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 Independents will never warm up to the new Democratic party of radical zealots

Independents will never warm up to the new Democratic party of radical zealots

Democrats seem awfully cocky lately. Since winning the House in November and forcing Trump's hand on the shutdown, they feel like they're on a glide path to 2020  Read more

McConnell Looks to Stymie Trump Decision to Withdraw U.S. From Syria, Afghanistan

McConnell Looks to Stymie Trump Decision to Withdraw U.S. From Syria, Afghanistan

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Islamic State and al-Qaida militants still pose a “serious threat” to the United States and cautioned the Trump administration against an early exit from Syria and Afghanistan  Read more

Border Security Talks Begin On Capitol Hill
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  • 01/30/2019 12:00 AM

Border Security Talks Begin On Capitol Hill

A formal committee of congressional negotiators will hold their first, and maybe only, public meeting on Wednesday to kick off talks to reach a border security deal that President Trump will support  Read more

Bills Banning Government Shutdowns: A Terrible Idea

Bills Banning Government Shutdowns: A Terrible Idea

Congress seeks to abdicate its responsibility to govern, shredding the Constitution and the democratic process  Read more

Democrats without clothes

Democrats without clothes

It’s not true that the government shutdown, concluded over the weekend after 35 days of shutdown, accomplished “nothing.”  Read more

Trump is right to keep all options on the table in Venezuela

Trump is right to keep all options on the table in Venezuela

President Trump is demonstrating his mastery of the levers of national power by imposing billions of dollars worth of sanctions against Venezuela’s state-run oil company, PDVSA  Read more

Trump tells intel chiefs to 'go back to school' after they break with him

Trump tells intel chiefs to 'go back to school' after they break with him

The president reopened his feud with the intelligence community in a series of heated tweets  Read more

Howard Schultz rips Warren's 'ridiculous' plan to tax the super wealthy

Howard Schultz rips Warren's 'ridiculous' plan to tax the super wealthy

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz hasn’t announced whether he’ll run for president, but that didn’t stop him from taking aim at one of the key economic proposals of one of his would-be opponents  Read more

Pelosi invites Trump to give State of the Union address on February 5

Pelosi invites Trump to give State of the Union address on February 5

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday invited President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on February 5  Read more

US framework deal with Taliban raises hope of Afghan peace

US framework deal with Taliban raises hope of Afghan peace

US troops would withdraw from Afghanistan within 18 months of full agreement  Read more

U.S. Charges Chinese Tech Giant Huawei, Top Executive

U.S. Charges Chinese Tech Giant Huawei, Top Executive

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, a top company executive and several subsidiaries, alleging the company stole trade secrets, misled banks about its business and violated U.S. sanctions  Read more

Confirm William Barr as attorney general

Confirm William Barr as attorney general

Nominee would be a vast improvement over Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker  Read more

Trump rips into Fox News over shutdown, border wall coverage

Trump rips into Fox News over shutdown, border wall coverage

President Trump on Sunday blasted a pair of Fox News reporters over their coverage of the border wall negotiations, claiming that they have "less understanding" than journalists at "fake news CNN & NBC."  Read more

Battle of the Billionaires?

Battle of the Billionaires?

2020 could see Trump, Bloomberg, and Howard Schultz of Starbucks all running  Read more

Why The Democrats Cheered Trump’s Defeat, But Should Be More Panicked Than Ever

Why The Democrats Cheered Trump’s Defeat, But Should Be More Panicked Than Ever

On Friday afternoon, within minutes of President Trump ending the shutdown, the left declared victory  Read more

A Bold, Risky Stroke for Democracy in Venezuela

A Bold, Risky Stroke for Democracy in Venezuela

An attempt to restore democracy will fail without the world’s help  Read more

Compromise seems possible on border debate

Compromise seems possible on border debate

THE debate over border security, which prompted the partial federal government shutdown, drags on with seemingly with no end in sight  Read more

Helpful reforms are on the way at Veterans Affairs

Helpful reforms are on the way at Veterans Affairs

" Privatization," we noted two years ago, “ is a classic scare-word among liberals.” We were pointing out that the Department of Veterans Affairs, after its disgraceful neglect of veterans was first revealed in a series of scandals earlier this decade, had no leg to stand on in arguing that VA patients should not be allowed to seek care from private healthcare providers  Read more