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Is Rexit Real?

Rex Tillerson, Mike Pompeo, and Tom Cotton play musical chairs...  Read more

The NFL Is Dying; Here's Why

Forget about politics and injuries and technology. Look at the economics of the business...  Read more

Five Reminders American Politics Is a Clown Show

Freeze-framing recent events. And tweets...  Read more

The cruelty of the Facebook algorithm and its threat to seniors

There are two dangers...  Read more

GOP leaders don't take Ron Johnson's tax reform threats seriously

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., says his concerns about the Republican tax reform effort in the Senate are genuine, but Johnson also has a reputation...  Read more

At the last trump, will our president take to Twitter?

While matters of political import seem to be cropping up everywhere in the early half of the week, President Trump been tweeting...  Read more

Supreme Court to hear blockbuster cellphone privacy case

At issue in Carpenter v. United States is the legality of police's warrantless search and seizure of a cellphone user's records to uncover the person's location and movements...  Read more

Americans embrace a shared-ride future

These innovative companies are solving problems for consumers, workers, and job creators across the country...  Read more

House to mandate sexual harassment training after wave of misconduct

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., is a co-sponsor of the resolution, even though it doesn't go nearly as far as her own bill...  Read more

A Trigger Warning (for Tax Reform)

Some Republican senators want a mechanism to trigger automatic tax hikes if future revenues miss projections. This is a terrible idea...  Read more

North Korea Goes Ballistic

President Trump insists that North Korea's surprise launch changes nothing...  Read more

Congress passed a $700 billion defense policy bill. The Pentagon may never get all of it

The $700 billion defense policy bill passed by Congress this month, which President Trump touted as an historic hike, hands the military a lengthy shopping list of aircraft, ships, and troops  Read more

NAFTA and other trade talks will decide the future of American tech companies

Whether it's about NAFTA, China, or other key markets, the U.S. needs to stay at the negotiating table to remain competitive in the technology sector...  Read more

Is Bernie Sanders Really in the Lead for the 2020 Democratic Nomination?

Three rules for watching the extremely early phase of 2020...  Read more

Why Did Trump Make the 'Pocahontas' Joke About Elizabeth Warren?

The president is in a good position to substantively reform the CFPB; insulting Elizabeth Warren doesn't help...  Read more

A 'New Trump' Could Halt the Democratic Wave in 2018

A midterm wave may be building, but President Trump has a way to stop it...  Read more

States push to ban bump stocks after federal effort fizzles

State legislatures are taking steps on their own to ban or restrict access to bump stocks, after several of them were found at the scene of the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting...  Read more

Trump Tweets Link to Conspiracy Theory Website

President Trump tweeted Saturday night a link to a sycophantic website that traffics in conspiracy theories and has aligned itself to the alt-right and white nationalist movements...  Read more