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Planned Parenthood Targets Sen. Collins’s Kavanaugh Vote in New Ads

Planned Parenthood Targets Sen. Collins’s Kavanaugh Vote in New Ads

Planned Parenthood Action Fund will unveil Wednesday a new series of television ads urging Republican senator Susan Collins of Maine to oppose the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh  Read more

If 'Free College' Sounds Too Good To Be True, That's Because It Often Is

If 'Free College' Sounds Too Good To Be True, That's Because It Often Is

To millions of parents and students, they're magical words: free college  Read more

Right mounts campaign to make Jim Jordan the GOP leader

Right mounts campaign to make Jim Jordan the GOP leader

A collection of outside groups wants the Freedom Caucus co-founder to succeed Paul Ryan. But rank-and-file members aren't likely to abide  Read more

Democrats to delay Kavanaugh vote until next week

Democrats to delay Kavanaugh vote until next week

Democrats are poised to block a Thursday committee vote to advance the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court  Read more

Trump authorizes sanctions against foreign governments that interfere in US elections

Trump authorizes sanctions against foreign governments that interfere in US elections

President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday allowing sanctions on foreign companies, organizations or individuals the government determines to have interfered in U.S. elections  Read more

House Republicans unveil bills for second round of tax cuts

House Republicans unveil bills for second round of tax cuts

House Republicans have introduced bills for a second phase of tax cuts, after the Trump administration announced plans to pursue "tax reform 2.0" as a follow-up to last year's legislation  Read more

McConnell: Election will be 'very challenging' for Senate Republicans

McConnell: Election will be 'very challenging' for Senate Republicans

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned on Tuesday that the November midterm elections will be "very challenging" for Republicans, saying that the GOP is facing a "storm" as it tries to hold on to the Senate  Read more

The Worst Police Shooting Yet

The Worst Police Shooting Yet

Amber Guyger’s killing of Botham Shem Jean is an unspeakable tragedy. It also highlights the need for officers like Guyger to face impartial justice  Read more

The two lessons from Les Moonves' ouster

The two lessons from Les Moonves' ouster

If the swift departure of CBS Chairman Les Moonves has a bright side, it’s that a major television network took accusations of sexual harassment against its chief executive seriously enough to hold him accountable and obtain his resignation even at the expense of upending the management of its multi-billion dollar business  Read more

It was only yesterday: Remembering Sept. 11, 2001, New York's darkest day

It was only yesterday: Remembering Sept. 11, 2001, New York's darkest day

A generation of young adults has hazy understanding at best of Sept. 11, 2001. In the service of national memory, this is our attempt to set down what happened on that day and in its aftermath  Read more

Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?

Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?

Growth in this sector is occurring at the fastest rate since 1984  Read more

Bolton threatens sanctions against International Criminal Court

Bolton threatens sanctions against International Criminal Court

The Trump administration on Monday threatened to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel if it continues with an investigation into alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan, a move that could raise questions about the future of the court  Read more

Sessions says he plans a 50 percent surge in immigration judges

Sessions says he plans a 50 percent surge in immigration judges

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that he plans to increase the number of immigration judges by 50 percent by the end of the year as he welcomed a new class of such judges on Monday  Read more

Republicans see glimmer of hope in raucous, crowded, nasty New Hampshire House race

Republicans see glimmer of hope in raucous, crowded, nasty New Hampshire House race

Sen. Rand Paul parachuted into the midterm campaign trail in New England this weekend, to make a rare endorsement in a GOP congressional primary  Read more

High Stakes as 2-Month Sprint to Election Day Begins

High Stakes as 2-Month Sprint to Election Day Begins

Control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency are on the line as the primary season closes this week, jump-starting a two-month sprint to Election Day that will test Democrats’ ability to harness opposition to Trump and determine whether the Republican president can get his supporters to the polls  Read more

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