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In duelling press conferences on Capitol Hill on Thursday, neither party appeared willing to give ground.

While Democrats want to give ground on transgender issues for perceived political expediency, there’s no reason to think that the administration will stop there.

At this point, Russia is under no major pressure to give ground: all Donald Trump's talk of punishing Putin for his intransigence has turned into talk of trade with Russia.

Unable to deliver legislation on their own because of a razor-thin majority and the refusal of those on the right to give ground, House Republicans had no choice but to break with their fringe members and join with Democrats if they wanted to accomplish much of anything, including bolstering Ukraine in its war against Russia.

The Chinese statements on his meetings in Beijing this week didn’t appear to give ground on the issues that divide the EU and China.