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Mike Pence's top aide threatens disloyal Republicans, and members fume

"If we're going to be in the minority again, we might as well have a minority who are with us as opposed to a minority who helped us become a minority," Ayers said...  Read more

Democrats find excuses for election losses in lawsuits

There is only one reason this case is being heard now. It is that Democrats still haven't accepted their loss in the 2016 election...  Read more

Two words Democrats won't say after Las Vegas: 'Gun control'

Democrats, like Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, on Monday immediately called for legislative action in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night, but most made a point not to call specifically for "gun control."...  Read more

House Passes Bill Banning Abortion after 5th Month of Pregnancy

Republicans try to put an end to legal infanticide, again...  Read more

In Pensacola, we're fighting to keep our memorial cross

For 75 years, the Bayview cross has stood silently in a quiet corner of the park...  Read more

Cuba's terror nexus

Fidel's brother and successor, Raul Castro, applauded former President Barack Obama's initiative to remove Havana from a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism...  Read more

Trump likely to tiptoe around gun control fight in Las Vegas visit

Fresh off a trip aimed at addressing a tragic weather event, President Trump will set off for Las Vegas on Wednesday to confront another national crisis as he grapples with the most dramatic series of domestic disasters to strike his young presidency...  Read more

Republicans reject Democratic calls for immediate vote on gun control

The trouble for Democrats in recent years has been that members of both parties from pro gun-rights states have opposed gun legislation...  Read more

Flake Defends Judicial Nominee Amy Barrett on Senate Floor

Barrett's confirmation hearing raised concerns about religious tests...  Read more

GOP lawmakers want Puerto Rico funding to accompany children's healthcare bill

Republicans from the House Energy and Commerce Committee have a plan to send $1 billion in additional Medicaid funding to Puerto Rico after two hurricanes ravaged the island, and tie that funding t a federal health insurance program for children...  Read more

Conservative groups urge Congress to rein in NLRB

The groups argue that the labor board's expansion of the "joint employer" doctrine, which expanded corporate legal liability, is a gross overreach that needs to be rolled back...  Read more

Conservatives coalescing behind Marsha Blackburn in race for Bob Corker's Tennessee Senate seat

The Club for Growth spoke favorably of a possible Blackburn Senate candidacy on Friday...  Read more

Fake Russian Facebook accounts spark major FEC debate

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last month "not only will you have to disclose which page paid for an ad, but we will also make it so you can visit an advertiser's page and see the ads that are currently running to any audience on Facebook."...  Read more

Is Trump Really Going to Protect American Trade?

It's time for the president to put up or shut up on protectionism...  Read more

House begins tax reform with budget bill this week

House and Senate lawmakers will begin considering a fiscal 2018 budget this week to start the Republican race to finish tax reform by the end of the year...  Read more

Gorsuch effect will be on full display at start of Supreme Court's new term

Justice Neil Gorsuch's influence on the Supreme Court's deliberations will be evident immediately when oral arguments start Monday...  Read more

On counterterrorism, we're still fighting the last war

Ryan Greer for New America: One overarching challenge to improving counterterrorism tactics is that much of the policy revolution in the last few years has been a revolution in speech or in structure...  Read more

Republicans' next attempt at killing Obamacare won't come until next year

Fate of Republicans' efforts to repeal Obamacare are tied to tax reform...  Read more