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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, Republicans in Congress passed a rescissions bill—a rarely used process that claws back funding previously approved by Congress and signed into law by the president.Doing so marks a new low in the partisan weaponization by President Donald Trump of the appropriations process. It forces us to ask tough questions about the Constitution’s division of power. It may very well force us to ask even tougher questions about how we fund the government when the current funding bill runs out at the end of September.This particular bill rescinds about $9 billion, mostly...

If you don't follow far-left Massachusetts Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren on X, you should — if only for 24 hours. Hilarity reigns, as Warren never misses a concocted opportunity to rail against "profiteering" corporations, "the rich" not paying their "fair share," and "free" this and "free" that.Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have long pushed for a wealth tax that would begin with billionaires. Unlike Sanders, who believes billionaires shouldn't even be allowed to exist, Warren "only" thinks they should be taxed to smithereens (See: wealth redistribution).Now Warren, along with leftist Democrat Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA) and Brendan F. Boyle...