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Defund terrorism: Pass the Taylor Force Act

The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee overwhelmingly approved the Taylor Force Act, which would cut off U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority as punishment for its support of terrorism...  Read more

Mueller Subpoenas Two Associates of Paul Manafort

The special counsel seeks documents and testimony from the former attorney and spokesman for Donald Trump's former campaign manager...  Read more

Trump faces big challenge in Hurricane Harvey response

Abbott said his state has been "getting absolutely everything we need" from the Trump administration in the immediate aftermath of Harvey...  Read more

Why and how to tighten the screws on Iran

This should already be common knowledge: Iran's nuclear activities cannot be isolated from other Iranian issues...  Read more

Trump's decision on 'Dreamers' could spell fate of immigration reform

Trump has softened his rhetoric toward undocumented youth since taking office...  Read more

Is Cake an Artistic Medium? The Supreme Court Will Decide This Fall

Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker who won't make cakes for gay weddings, will argue his case...  Read more

What's Next on Title IX?

The Obama administration's use of a 1972 law cultivates a victim mentality among college women. The Trump administration is right to rethink...  Read more

Obamacare is reducing access to care

The Affordable Care Act has made health insurance even more unaffordable than before Obamacare was enacted...  Read more

NRCC chief Steve Stivers walks a tightrope trying to save the Republican majority

Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, may face the most challenging high-wire act of all...  Read more

Trump will need Republican friends in Washington if Russia probe heats up

One Republican operative, requesting anonymity so as not to publicly criticize GOP congressional leaders, argued the party's lawmakers are already too quick to run to the microphones to criticize Trump...  Read more

Republicans brace for September chaos as Trump puts himself before party

Congressional Republicans are bracing for another round of name-calling and criticism from President Trump before returning to Washington next month, fearing his outbursts will complicate their legislative agenda...  Read more

Obamacare's unsubsidized customers face higher prices and doctor changes

Residents in every U.S. county are expected to have at least one insurer to buy coverage from on Obamacare's exchange when open enrollment starts in November...  Read more

Academia is heading off the Left cliff. Can it be steered to safety?

Liberal professors and administrators will have to take the reins in permitting alternate viewpoints if order is to be restored to America's campuses...  Read more

For Better or Worse, Trump and the GOP Need Each Other

The president can complain about congressional Republicans all he wants but there is no agenda without cooperation...  Read more

Trump's Advisers Are Speaking Out, in Ways Both Harsh and Subtle

Cohn, Tillerson, and Mattis have made comments that distance them from the president...  Read more

Paul Ryan hits the road for tax reform as a solution to Trump 'anxiety'

For Ryan, tax reform is both a response to and a solution for the divisions and weekly controversies generated by the White House...  Read more

Trump dossier mystery deepens

On Wednesday, not long after I posted the story, "Republicans skeptical about origin of Trump dossier," I got a note from a friend who had been thinking about the claim that a wealthy GOP donor started the infamous Trump dossier...  Read more

Media fear Trump will inspire violence against reporters

Many in the national media are worried that President Trump's continued broadsides against the press will inspire violence against reporters, even as vocal opponents of the White House on the Left have encouraged assault or directly attacked some journalists...  Read more