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Make the Senate the Senate again

The upper house of Congress turned into a madhouse over the weekend after senators' inaction on a spending bill sent the government into a partial shutdown...  Read more

What makes for a shithole?

Here’s an awkward truth. It’s easier to attract talented people from shithole countries than from Norway...  Read more

Cautious Optimism at the March for Life

Attendees are divided over President Trump but welcome the changes he has wrought...  Read more

Parties fight over uranium mining in Trump's smaller Utah monuments

Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, introduced a bill last month that explicitly bars mining and drilling in the two new monument areas as well as in the land that was protected before President Trump altered the boundaries...  Read more

3 critical Syria questions for Rex Tillerson

Tillerson says it's crucial for the U.S. to maintain a military presence in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group's resurgence...  Read more

Progressive attacks on CES for lack of female speakers ignore opportunities for women in tech

CES, the world’s largest technology show, started the year off in Las Vegas earlier this month, highlighting the latest innovations and breakthrough technologies...  Read more

As other social issues fade, the abortion debate still rages

It has been 45 years since the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. It has been 44 years since the first annual March for Life protesting that decision...  Read more

Stopgap Funding Measure Passes the House

The real battle comes next, as the bill moves to the Senate...  Read more

Science tells us when life begins. Why isn't it taught in the classroom?

For 75 years the field of human embryology has documented when a human life begins in the Carnegie Stages of Early Human Embryonic Development and the Carnegie Chart...  Read more

One does not simply walk away from Obamacare repeal

Congress may very well choose to move on to something else. Millions of Americans affected by Obamacare's failure don't have that luxury...  Read more

Trump's tendency to move Republicans off message is a major midterm concern

President Trump has developed a tendency to push his party off message without warning, as evident Thursday after he nearly upended the GOP's whole strategy to avoid a government shutdown with a tweet...  Read more

Don't let opioid treatment turn into a partisan issue

Pharmaceutical companies vying for public sector spending will compete for positive attention and attempt to shape public opinion...  Read more

DHS plans to prohibit Haitians from applying for certain temporary visas

The Department of Homeland Security has submitted a notice that it plans to restrict those from Haiti from applying for certain temporary visas...  Read more

GOP pushes risky spending bill in race against shutdown clock

With a government shutdown clock ticking toward a midnight Friday deadline, House and Senate Republican leaders are trying to pull their rank and file into line behind a spending bill...  Read more

Has Trump 'Evolved' on Immigration and the Wall?

The president's chief of staff says that Trump is now "very, very flexible."...  Read more

As Goes Trump, So Goes the GOP

Historically, when voters are unhappy with a president, they take it out on his party during the midterm elections...  Read more

Lawmakers want James Clapper prosecuted for surveillance testimony before statute of limitations runs out

Some lawmakers would like to see the Justice Department prosecute former spy chief James Clapper for inaccurate testimony to Congress about domestic surveillance before it's too late...  Read more

Mueller Swoops In to Subpoena 'Sloppy Steve'

Bannon is at a low point, and a bummed-out witness is a talkative witness...  Read more