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Trump Is Feuding With Harley-Davidson. Bikers Love Him Anyway

Trump Is Feuding With Harley-Davidson. Bikers Love Him Anyway

The company’s anniversary celebration was a window into how biker culture sees the president  Read more

Why great economic news for American workers should continue

Why great economic news for American workers should continue

Friday brought more great economic news: higher-than-expected jobs growth in August, as well as a solid rise in wages — all with unemployment remaining at record lows. Manufacturing activity just hit its highest level since May 2004, and consumer confidence is at an 18-year high. And there’s good reason to think it’ll keep up.  Read more

The Supreme Court's days as a super-legislature are over, and Democrats aren't happy about it

The Supreme Court's days as a super-legislature are over, and Democrats aren't happy about it

On Day Two of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, a number of Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee appeared to be sizing themselves up for black judicial robes  Read more

The Banality of Barack

The Banality of Barack

Capping off a week where Senate Democrats embarrassed themselves at what should have been the semi-serious vetting of a Supreme Court justice, along comes our foot-stomping former president to remind Americans of who, ultimately, is responsible for infantilizing national politics  Read more

When I challenge the president, I do it directly. My anonymous colleague should have, too

When I challenge the president, I do it directly. My anonymous colleague should have, too

We have enough issues to deal with in the world, so it’s unfortunate to have to take time to write this, but I feel compelled to address the claims in the anonymous “resistance” op-ed published this week in the New York Times  Read more

Brett Kavanaugh faces third day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings amid escalating document dispute

Brett Kavanaugh faces third day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings amid escalating document dispute

Democrats seeking to put hurdles in Brett Kavanaugh’s path to the Supreme Court took another shot Thursday, questioning his views on abortion, racial justice and presidential power and complaining that 190,000 pages of documents were withheld from public view  Read more

Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are 'intentionally stifling' free speech

Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are 'intentionally stifling' free speech

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has scheduled a meeting with state attorneys general in September to discuss a “growing concern” that tech companies may be “intentionally stifling” the free flow of ideas on their platforms  Read more

Our Divided Nation Is United on Energy Independence

Our Divided Nation Is United on Energy Independence

There is one issue that unites America like no other: the pursuit of genuine energy independence  Read more

12 House Republicans call on Trump to declassify Russia probe FISA documents

12 House Republicans call on Trump to declassify Russia probe FISA documents

A dozen Republican members of Congress on Thursday called on President Trump to declassify key documents related to the FBI's probe of Russian actions during the 2016 presidential election, including an application for a renewed surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page  Read more

An Open Letter to the NYT’s Anonymous Senior Trump Administration Official

An Open Letter to the NYT’s Anonymous Senior Trump Administration Official

For the good of the nation, you must identify yourself and back up your claims about the president with hard evidence  Read more

White House says wages rising faster than government reporting

White House says wages rising faster than government reporting

Wages for U.S. workers are improving more than the government is reporting due to flawed measures of inflation, the White House said Wednesday  Read more

GOP leaders to Trump: Don't shut down government over wall funding right before midterm elections

GOP leaders to Trump: Don't shut down government over wall funding right before midterm elections

GOP congressional leaders will head to the White House Wednesday afternoon to persuade President Donald Trump not to shut down the government over funding for his border wall right before the midterm elections  Read more

North Carolina Can Use Gerrymandered Map In November, Court Rules
  • NPR
  • 09/05/2018 12:00 AM

North Carolina Can Use Gerrymandered Map In November, Court Rules

Judges in North Carolina on Tuesday said that despite declaring the state's electoral map to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered for partisan reasons, there wasn't enough time for the map to be redrawn before midterm elections in November  Read more

Kavanaugh: Roe Is ‘Important Precedent of the Supreme Court’

Kavanaugh: Roe Is ‘Important Precedent of the Supreme Court’

Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced his first full day of questioning from members of Congress on many controversial issues as his confirmation hearings continued on Wednesday  Read more

Anonymous Trump Administration Official Claims Staffers Are Working to 'Thwart' the President

Anonymous Trump Administration Official Claims Staffers Are Working to 'Thwart' the President

An anonymous “senior official in the Trump administration” is claiming to be part of a network of appointees and others who are working to thwart President Donald Trump from inside his own White House  Read more

Republican senator slams Trump's DOJ attack: US 'not some banana republic'

Republican senator slams Trump's DOJ attack: US 'not some banana republic'

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.) rebuked President Trump's latest attack against the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday, warning Trump that the United States "is not some banana republic."  Read more

McCaskill, Hawley Race to Cover Their Bases in Missouri

McCaskill, Hawley Race to Cover Their Bases in Missouri

Vulnerable Democrat walks trickier tightrope than Republican challenger  Read more

Trouble for Trump? Poll shows midterm election edge for Democrats and female candidates

Trouble for Trump? Poll shows midterm election edge for Democrats and female candidates

The political landscape for the midterm elections favors Democrats in general and female candidates in particular, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, raising the prospect of significant perils for President Donald Trump with the next Congress  Read more