Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was absent from oral arguments Monday while recovering from surgery for lung cancer, a first in her 25-year career on the court Read more President Trump will travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday in a bid to highlight border security, as he presses Democrats for wall funding amid the protracted standoff that triggered a partial government shutdown now stretching into its 17th day Read more This little shutdown is a blip. The debt crisis is an atomic bomb Read more The manufacturing industry posted net job gains of 284,000 over 2018, capping its best calendar year since 1997 Read more Roberts announced Friday he would not run for re-election Read more Cheering Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker’s post Thursday as the 116th Congress ushered in a historically diverse freshman class eager to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided government Read more When foreign policy commentators send their own children to fight in our endless Middle East wars, then Middle America’s sons and daughters can go too Read more President Trump stood firm Friday on his demands for a border wall after the second White House meeting with congressional leaders this week broke up with no apparent deal, warning Democrats the partial government shutdown could last "years" and saying he could even declare a "national emergency" to bypass Congress if necessary Read more Mexican government cooperating with new policy, Nielsen says Read more The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday to force hundreds of thousands more Americans to hold jobs if they want to keep receiving food stamps, pursuing through executive powers what it could not achieve in Congress Read more President Donald Trump is pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, officials announced Wednesday as the president suddenly declared victory over the Islamic State, contradicting his own experts’ assessments and sparking surprise and outrage from his party’s lawmakers who called his action rash and dangerous Read more It’s Facebook-official: The social-media giant just can’t seem to guard users’ privacy, as it has repeatedly promised to do Read more Divide-and-conquer might well have been the mantra of the Russians who interfered in the 2016 presidential election with the goal of putting Donald Trump in the White House Read more Members of Congress resigned themselves Tuesday to another short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and get the government through the holidays and into the new year after Democrats rejected a new Republican offer to give President Trump half the border wall money he’s seeking Read more U.S. military operations in space are back under a single unified command after President Trump ordered the Defense Department on Tuesday to revive the once-retired U.S. Space Command Read more Until a year ago, Obamacare’s fans could continue to pretend the emperor wasn’t naked. Their scheme to control the behavior of their fellow citizens was all good intention Read more Deplorables Rising: During the 2016 campaign, President Trump promised blue-collar and low-wage service sector workers that he would improve their lot. A new labor-market study by a major business group suggests he's kept his word Read more The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society Read more
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg absent from Supreme Court while recovering from surgery, a first in her career
Trump to travel to Southern border Thursday, Sarah Sanders says
Dress Rehearsal for Fiscal Armageddon
Manufacturing industry posts biggest annual job gain in 20 years
Roberts’ retirement likely to spark crowded GOP primary
Speaker Again, Pelosi Sees 'New Dawn' for 116th Congress
On Syria, Trump is right to ignore failed foreign policy elites who embroiled us in Iraq
Trump warns shutdown could last 'years,' says he may declare 'national emergency' to build border wall
DHS to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico in attempt to end 'catch-and-release'
Trump administration aims to toughen work requirements for food stamp recipients
Trump to Withdraw All U.S. Troops From Syria, Declaring ISIS Defeat
Facebook just can’t stop breaking its privacy promises
How the Russians attacked America's democracy
Congress races to avert shutdown after Trump retreats on border wall
Trump Revives U.S. Space Command As Pence Unveils Plan In Florida
Obamacare shrugged
Deplorables Rising: Report Shows Trump Kept His Word To Those On Bottom
Senate Passes Sweeping Criminal Justice Bill in Bipartisan Vote