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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Moves Closer to Ending Education Department]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Education Department '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a longtime conservative aim that congressional Republicans have failed to act on.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary's Dueling Mandates: Praise Obama But Promise Change]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/08/03/hillary-clintons-dueling-mandates-praise-obama-record-but-promise-change/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The conflicting economic messages from Hillary Clinton reflect the tricky balance demanded of the Democratic nominee, who is attempting to win a third White House term for the party at a time when the public is thirsty for change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton Faces Foreign-Policy Challenges]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the Paris massacre, Mrs. Clinton must navigate a tricky set of questions involving the Obama administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s response to the rise of Islamic State.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Less Lofty as Rhetoric Shifts]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CLEVELAND'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'President Barack Obama closed out his 2010 campaign season here with a mocking rebuke of Republicans, in stark contrast to the lofty, hopeful rhetoric that marked his 2008 campaign.With Democrats facing potentially big losses on Election Day Tuesday, Mr. Obama has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stevens Retirement Sets Up Court Fight]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Justice John Paul Stevens said Friday that he would retire from the Supreme Court this summer, setting up an election-year confirmation battle that could stir an already volatile political atmosphere.Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retirement sets up another confirmation battle...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Ups Ante Amid Growing Questions]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is significantly raising his personal stake in the effort to overhaul America's health-care system, as Democrats and the public express growing unease about the costs.After weeks of allowing allies in Congress to shape the emerging bills, the White House signaled...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Stimulus Proposals Enjoy Broad Backing]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Americans support the economic-stimulus plan being pushed by President-elect Barack Obama but worry the government will spend too much money and widen the budget deficit, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found.Overall, the poll found strong public backing for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bush-Era Abortion Rules Face Possible Reversal]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Meckler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The outgoing Bush administration this week will finalize a regulation establishing a "right of conscience" allowing medical staff to refuse to participate in any practice they object to on moral grounds, including abortion but possibly birth control and other health care as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain Gives Unvarnished View of His Past]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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