Nick Thune took the long way to stand-up comedy, performing Enrique Iglesias cover songs and making a stop in rehab before graduating from high school. On The Gist, he explains why he’s not scared of silence on stage and what made him ditch his guitar. His new special, Nick Thune: Good Guy, is streaming now on Seeso.
In the Spiel, asking much of Steven Mnuchin and parrying with Rick Perry.
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Go To Show PageRepublicans want to deliver a major legislative victory before the country heads to the ballot box next year. At this point tax reform looks like the most likely way to achieve that, but how? WSJ's Richard Rubin reports from Washington.
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She didn’t brag. She didn’t leave clues. She killed her patients, then went home to play computer games.
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