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House to Vote on Sanctions Against Hezbollah, Iran

The moves are in line with the president's vow to crack down on the Islamic Republic's non-nuclear malign activities...  Read more

Trump, Emoluments, and the Professoriate

The president's financial assets are fair game for criticism, but this argument is weak...  Read more

Americans push their kids harder in sports than school

Parents often push their children really hard when it comes to athletics; the same cannot be always be said with respect to academics...  Read more

Taking Trump-Skepticism Seriously

The view from outside Trump Country is very different than the view inside it...  Read more

Trump administration scrambles to save largest coal plant in the West

The Trump administration has until December to save the largest coal-fired power plant in the West, but the prospects for the plant burning coal after 2019 are questionable...  Read more

White House signals flexibility on tax bill as Congress gets to work

President Trump and Republicans are desperate for a legislative victory. The exact terms of victory are not as important...  Read more

Steve Bannon's war on the Republican Party will go on with or without Trump's blessing

Many Republicans are still wondering why the nationalist firebrand wants to challenge GOP senators like John Barrasso of Wyoming or Roger Wicker of Mississippi, both of whom voted with the president more than 95 percent of the time...  Read more

'The Amazon Race'—Where CNBC Meets 'The Bachelor'

The battle for the online giant's 'HQ2' is playing out like a reality show...  Read more

What Does Trump Really Think About the Alexander-Murray Bailout?

The politics of Obamacare are harder than they look...  Read more

Trump: Budget passage allows for 'large scale tax cuts'

President Trump said the Senate passed the budget with a 51-49 vote, which will allow for "large scale tax cuts" and tax reform. Republicans hope to pass the tax reform bill by end of the year...  Read more

Trump's counterpunching can be counterproductive

White House chief of staff John Kelly explained in an emotional briefing Thursday that he advised Trump to praise a fallen soldier's bravery when calling the soldier's family...  Read more

George W. Bush's veiled shots at Trump open new front in Republican civil war

A fresh battle in the Republican civil war flared Thursday as former President George W. Bush took veiled shots at President Trump in a speech that warned against the rising tide of ethno-nationalism on the Right...  Read more

ATF signals it won't issue new 'bump stocks' regulation after Las Vegas

ATF has signaled to Congress that it would prefer new legislation instead of new regulation to impose restrictions on "bump stocks,"...  Read more

For Once, an Honest Celeb

Jimmy Kimmel says, "I didn't know anything about health care." He's right...  Read more

Top immigration official says solar-paneled border wall 'not off the table'

The federal government is giving a first peek at construction of prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, an area that is walled off from public viewing in a remote area of San Diego...  Read more

If Thad Cochran resigns, another headache for the Republicans

If Cochran resigned after Nov. 6, the nonpartisan special would be held the same day as the 2018 midterm...  Read more

Obamacare deal hits the skids in Senate

A bipartisan deal to fund Obamacare payments stalled in the Senate Wednesday after President Trump derided the payments as "bailouts," but Republicans behind the package are trying to keep the deal alive...  Read more

Trump and Lindsey Graham: Washington's odd couple

After the 2016 election, President Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham have begun to work together despite their major policy differences...  Read more