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Time to panic? Young Republicans ditching GOP like never before

The defections by young Republicans actually accelerated after President Trump had been a front-runner...  Read more

GOP spooked by big cuts in Trump's budget plan

The most conservative House Republicans praised the plan, which would still allow total federal spending to increase, although at a slower pace...  Read more

High-stakes CBO score to guide Senate on Obamacare repeal

The new score will include an evaluation of the impact of allowing states to opt out of Obamacare mandates and more funding for pre-existing conditions...  Read more

House resisting Senate push for short-term Obamacare fix

Some Republican senators are considering the possibility of a narrow, standalone healthcare bill that would ensure funding for Obamacare's insurer subsidies, but are getting resistance from House Republicans...  Read more

Ariana Grande Concert Rocked by Explosion

Police are treating a deadly explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, as a "possible terrorist incident," according to the BBC and other sources...  Read more

GOP hopes foreign travel gets Trump back on track

Republican lawmakers were hopeful Monday that President Trump's first overseas trip would help the White House get back on track after a tumultuous two weeks that saw Trump fire FBI Director James Comey...  Read more

Trump's first budget sets new course away from Obama, and the GOP

President Trump's budget proposal is able to achieve balance in part by estimating greater economic growth than the Congressional Budget Office...  Read more

Trump amid the shifting sands

To battle the barbarians of ISIS and al Qaeda and the terror-sponsoring regional hegemonist, Iran, we need partners...  Read more

After Flint, Congress works to push green water infrastructure

The Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act would help tackle a nationwide problem that led to a scandal in Flint — where ancient lead pipes corroded into the city's drinking water after the city government decided to switch water sources...  Read more

Trumps Travels to Israel, Where Jared Hopes to Broker Peace

Can President Trump broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians?...  Read more

States rein in cities raising minimum wage

The Republican Party's commitment to federalism has taken an interesting new turn: State governments under GOP control have been passing legislation to prohibit cities and counties from adopting minimum wages that would rise above the state level...  Read more

How businesses are faring after four months of Trump

"Small-business owners are cautiously optimistic," said Jack Mozloom, spokesman for the National Federation of Independent Business, in an assessment that is representative of the industries surveyed...  Read more

Trump coverage drowns out Republicans' agenda

The Republican congressional agenda has received little coverage as attention to the Trump administration's troubles and investigations into its possible ties to Russia intensifies...  Read more

It's Mueller Time

Washington greeted the news that the Justice Department had named Robert Mueller special counsel to oversee the FBI's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election with a collective sigh of relief...  Read more

The Ziegfeld of Political Theater

Many mistaken beliefs left over from the 1960s are embedded in mainstream, which is to say liberal, American culture...  Read more

Sessions' drug policy is gruff on crime, not tough on crime

While President Trump has promised to be tough on crime, ideas like this will only make the problems in our system worse...  Read more

Trump attacks Russia 'witch hunt' but not new hunter Mueller

President Trump maintained Thursday that the Russia investigation had turned into a "witch hunt" against him, but refrained from directly criticizing the man at its helm or the appointment of a special counsel...  Read more

Republicans in Congress say White House left them in the dark on Trump controversies

A Republican House member said he had received "nothing" from the White House in the way of messaging guidance...  Read more