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The federal government's myopic energy strategy is still picking winners and losers

While President Trump promotes a much-needed agenda of lower taxes and job creation, Congress must do its share by addressing a critical issue regarding tax incentives...  Read more

Bill de Blasio Sure Sounds Like a Communist

New York mayor hates private property and pines for the right to control rents...  Read more

How terrorists and tyrants do PR

Terrorists of all types have long utilized the media for propaganda purposes...  Read more

Senate starts bipartisan effort to overhaul Obamacare

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington...  Read more

Republicans worry about eroding Hispanic support after Trump's DACA rollback

The Republican Party has seen its support from Hispanic and other nonwhite voters diminish precipitously since the 2004 presidential election...  Read more

Trump and wary Republicans head for the fall

President Trump has showed no hesitation piling on new items to the crowded legislative to-do list...  Read more

Is socialized healthcare a litmus test for Democrats in 2018?

Sen. Bernie Sanders talks with seniors at the Franklin County Senior Center in St. Albans on Aug. 14. Sanders says he will introduce a medicare for all bill shortly after Congress reconvenes in September...  Read more

Why Does Rex Tillerson Want Affirmative Action for Ambassadors?

Tillerson says the State Department needs to be more diverse and that there needs to be a Rooney Rule for ambassadorships...  Read more

What You Missed While You Were on Vacation

It was an interesting August around the world...  Read more

Trump and Sessions to End DACA

Plus, will the United States halt trade with any country that does business with North Korea?...  Read more

For every Amazon package it delivers, the Postal Service loses $1.46

In many places, Amazon locates a depot near a post office, presorts the packages, and delivers them to the post office...  Read more

Governors Offer Plan to Keep Obamacare and Fund It More

Kasich, Sandoval join Democratic counterparts in petitioning Congress...  Read more

Hurricane Harvey and the climate change alarm bells

No serious person believes that climate policy could bring us into a brave new world of fewer hurricanes. And if the number of large hurricanes we get is determined by policy...  Read more

Child tax credits back in Republican tax reform talks

The idea wasn't part of the joint principles on tax reform that the Trump administration put out and has never had support from House or Senate GOP leadership...  Read more

Trump forces midterm Republicans into an awkward situation

President Trump's unusual divisiveness inside his own party could pose extra political challenges to Republicans on the 2018 ballot...  Read more

Reform the ethanol mandate

Because the RFS requires E15 and higher ethanol-blend fuels to comprise a larger share of the fuel supply, the chances of consumer misfueling are rising...  Read more

Trump Touts Tax Reform, Pressures Democrats in Speech

The president tries to "kick off" a signature goal while a pivotal budget fight looms...  Read more

Trump should want Barbara Jordan's immigration debate, not Joe Arpaio's

There is a case to be made that at present, admitting immigrants in lower numbers but with higher skills would benefit many black and Latino American workers...  Read more