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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

Trump's energy agenda under attack from Democrats — and Republicans

President Trump isn't scoring any points from conservative groups, with his former Energy Department transition chief coming out against the Rick Perry plan...  Read more

Moore Issues Blanket Denial of Allegations of Assault and Impropriety

The Alabama Senate candidate condemns 'the actions of any man who engages in sexual misconduct.'...  Read more

Democrats spoil Trump's one-year anniversary of winning the White House

Following Democratic wins, a couple of issues loom on the horizon that temper the enthusiasm of even some of President Trump's true believers...  Read more

Trade with Britain: It's Trump's yuge-est opportunity yet

A new economic coalition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom could restart a global trading system that has been stalled since the mid-1990s...  Read more