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Kate Riga is a D.C. reporter for TPM and cohost of the Josh Marshall Podcast.

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NYTVIRUS - President Donald Trump makes remarks as he attends a meeting with the Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. ( Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times)

NYTVIRUS - President Donald Trump makes remarks as he attends a meeting with the Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. ( Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times)

AR Guv Beseeches WH To Return To Negotiations, Calls Trump’s Unemployment Benefit ‘Challenging’

08.11.20 | 11:46 am

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 09: President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Marine One on August 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. The President spent the weekend at his property in New Jersey where he attended multiple campaign and fund raising events. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 09: President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Marine One on August 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. The President spent the weekend at his property in New Jersey where he attended multiple campaign and fund raising events. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump Tries To Paint Dems As Desperate To Deal After Signing Potemkin Executive Actions

08.10.20 | 11:35 am

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: President Donald Trump stops to talk to reporters as he departs the White House for a trip to Ohio where he will visit a Whirlpool factory on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. After the visit to the factory he will attend a fundraising reception and then head to his properties in New Jersey for the weekend. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Donald Trump

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: President Donald Trump stops to talk to reporters as he departs the White House for a trip to Ohio where he will visit a Whirlpool factory on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. After the visit to the factory he will attend a fundraising reception and then head to his properties in New Jersey for the weekend. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Donald Trump

Trump Signs Flurry Of Executive Actions With Lowered Weekly Unemployment Benefit

08.08.20 | 4:54 pm

Dems Paint Meadows’ Positions As ‘Hardened,’ Say COVID Compromise Offer Rejected

08.07.20 | 1:38 pm

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (R) speak to reporters following continued negotiations with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on a new economic relief bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. The White House and Congressional Democrats have yet to come to an agreement on what the new relief bill will include despite the CARES Act expiring on July 31st. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Steve Mnuchin; Mark Meadows

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (R) speak to reporters following continued negotiations with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on a new economic relief bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. The White House and Congressional Democrats have yet to come to an agreement on what the new relief bill will include despite the CARES Act expiring on July 31st. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Steve Mnuchin; Mark Meadows

It’s Friday. Will The White House Blink On Its Threat To Walk Away From COVID Negotiations?

08.07.20 | 11:34 am

History Is Waving A Big Red Flag As Negotiators Hit Stalemate Over State And Local Funding

08.06.20 | 5:00 pm

Pelosi On Republicans: ‘Perhaps You Mistook Them For Somebody Who Gives A Damn’

08.06.20 | 10:44 am

UNITED STATES - JULY 23: Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, arrives to the Capitol for a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., about the COVID-19 relief plan, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, also attended. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - JULY 23: Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, arrives to the Capitol for a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., about the COVID-19 relief plan, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, also attended. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

WH Takes Hard Line, Claiming Self-Imposed Friday Deadline For Unemployment Deal

08.05.20 | 4:03 pm

Newest Acting State Department IG Out After Just Three Months, Deputy Will Take Over

08.05.20 | 11:16 am

WH Floats Possible Unemployment Executive Orders Just Before Negotiators Meet

08.04.20 | 4:58 pm

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