Despite non-stop challenges from political rivals and a hostile news media, President Trump can consider some promising poll numbers of particular interest to conservatives, Republicans and faithful Trump fans. The numbers, though not necessarily bell-ringers, suggest the public is warming to the Trump way of doing things Read more U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the deployment of thousands of troops to the border with Mexico as he traveled there on Wednesday, saying the mission was “absolutely legal” and justified, and that it was improving military readiness Read more Pelosi will most likely keep the speaker’s gavel. But she is being left behind by the new-look Democratic Party Read more What to make of this week’s report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies detailing the existence of 15-20 ballistic missile operating bases in North Korea? To put it bluntly: Nothing much Read more Advice to president came before Sessions was ousted Read more A bipartisan group of senators has reached a tentative deal on the most substantial rewrite of the nation’s sentencing and prison laws in a generation, giving judges more latitude to sidestep mandatory minimum sentences and easing drug sentences that have incarcerated African-Americans at much higher rates than white offenders Read more In an extraordinary move, Melania Trump is publicly calling for the dismissal of a top White House National Security Council official Read more House Republicans elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy the chamber's new minority leader on Wednesday, putting him in charge of an unruly caucus that faces a loss of power in January for the first time in eight years Read more President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shake-up as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying Read more It’s time to ditch the Paul Ryan legislative agenda and play nice with Nancy Read more The state of Maryland intends to ask a federal judge to declare Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as acting attorney general in place of Matt Whitaker who was appointed to that position last week after former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was axed, NBC News reported Tuesday Read more Lawmakers are returning to Washington on Tuesday for the first time in more than a month - and with control of the House flipping to the Democrats after the midterm elections, Republicans are readying themselves for an internal struggle Wednesday over who will assume leadership of a party that is in the minority for the first time since 2011 Read more Republican Senate hopeful Martha McSally, who was locked in a too-close-to-call race with Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, called her opponent and conceded Monday after Sinema's lead widened Read more Judging by recent headlines, the global economy is on a wild roller coaster that’s going mostly downhill Read more At least 31 people have been killed as massive wildfires raging in Northern and Southern California have engulfed thousands of homes and were threatening to destroy more as blustery winds were dealing firefighters a menacing challenge throughout the state over the weekend and into today Read more For now, the anti-Pelosi caucus is determined to show she lacks the votes to become speaker — settling on an alternative will sort itself out later Read more Congress is returning to Washington this week for an end-of-the-year session that’s expected to be filled with high-stakes legislative fights and plenty of drama Read more President Trump paid tribute Sunday to U.S. and allied soldiers killed in World War I as he and dozens of other world leaders commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of "a horrible, horrible war" that marked America's emergence as a world power Read more
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