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Defund It Already

Defund It Already

Why are taxpayers still supporting Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider?  Read more

U.S. GDP Grows at 2.6% Pace as Business Spending Accelerates

U.S. GDP Grows at 2.6% Pace as Business Spending Accelerates

The U.S. economy cooled by less than expected last quarter as business investment picked up, suggesting growth could be stronger for longer as the Federal Reserve takes a patient approach to interest rates  Read more

Beto O'Rourke won't challenge John Cornyn for Senate, paving way for presidential bid

Beto O'Rourke won't challenge John Cornyn for Senate, paving way for presidential bid

Beto O'Rourke has decided not to run for U.S. Senate next year against Texas Republican incumbent John Cornyn and likely will announce a campaign for president soon, people close to the former El Paso congressman told The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday  Read more

Playing for the other team, Cohen fails to move ball against Trump

Playing for the other team, Cohen fails to move ball against Trump

Michael Cohen painted a very ugly portrait of President Trump in his testimony Wednesday — exactly as you’d expect from a guy whose hopes for the future rest entirely on doing exactly that  Read more

 No Deal: Trump Walks From Summit With Kim Over Sanctions Demand

No Deal: Trump Walks From Summit With Kim Over Sanctions Demand

Talks between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to bridge a standoff over U.S. sanctions, a dispiriting end to high-stakes meetings meant to disarm a global nuclear threat  Read more

Republican Senators’ Choice: Back or Oppose Trump on Border Emergency

Republican Senators’ Choice: Back or Oppose Trump on Border Emergency

Senate Republicans must now decide whether to stop President Donald Trump from using an emergency declaration to pay for his border wall, and support from just four GOP members might be enough to send him a measure blocking his plan  Read more

9th Circuit gets another Trump-picked judge, after White House bypasses consultation with Dems

9th Circuit gets another Trump-picked judge, after White House bypasses consultation with Dems

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Trump's nominee to be a judge on the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a party-line vote -- and, in a historic snub, the White House ignored the input of the judge's two Democratic home-state senators in the process  Read more

The Reparations Primary

The Reparations Primary

There is a strange political conversation under way as the 2020 Democratic presidential primary gets under way, and it goes like this: One group of Democrats proposes something daffy, vague, and impractical, and another group of Democrats says, “Of course that’s daffy, vague, and impractical — but at least they started a conversation!”  Read more

 Trump, Kim Open Second Nuclear Summit With Handshake, Smiles

Trump, Kim Open Second Nuclear Summit With Handshake, Smiles

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — affable leaders of hostile nations — opened their second summit Wednesday with hopeful words and a private chat before sitting down for dinner and further talks about North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons  Read more

 Michael Cohen's most fiery accusations against Trump

Michael Cohen's most fiery accusations against Trump

The president's former fixer claims Trump knew about WikiLeaks, used threats to keep his grades secret, and boasted about dodging the draft  Read more

 Senate Democrats block Republicans' anti-infanticide bill

Senate Democrats block Republicans' anti-infanticide bill

Republicans’ effort to outlaw infanticide of babies born after botched abortions collapsed Monday, falling victim to a Democrat-led filibuster in what could be Congress’s only chance to vote on the hot-button issue this year  Read more

California GOP picks Latina woman to lead historic 'Republican comeback'

California GOP picks Latina woman to lead historic 'Republican comeback'

The California Republican Party chose 38-year-old Jessica Patterson as its leader on Monday, and the first-ever woman to chair the state GOP wasted no time in vowing to "take the fight to Democrats" and lead a "Republican comeback" in the liberal stronghold  Read more

 Mark Harris says he won’t run in North Carolina election do-over

Mark Harris says he won’t run in North Carolina election do-over

Republican Mark Harris announced on Tuesday that he will not run in the new election for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, citing his compromised health  Read more

 Once again, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez misses the point and facts

Once again, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez misses the point and facts

You know how people say, “There’s no such thing as a dumb question?”  Read more

 U.S.-North Korea Roller Coaster Ties Add to Summit Uncertainty

U.S.-North Korea Roller Coaster Ties Add to Summit Uncertainty

Before he was elected president, Donald Trump said he could see himself having burgers and chatting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un  Read more

 Trump urges GOP to stay strong on emergency declaration as security officials push back

Trump urges GOP to stay strong on emergency declaration as security officials push back

President Trump defended his plan for border security Monday, as 58 former national security officials released a formal rebuke of his national emergency declaration  Read more

Trump and Kim May Declare End of War at Summit, South Korea Says

Trump and Kim May Declare End of War at Summit, South Korea Says

South Korean officials on Monday indicated that President Trump and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could agree on a joint political statement declaring an end to the 1950-53 Korean War when they meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, later this week  Read more

Trump unleashing digital juggernaut ahead of 2020

Trump unleashing digital juggernaut ahead of 2020

President Trump is ramping up his formidable digital operation nearly two years before the 2020 election, doubling down on a playbook that helped pave his path to the White House  Read more