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Suburban voters will decide control of Congress

Suburban voters will decide control of Congress

House Republicans struggling to preserve their majority are facing a wave of Democratic money and enthusiasm in suburban districts across the country, as well-educated and moderate voters consider new checks on President Trump  Read more

Why Africans like Trump

Why Africans like Trump

On the third leg of her trip to what her husband calls the ‘shithole countries’ of Africa, Melania Trump dressed like Meryl Streep in Out of Africa – pith helmet, jodhpurs, riding boots – and bottle fed a baby Kenyan elephant  Read more

4 Big Threats Pence Says China Poses to US

4 Big Threats Pence Says China Poses to US

The Chinese have attempted to spy on some 30 U.S. companies, the White House says, also warning that Beijing is meddling with U.S. elections  Read more

It Is Time to Debate—and End—Identity Politics

It Is Time to Debate—and End—Identity Politics

A democratic society based on civil liberties cannot survive being torn apart  Read more

Comey subpoena considered by Republicans on Capitol Hill

Comey subpoena considered by Republicans on Capitol Hill

House Republicans are mulling whether to issue a subpoena to compel former FBI Director James Comey to testify on Capitol Hill about the bureau’s actions before the 2016 election  Read more

Republicans face big risks in contested California races as Democrats fight for control of the House

Republicans face big risks in contested California races as Democrats fight for control of the House

Republicans are at risk of a wipeout in California’s six most hotly contested congressional races, a new poll shows — a result that could radically reshape the state’s political map, with major consequences nationally  Read more

Fixing the American Dream Machine

Fixing the American Dream Machine

Fixating on the traditional aggregate measures of the economy’s health — GDP growth, the unemployment rate, or the inflation trade — ignores not only rising income and wealth inequality, but the fact the American Dream machine has been sputtering for at least two or three decades  Read more

Strategy and Reality in Afghanistan

Strategy and Reality in Afghanistan

It is time to admit what is self-evident: the strategic foundation of NATO’s campaign in Afghanistan is so fundamentally flawed that it cannot be won  Read more

In the NAFTA Deal, Trump Got What Democrats Couldn’t

In the NAFTA Deal, Trump Got What Democrats Couldn’t

Critics are panning the president’s new trade deal with Canada and Mexico as a minor update. They’re wrong—it’s a significant accomplishment  Read more

Senate Approval of New Nafta Not a ‘Foregone Conclusion,’ Republican Says

Senate Approval of New Nafta Not a ‘Foregone Conclusion,’ Republican Says

Chamber’s No. 2 GOP leader tells reporters passage uncertain  Read more

Returning Competition to the US Energy Market

Returning Competition to the US Energy Market

Competition is the bedrock of the U.S. market economy  Read more

Democratic Playbook's Only Page: Division

Democratic Playbook's Only Page: Division

The Democratic Party has long been deeply invested in identity politics  Read more

Harvard’s Discrimination Problem

Harvard’s Discrimination Problem

A lawsuit against the university meets the incoherence of affirmative-action jurisprudence  Read more

Gingrich: GOP Needs a 2018 Contract With America

Gingrich: GOP Needs a 2018 Contract With America

No one understands the conservative Republican movement or the importance of big ideas better than former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich  Read more

US wage growth hits 17-month high

US wage growth hits 17-month high

National wage growth is at the highest it’s been in nearly 17 months -- and, according to a new study released by Glassdoor, it’s not expected to slow down anytime soon  Read more

America's Foreign Policy Power Is Changing Under Trump

America's Foreign Policy Power Is Changing Under Trump

No other country can yet match America in terms of power, but Washington no longer possesses the ability to shape world events as it did in the Cold War’s aftermath  Read more

NAFTA 2.0: Trump delivers on another big promise

NAFTA 2.0: Trump delivers on another big promise

Officially, it’s the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, but it’ll go down as NAFTA 2.0 — President Donald J. Trump’s NAFTA 2.0, and a vindication of an approach his critics claimed would lead to disaster  Read more

Trump Boosts Blackburn in TN, Predicts Havoc If Dems Take Congress

Trump Boosts Blackburn in TN, Predicts Havoc If Dems Take Congress

As the fate of his Supreme Court pick hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump barnstormed for a Republican Senate candidate in Tennessee, warning that Democrats will unleash havoc if they gain control of Congress and accusing them of trying to sink his nominee  Read more