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Democrats Need to Talk About the Caravan

Democrats Need to Talk About the Caravan

Avoiding the subject only plays into Trump’s hands. They should tell the migrants to turn back  Read more

Trump can be the hero in this political bombing spate

Trump can be the hero in this political bombing spate

Some person or people have mailed bombs to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and, most recently, to CNN's New York headquarters. President Trump has a duty to strongly and repeatedly condemn the attacks  Read more

How to Win Missouri

How to Win Missouri

A state that proudly thinks of itself as the most average place in the country isn’t a bellwether anymore. Has it gone Republican, or can Claire McCaskill make it swing again?  Read more

Trump injects tax-cut talk in the closing weeks of midterm campaign

Trump injects tax-cut talk in the closing weeks of midterm campaign

With two weeks until the midterm elections in which his party's control of Congress is at stake, President Trump has introduced a new rallying cry on the campaign trial -- the promise of a new middle-class tax cut to be considered by Congress  Read more

Better health care, state-style

Better health care, state-style

No one is guaranteed a tomorrow, but expectations run pretty high for happy days in the here and now  Read more

Our Saudi Problem Didn’t Begin with Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder

Our Saudi Problem Didn’t Begin with Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder

Khashoggi’s murder is only a symptom of a much bigger problem  Read more

Pipe Bombs Sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and CNN Offices

Pipe Bombs Sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and CNN Offices

Pipe bombs were sent to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as to CNN’s offices in New York, sparking an intense investigation on Wednesday into whether a bomber is going after targets that have often been the subject of right-wing ire  Read more

Trump Says He's Ending Central American Aid Over Migrant Caravan

Trump Says He's Ending Central American Aid Over Migrant Caravan

Some aid can be withheld on corruption or immigration concerns  Read more

Scott Walker Tries to Snatch Football From Democrats One More Time

Scott Walker Tries to Snatch Football From Democrats One More Time

Wisconsin’s adaptable Republican governor has a way of making opponents feel like Charlie Brown  Read more

 Migrant caravan is a political gift to Trump

Migrant caravan is a political gift to Trump

Ever since President Trump came down a golden escalator in 2016 to announce his candidacy, the national conversation surrounding illegal immigration has never been the same  Read more

How to Win Indiana

How to Win Indiana

Bobby Kennedy was flummoxed. It was April 1968, and voters in Indiana would be the first he’d have to woo after announcing his presidential candidacy weeks earlier  Read more

In Texas, Trump and Cruz complete the transaction

In Texas, Trump and Cruz complete the transaction

Two years and five months ago, on the day of the Indiana Republican primary that ended his presidential campaign, Ted Cruz unloaded on Donald Trump  Read more

Trump says US will ‘turn away’ migrant caravan at border

Trump says US will ‘turn away’ migrant caravan at border

President Trump said the US will “turn away” the thousands of Central American migrants heading to the US border in search of asylum and blamed Democrats for being weak on immigration  Read more

Dem Senate hopes shift from winning majority to limiting losses

Dem Senate hopes shift from winning majority to limiting losses

Republicans could lock up a multi-cycle Senate majority by winning Indiana and other states like it this fall  Read more

Bolton faces tense talks with Russia over nuclear treaty
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  • 10/22/2018 12:00 AM

Bolton faces tense talks with Russia over nuclear treaty

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton faces two days of high-tension talks in Moscow beginning Monday after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty  Read more

Five Reasons Republicans Can Hold the House

Five Reasons Republicans Can Hold the House

Despite conventional wisdom, there is a path for Republicans to hold their majority in the House. Democrats need a net pickup of 23 seats to gain control of the chamber and most election watchers are predicting that will happen  Read more

Republicans Hold Cash Edge Heading Into Final Stretch of the Midterms

Republicans Hold Cash Edge Heading Into Final Stretch of the Midterms

Republicans entered the final month of the campaign with more money in the bank than the Democrats, providing them with vital ammunition as they wage a furious effort to hold on to control of Congress  Read more

Migrant caravan continues journey toward US

Migrant caravan continues journey toward US

Thousands of Central American migrants made their way across the border of Guatemala and Mexico over the weekend as they trek toward the United States border in search of asylum, The Associated Press reported  Read more