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Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will be John McCain's successor in the U.S. Senate

Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will be John McCain's successor in the U.S. Senate

Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday chose Jon Kyl, once one of the most powerful Republicans in the U.S. Senate, to succeed the late Sen. John McCain  Read more

The Kavanaugh Hearings: Spectacle, and Civics Lesson

The Kavanaugh Hearings: Spectacle, and Civics Lesson

As the Senate Judiciary Committee begins its four-day hearing on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, it should be interesting. The committee is closely split between 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats  Read more

U.S. Cuts $300 Million In Aid To Pakistan; Says It's Failing To Fight Militants
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  • 09/02/2018 12:00 AM

U.S. Cuts $300 Million In Aid To Pakistan; Says It's Failing To Fight Militants

In the latest blow to already fragile ties between the United States and Pakistan, the Defense Department said on Saturday it has suspended $300 million in funding to Islamabad over what it calls the government's failure to take action against terrorists  Read more

Trump blasts FBI, DOJ over report on Carter Page surveillance warrants

Trump blasts FBI, DOJ over report on Carter Page surveillance warrants

President Trump slammed officials at the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday over a report from a conservative watchdog group about the warrants to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page  Read more

How Trump Survives

How Trump Survives

The president benefits from the economy — and from his enemies  Read more

Labor force has much to like this year

Labor force has much to like this year

LABOR Day, while technically a union-centered holiday, is more broadly observed as a day to celebrate American workers and the economic dynamism of the United States. Past presidents understood that  Read more

Labor Day 2038: Will you have a job or be replaced by a robot?

Labor Day 2038: Will you have a job or be replaced by a robot?

Workers this Labor Day can celebrate that Massachusetts mandated a $15 minimum wage and paid family and medical leave  Read more

Trump Says McGahn to Leave White House After Kavanaugh Vote

Trump Says McGahn to Leave White House After Kavanaugh Vote

DOJ antitrust chief said to be pushed as possible replacement  Read more

Specter of Car Tariffs Forces Allies to Give Ground in Talks

Specter of Car Tariffs Forces Allies to Give Ground in Talks

President Trump’s threat to impose auto tariffs on imported cars has hit America’s trading partners in a sensitive spot, sending foreign leaders from Mexico to Japan racing to the negotiating table and, on Thursday, encouraging a significant concession by Europe  Read more

Trump to campaign in Montana after internal Republican polling shows tightening Senate race

Trump to campaign in Montana after internal Republican polling shows tightening Senate race

President Trump is set to make a campaign stop in Montana, announcing plans to hold a rally in Billings next month days after internal Republican polling showed the GOP Senate candidate was in striking distance of defeating incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester  Read more

Why is CNN avoiding the truth about Lanny Davis’ lies?

Why is CNN avoiding the truth about Lanny Davis’ lies?

Last Thursday, we asked how long it would take before Lanny Davis again changed his story about what his client, Michael Cohen, knows about President Trump. It turned out to be four days  Read more

Thousands Brave Arizona Heat to Pay Their Respects to John McCain

Thousands Brave Arizona Heat to Pay Their Respects to John McCain

Thousands of people paid their respects to U.S. Sen. John McCain on Wednesday, standing for hours in the broiling Arizona sun before filing past the flag-draped casket  Read more

We should all be worried about Google’s power

We should all be worried about Google’s power

Tuesday brought endless commentary and reporting on how President Trump was being utterly ridiculous and conspiratorial to accuse Google of bias in its search algorithms  Read more

The hypocrisy of #MeToo and female solidarity

The hypocrisy of #MeToo and female solidarity

Myth-creation is a distinctive attribute of Americans  Read more

Martha McSally, Kyrsten Sinema win Arizona's Senate primary races

Martha McSally, Kyrsten Sinema win Arizona's Senate primary races

The nation’s eyes are on Arizona and its hotly contested U.S. Senate race, seen as a prime pickup opportunity for Democrats fighting to retake control of the chamber and challenge President Donald Trump’s agenda on everything from illegal immigration to taxes and trade  Read more

Florida braces for a clash of ideologies as conservative DeSantis faces liberal Gillum

Florida braces for a clash of ideologies as conservative DeSantis faces liberal Gillum

Democrat Andrew Gillum will face Republican Ron DeSantis in the general election for Florida governor after both men won their respective primary elections Tuesday night  Read more

John McCain, America’s Revolutionary Conscience

John McCain, America’s Revolutionary Conscience

His life’s work was to align his nation’s foreign policy with its founding ideals  Read more

Russia shows no signs of ditching Iran over Syria

Russia shows no signs of ditching Iran over Syria

We wrote in this column more than a year ago, "Russia welcomes and needs US partnership in stabilizing Syria" while also saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin's "leverage with Damascus, Tehran and Ankara could be weakened, rather than strengthened, by closer ties with the United States  Read more