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Jobless claims fall to the lowest in nearly 49 years

Jobless claims fall to the lowest in nearly 49 years

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week  Read more

Trump Comforts Storm-Ravaged Carolinas With Hot Dogs, Hugs

Trump Comforts Storm-Ravaged Carolinas With Hot Dogs, Hugs

Eager to show heart in a moment of crisis, President Donald Trump handed out hot dogs, hugs and comforting words in the Carolinas on Wednesday as he surveyed the wreckage left by Hurricane Florence  Read more

Beto O'Rourke leads Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race, poll shows

Beto O'Rourke leads Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race, poll shows

Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke has taken the lead in the Texas Senate race in a new poll, countering other surveys that had shown Sen. Ted Cruz up by a comfortable margin  Read more

Nixing Regulations Saved Taxpayers $1.3 Billion This Year

Nixing Regulations Saved Taxpayers $1.3 Billion This Year

When businesses have to worry about complying with too many rules, it makes it much harder for them to operate  Read more

North Korea’s New Promises on Weapons Stop Short of Denuclearization

North Korea’s New Promises on Weapons Stop Short of Denuclearization

Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, told South Korea’s president on Wednesday that he would commit to some concrete steps toward denuclearization — including an offer to “permanently dismantle” facilities central to fuel production for nuclear warheads  Read more

FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump’s Document Order

FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump’s Document Order

President Donald Trump has demanded the “immediate declassification” of sensitive materials about the Russia investigation, but the agencies responsible are expected to propose redactions that would keep some information secret, according to three people familiar with the matter  Read more

 Trump eviscerates Sessions: ‘I don’t have an attorney general’

Trump eviscerates Sessions: ‘I don’t have an attorney general’

President Trump in an Oval Office interview with Hill.TV launched one of his most ferocious broadsides to date against Jeff Sessions, suggesting the attorney general was essentially AWOL and performing badly on a variety of issues  Read more

Trump Hits China With Tariffs on $200 Billion in Goods, Escalating Trade War

Trump Hits China With Tariffs on $200 Billion in Goods, Escalating Trade War

President Trump, emboldened by America’s economic strength and China’s economic slowdown, escalated his trade war with Beijing on Monday, saying the United States would impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods and was prepared to tax all imports  Read more

 Trump and Bolton Take On the International Criminal Court

Trump and Bolton Take On the International Criminal Court

Twenty years ago—the night of July 17-18, 1998 at the United Nations conference in Rome establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC), to be exact—an American amendment to restrict the role of this new supranational global court had just been overwhelmingly defeated  Read more

Electorate Makeup Will Be Key to Midterm Outcome

Electorate Makeup Will Be Key to Midterm Outcome

With the last primary of the 2018 midterm cycle over, it’s now official: The general election has begun. With 50 days to go, who are midterm voters?  Read more

It’s Susan Collins’s Moment

It’s Susan Collins’s Moment

If Brett Kavanaugh were on trial for sexual assault, all he’d need do is demonstrate reasonable doubt about the charges being made against him. But a Republican nominee to the Supreme Court is tried in the media, where Mr. Kavanaugh must now do the impossible: prove an assault never happened  Read more

Hearing Sets Up Dramatic Showdown Between Kavanaugh, Accuser

Hearing Sets Up Dramatic Showdown Between Kavanaugh, Accuser

Republicans on Monday abruptly called Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault decades ago to testify publicly next week, grudgingly setting up a dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the allegation from sinking his nomination to the Supreme Court  Read more

State Department caps refugee admissions at lowest point ever: 30,000

State Department caps refugee admissions at lowest point ever: 30,000

The Trump administration will dramatically restrict the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States next year — allowing no more than 30,000 people who are fleeing war, violence and persecution across the globe to make a new home in America  Read more

Trump directs FBI, DOJ to declassify Russia-related documents, James Comey texts, and more

Trump directs FBI, DOJ to declassify Russia-related documents, James Comey texts, and more

President Trump on Monday ordered the Justice Department and FBI to immediately declassify key documents related to the FBI’s investigation on Russian actions during the 2016 presidential election -- including text messages from former FBI Director James Comey and other top officials  Read more

House Freedom Caucus threatens to withhold votes on spending bills

House Freedom Caucus threatens to withhold votes on spending bills

House conservatives, increasingly frustrated they’re getting shut out of the spending debate on Capitol Hill, now are reaching for relevance by saying they could withhold their votes unless they begin to see wins for their priorities  Read more

Helping Small Businesses in a Tight Labor Market

Helping Small Businesses in a Tight Labor Market

By the numbers, the economy offers a number of encouraging signs. The unemployment rate has dropped below 4 percent  Read more

Kavanaugh faces his #MeToo test to reach Supreme Court

Kavanaugh faces his #MeToo test to reach Supreme Court

Long before the assault allegation emerged, the White House sought to inoculate Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with a strong pro-women stance  Read more

Devin Nunes says House Intel will release Russia investigation deposition docs

Devin Nunes says House Intel will release Russia investigation deposition docs

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said Sunday his panel will move to have all of the documents related to witness interviews conducted as part of its Russia investigation released to the public before the 2018 midterm elections  Read more