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Al Franken tests Democrats' sexual harassment resolve

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour and posed for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept...  Read more

Jackie Speier pushing for sexual harassment reforms by year's end

Speier and Kirsten Gillibrand are signing up lawmakers in pairs, adding one Republican and one Democrat at a time...  Read more

Roy Moore digs in, boosted by top Alabama Republicans

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore dug in his heels Thursday amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations and demands from national GOP leaders that he stand aside...  Read more

Stop Telling People to Stop Having Kids

It's not "science," it'll make the world worse, and it's a movement with an ugly history...  Read more

Millennials Are Buying Homes

Another dumb talking point is exposed as house of cards...  Read more

Trump to rally House Republicans in favor of tax reform

President Trump plans to visit Capitol Hill on Thursday to "rally the troops in his own way" to get momentum behind House Republicans' tax reform bill. He is not expected to demand any changes or negotiate the details of the bill...  Read more

Mitch McConnell and Steve Bannon fight the battle of Roy Moore

On the ballot in Alabama, it will be Roy Moore versus Doug Jones come Dec. 12. The special Senate election, however, is widely seen as a proxy war between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and former White House strategist Steve Bannon...  Read more

Democrats, help make Elizabeth Warren's agency accountable

Democrats are particularly distressed about the Trump administration's handling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in part because the agency is such a darling of the party. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., conceived it and Dodd-Frank created it...  Read more

Trump may spend Thanksgiving at the Mar-a-Lago

Trump has not stayed at the Mar-a-Lago, which he dubbed the "Winter White House," since April...  Read more

America must not turn its back on trade

International commerce is the foundation of our region's economy and essential to the long-term well-being of Louisiana...  Read more

The Open Turnstiles Movement

Should cities decriminalize fare evasion for public transit?...  Read more

Roy Moore Is Constitutionally Illiterate

The Alabama judge has a blinkered view of the rule of law...  Read more

The Tax Bills Are Worth It

Who knows? The GOP might actually accomplish something this time...  Read more

Trump's base isn't big enough to lean on now

The base is intense and noisy, but it didn't elect him, and it can't be relied upon now...  Read more

Trump says Chinese are 'working on' case of detained UCLA basketball players

President Trump said he has already brought up the subject of the detained UCLA basketball players with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but he delved into greater detail on Tuesday, expressing optimism that the three men could avoid prison sentences and return home soon...  Read more

Here's what Trump gets right on trade

"We will no longer tolerate the audacious theft of intellectual property,” President Trump said Friday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam...  Read more

Jeff Sessions Won't Bail Out Roy Moore

The attorney general says he won't run as a write-in candidate in Alabama...  Read more

Does Trump Believe Putin?

"I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it."...  Read more