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The Show That Never Ends is the behind-the-scenes story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive ("prog") rock, epitomized by such classic, chart-topping bands as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Emerson Lake & Palmer, and their successors Rush, Styx, and Asia. With inside access to all the key figures, Washington Post national reporter David Weigel tells the story with the gusto and insight prog rock's fans (and its haters) will relish.

Hillary Clinton looked to compound Donald Trump’s season of bad news, sharply criticizing him Monday for losing nearly a billion dollars and pocketing tax savings while ordinary Americans pay their fair share.

For six years, since they took back the House of Representatives, Republicans have added to a pile of legislation that moldered outside the White House. In their thwarted agenda, financial regulations were to be unspooled. Business taxes were to be slashed. Planned Parenthood would be stripped of federal funds. The ­Affordable Care Act was teed up for repeal — dozens of times.

The bigger problem is that the return of Clinton fan fiction, so soon, seems impossibly cruel. I'd bet that no one has been told as many times that she should be president, and has not become president, as Hillary Clinton. Few, if any, have tried for the job and learned, in the media, that they never should have tried, because — oops — they were terrible at running for it.

"The ‘Hillary for Mayor’ Story Proves That We Learn Nothing" is from the January 06, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by David Weigel and narrated by Jill Melancon.

In reality, Trump and Republicans enjoyed a near-total rout in Iowa. Trump won the state by 10 points, the biggest victory for a Republican presidential candidate in Iowa since Ronald Reagan's 1980 landslide.

"Despite Few Reports of Election Fraud, Iowa GOP Moving Ahead on Voter ID Law" is from the January 06, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by David Weigel and narrated by Jill Melancon.

A federal judge in Texas handed a victory to conservatives Saturday, issuing a temporary injunction to stop an Obama administration regulation that would prevent discrimination in health care on the basis of “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy.”

"Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against Obama Administration Abortion, Transgender Regulations" is from the December 31, 2016 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by David Weigel and narrated by Sam Scholl.

When Democrats and progressive groups discuss their strategy for a 2017 comeback, they consider an X-factor that no opposition party has ever had to contend with.

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted some praise on Tuesday for a man most Republicans wanted nothing to do with. He had seen Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, defend himself during an hour of friendly, prime-time questions on Fox News. And he was impressed.