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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg absent from Supreme Court while recovering from surgery, a first in her career

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg absent from Supreme Court while recovering from surgery, a first in her career

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

Trump to travel to Southern border Thursday, Sarah Sanders says

Trump to travel to Southern border Thursday, Sarah Sanders says

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

Dress Rehearsal for Fiscal Armageddon

Dress Rehearsal for Fiscal Armageddon

This little shutdown is a blip. The debt crisis is an atomic bomb  Read more

Manufacturing industry posts biggest annual job gain in 20 years

Manufacturing industry posts biggest annual job gain in 20 years

The manufacturing industry posted net job gains of 284,000 over 2018, capping its best calendar year since 1997  Read more

Roberts’ retirement likely to spark crowded GOP primary

Roberts’ retirement likely to spark crowded GOP primary

Roberts announced Friday he would not run for re-election  Read more

Speaker Again, Pelosi Sees 'New Dawn' for 116th Congress

Speaker Again, Pelosi Sees 'New Dawn' for 116th Congress

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

On Syria, Trump is right to ignore failed foreign policy elites who embroiled us in Iraq

On Syria, Trump is right to ignore failed foreign policy elites who embroiled us in Iraq

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

Trump warns shutdown could last 'years,' says he may declare 'national emergency' to build border wall

Trump warns shutdown could last 'years,' says he may declare 'national emergency' to build border wall

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

DHS to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico in attempt to end 'catch-and-release'

DHS to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico in attempt to end 'catch-and-release'

Mexican government cooperating with new policy, Nielsen says  Read more

Trump administration aims to toughen work requirements for food stamp recipients

Trump administration aims to toughen work requirements for food stamp recipients

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

Trump to Withdraw All U.S. Troops From Syria, Declaring ISIS Defeat

Trump to Withdraw All U.S. Troops From Syria, Declaring ISIS Defeat

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

Facebook just can’t stop breaking its privacy promises

Facebook just can’t stop breaking its privacy promises

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

How the Russians attacked America's democracy

How the Russians attacked America's democracy

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

Congress races to avert shutdown after Trump retreats on border wall

Congress races to avert shutdown after Trump retreats on border wall

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

Trump Revives U.S. Space Command As Pence Unveils Plan In Florida
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  • 12/18/2018 12:00 AM

Trump Revives U.S. Space Command As Pence Unveils Plan In Florida

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

Obamacare shrugged

Obamacare shrugged

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: Report Shows Trump Kept His Word To Those On Bottom

Deplorables Rising: Report Shows Trump Kept His Word To Those On Bottom

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

Senate Passes Sweeping Criminal Justice Bill in Bipartisan Vote

Senate Passes Sweeping Criminal Justice Bill in Bipartisan Vote

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