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For Kushner, Criminal Justice Has Been a Personal Issue and a Rare Victory

For Kushner, Criminal Justice Has Been a Personal Issue and a Rare Victory

The day after President Trump announced his support for a bipartisan criminal justice overhaul bill in the Roosevelt Room, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, arrived in the Oval Office to give him a dose of political reality. He was not going to bring the bill to the Senate floor until next year, Mr. McConnell told the president  Read more

Sen. Jon Kyl Will Resign at the End of the Year

Sen. Jon Kyl Will Resign at the End of the Year

Arizona governor will have opportunity to appoint new senator  Read more

China Seeks to Defuse Trade War With Reversals on Cars, Corn

China Seeks to Defuse Trade War With Reversals on Cars, Corn

China took more steps to defuse trade tensions with the U.S., confirming it will remove the retaliatory duty on automobiles imported from America and preparing to restart purchases of American corn  Read more

Mitch McConnell's Wise Choice to Not Not Play Grinch on First Step

Mitch McConnell's Wise Choice to Not Not Play Grinch on First Step

Kudos to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for opting not to play Grinch after all, and instead allow a vote this month on the First Step Act  Read more

Federal Judge Rules Health Care Overhaul Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Rules Health Care Overhaul Unconstitutional

A conservative federal judge in Texas has ruled the Affordable Care Act “invalid” on the eve of the sign-up deadline for next year. But with appeals certain, even the Trump White House said the law will remain in place for now  Read more

GOP-controlled Senate breaks with Trump on Saudi vote

GOP-controlled Senate breaks with Trump on Saudi vote

The GOP-controlled Senate on Wednesday dealt a significant blow to President Trump by voting to advance a resolution ending U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen in the aftermath of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi’s slaying  Read more

Apple announces $1 billion campus in Texas, part of plan to create 20,000 US jobs by 2023

Apple announces $1 billion campus in Texas, part of plan to create 20,000 US jobs by 2023

Apple is expanding its presence in the U.S. as a part of a billion-dollar investment that the company said would generate at least 5,000 new jobs  Read more

All I Want for Christmas Is Planned Parenthood Defunded

All I Want for Christmas Is Planned Parenthood Defunded

’Tis the season for reflection and shopping, as nationwide many of us think about the people who give our lives meaning and consider how we want to express our affection  Read more

It’s do-or-die time for Trump’s wall promise

It’s do-or-die time for Trump’s wall promise

If President Trump is going to get his border wall built, this is the time to do it. Soon, he’ll be dealing with a Democratic Congress and their leader, Nancy Pelosi, and that will likely be the end of any wall talk  Read more

The Guardians and the War on Truth

The Guardians and the War on Truth

The stout man with the gray goatee and the gentle demeanor dared to disagree with his country’s government. He told the world the truth about its brutality toward those who would speak out. And he was murdered for it  Read more

China is reportedly close to cutting its tariffs on US cars, a big trade-war concession to Trump

China is reportedly close to cutting its tariffs on US cars, a big trade-war concession to Trump

China is set to consider lowering its tariffs on US cars and trucks to 15% from the 40% level set in July, according to a new report  Read more

House overwhelmingly passes farm bill, without tighter work requirements favored by Trump

House overwhelmingly passes farm bill, without tighter work requirements favored by Trump

In a sign that bipartisan agreement remains possible in Washington as Congress barrels towards a possible government shutdown over border wall funding, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a new bipartisan farm bill -- a massive legislative package that reauthorizes agriculture programs and food aid -- by a comfortable 369-47 margin  Read more

GOP leaders still lack funding plan as shutdown looms

GOP leaders still lack funding plan as shutdown looms

House Republicans are eager to give Trump his wall, but it’s not clear how they’ll get there amid low morale among departing GOP lawmakers  Read more

Mark Meadows out of race for Donald Trump's new chief of staff

Mark Meadows out of race for Donald Trump's new chief of staff

Republican House member Mark Meadows will stay in Congress and not become President Donald Trump's new chief of staff, officials said Wednesday  Read more

Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Michael Cohen, the former longtime personal lawyer of President Donald Trump, was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Wednesday, taking a parting shot at the President after implicating him in hush money payments to two women over alleged affairs with Trump  Read more

Tear Up the Farm Bill and Start Over

Tear Up the Farm Bill and Start Over

The last-minute ‘compromise’ eliminates every semblance of reform  Read more

Google's missing moral compass: Tech giant happy to help China but not our US military

Google's missing moral compass: Tech giant happy to help China but not our US military

Google reveals its true colors (green and greener) when it disses the U.S. military in its request for help with artificial intelligence while at the same time aiding and abetting the Chinese government’s draconian internet policies, providing a search engine labeled Dragonfly  Read more

Trump warns against impeachment: 'The people would revolt'

Trump warns against impeachment: 'The people would revolt'

President Trump warned against efforts to impeach him Tuesday, raising the specter of a popular uprising against a Congress that did that  Read more