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Trump leaves for Asia as tax reform and Russia probe heat up at home

President Trump will depart Friday for the longest overseas trip of his presidency under a cloud of controversy resulting from the indictment this week of two former campaign aides and the guilty plea of a third...  Read more

Did Chuck Schumer Champion the Visa Diversity Program?

President Trump says that America's diversity visa system is "a Chuck Schumer beauty."...  Read more

Thanks to Its Smart Politics, the House Republican Tax Bill Has a Chance

The legislation cleverly limits pitfalls to make the numbers work...  Read more

Mitch McConnell and his allies ready for war with Steve Bannon

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, never afraid of hardball politics, is determined to finish the Republican civil war that Steve Bannon started...  Read more

Trump wants death penalty for NYC terror attack suspect

President Trump declared late Wednesday the man suspected to be behind the deadly New York City terrorist attack this week should receive the death penalty...  Read more

Being and Becoming: Houston, the World Series, and Game 7

Baseball is not obligated to resemble your imagination...  Read more

The 'Cut Cut Cut Act of 2017'?

Republics are ready to make one last, big legislative push...  Read more

Balfour at 100

A century has passed since Britain became the first nation to recognize a Jewish homeland...  Read more

US sticking with Syrian fighters, banking on Geneva peace process

THE WAY AHEAD IN SYRIA: With the defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq almost complete, and the caliphate collapsing in Syria, the U.S. says it will continue to back a coalition of Syrian fighters as it pursues ISIS remnants in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria...  Read more

Is Trump Ready to Sell the Republican Tax Plan?

The release of the plan has been delayed; is someone getting cold feet?...  Read more

Trump blames Schumer, 'Democrat Lottery Systems' for NYC terror attack

President Trump on Wednesday accused Sen. Chuck Schumer and other Democrats for supporting an immigration system that allows people like the suspect in Tuesday's terrorist attack in New York to enter the U.S.,...  Read more

Republicans hope Trump avoids Obamacare mistakes in tax reform push

Fresh off his high from watching the House pass Obamacare replacement legislation in May, President Trump invited all 248 Republicans in the lower chamber over to the White House for an impromptu Rose Garden celebration...  Read more

Foreign agents deserve more scrutiny — and often scorn

As a first step in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the indictment of Paul Manafort did not come as much of a surprise. For once, the long-expected has actually come to pass...  Read more

Obamacare on shaky ground as re-enrollment begins

On Wednesday, open enrollment begins for the fifth time under Obamacare. There is much uncertainty in the insurance market and premiums are expected to continue to rise...  Read more

Russia is the Keyser Soze of American Politics

Everyone is so obsessed with Trump and Clinton that none of them can see that the real bad guy is right in front of us...  Read more

The danger behind Google's free speech monopoly

Google continues to operate almost completely ungoverned, exercising its massive influence on our politics, entertainment, and culture in any way it sees fit...  Read more

Democrats see Mueller indictments as proof Trump camp colluded with Russia

Senate Democrats have few tools at their disposal to push the issue and Mueller's first charges come as the ongoing congressional investigations into Russian meddling have quieted down...  Read more

What we learned on Mueller Monday

It is folly to surround yourself with the unethical or inexperienced -- and there are many such denizens of the Washington swamp...  Read more