The proposal, which passed the House by a slim 217-213 margin after a failed attempt in March, seeks to repeal politically controversial portions of Obamacare, especially the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220690
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Throughout April, new cases have exceeded 40,000 per day. The surge, which followed the easing of containment measures in March, was the third and largest spike in COVID-19 cases…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261084
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Facing challenges from resurgent conservative parties and widespread unpopularity brought on by economic circumstances and voter apathy, the centre-left governments in both…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230072
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The local power company has blamed transmission line failures and says most customers have been reconnected. However, the outage has underscored the fragility of the island’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287702
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The missed payment marks the island’s second default of 2017 after missing payments in January. The federal fiscal control board imposed by the US Congress has given the indebted…