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Republicans return to healthcare talks amid ongoing divisions

Several senators voiced support for an amendment proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz...  Read more

White House wants focus on policy, not Trump's Twitter — except when it helps

President Trump's volatile Twitter feed can occasionally serve the White House well, particularly when a Trump tweet draws attention away from unflattering developments in other areas...  Read more

Republican Senate Hawks Flip Out Over Trump's Putin Meeting

A top Russia hawk in Congress slammed President Donald Trump on Sunday for letting Russian election interference slide after a lengthy meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin Friday...  Read more

Safeguards against another subprime crisis changed how banks do business

Mortgage finance practices expanded home ownership and spread risk among a host of new players — but also may have duped borrowers and investors who supplied cash to fuel a housing boom that turned bust...  Read more

The rise and fall (but mostly fall) of the border adjustment tax

On Feb. 7, with voting in the House of Representatives concluded for the day, Rep. David Brat held court in the Speaker's Lobby, the ornate room just off the chamber floor...  Read more

In Venezuela, the destructive force of socialism is at work

Demonstrators are taking to the streets after three months of continued protests that has left dozens dead and seen the country's chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega barred from leaving the country...  Read more

White House Ethics Chief Walter Shaub Announces Resignation

The top watchdog says he can't accomplish more in his role "given the current situation."...  Read more

The Right to Bare Arms?

I stuffed notebook paper into my dress sleeves and got praised for being a “shero” on Twitter...  Read more

Trump should confidently ignore climate lectures from Angela Merkel

Trump did the right thing in pulling the U.S. out of this farce from the late stages of the Obama presidency...  Read more

Banking could be at historic turning point with successful stress tests

At a June news conference, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen appeared to be open to the idea that it is now time for a shift in the application of regulatory oversight...  Read more

Democrats ready to pounce on Trump missteps with Putin

When President Trump holds his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday, he will not only be dealing with high-stakes international issues but also will be under intense political scrutiny at home...  Read more

Liberals try to refute Seattle minimum wage study

Liberals are aggressively trying to debunk a recent study by the University of Washington that found that Seattle's recent move to a $13-an-hour minimum wage had left the city's low-wage workers much worse off...  Read more

Russian Propaganda Hits Local DC Airwaves

A pro-Putin outlet is now broadcasting full-time on the FM dial in the nation's capital—and it's as bad as you might expect...  Read more

Are the Arab Gulf nations headed for a divorce with Qatar?

The Gulf Cooperation Council, a coalition of six Gulf Arab monarchies established in 1981 to defend the borders of the Arab sheikdoms from Iran's revolutionary government, has gotten itself into a pickle...  Read more

President Trump goes to Warsaw

President Trump, in the first stop of his trip to Europe, will meet Thursday with Polish leaders and deliver a speech from Warsaw's famous Krasinski Square...  Read more

Rex Tillerson offers Russia the chance to 'appropriately coordinate in Syria'

Tillerson outlined the U.S. position in advance of a highly-anticipated meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the impending G-20 Summit in Germany...  Read more

Finally, a right to move — and to compete — in West Virginia

A Virginia moving company 10 miles from the West Virginia border has been the plaintiff in a federal constitutional lawsuit for roughly a year because, until recently, it needed the permission of West Virginia moving companies to operate within that state...  Read more

Administration Official: 'We're Beyond' Bannon's Tax Rate Hike Idea

The Republican party—the party of the Kemp-Roth tax cuts, the Laffer curve, the George W. Bush tax cuts, and the Obama-era extension of nearly all of those Bush tax cuts—currently controls both houses of Congress and the presidency...  Read more