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Trump's relationship with Hill Republicans disintegrates in public

President Trump, frustrated with the pace of business on Capitol Hill, suggested to reporters on Thursday an openness to seeing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ousted if he can't deliver healthcare reform, an overhaul of the U.S. tax code, and infrastructure spending...  Read more

Inside the White House's struggle to find a new communications director

Anthony Scaramucci was quickly ousted as communications director after a profanity-laced screed in which he criticized other White House staffers...  Read more

Obamacare Repeal Is Dead, but the Fight Between Trump and the GOP Isn't

McConnell accuses the president of having 'excessive expectations,' Trump responds via Twitter...  Read more

In supporting Trump, populists may have made the devil's bargain

The book posits that Steve Bannon is to President Trump as Karl Rove was to former President George W. Bush, his "brain."...  Read more

At Google and in academia, liberal pieties clash

Tolerance, diversity, nondiscrimination, equality, and accommodation cannot all make absolute demands at the same time...  Read more

President Trump, don't withdraw from Afghanistan

The evidence suggests that unilateral withdrawal from terrorist havens like Afghanistan does not discourage or even dampen enthusiasm for more terrorism...  Read more

Shelley Moore Capito: Kill Obamacare mandates, but keep the subsidies

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is proposing a solution to the GOP's healthcare woes that pleases West Virginians -- one that would keep parts of Obamacare, but let people and companies escape the law's mandates, and also boost funding to fight opioid addiction...  Read more

RNC Chairwoman Warns GOP Critics of Trump

Ronna Romney McDaniel highlights those who abandoned Trump in 2016, ignores those who did the same and won...  Read more

Dean Heller faces the perils of opposing Trump with Danny Tarkanian primary challenge

Heller never fully embraced Trump after he won the nomination...  Read more

Congress faces tight deadline to reduce Obamacare premiums

Congress needs to reach a deal to fund payments to Obamacare insurers by the end of September if lawmakers want to avoid even heftier price increases for customers, experts say...  Read more

North Korea presents embattled Trump White House with high-stakes test

The escalating tensions between Washington and Pyongyang could offer Trump a chance to demonstrate the tough but nimble leadership he promised on the campaign trail...  Read more

Legislators with black robes

There are thousands of ambitious, uber-progressive young attorneys out there just waiting in the wings for the next Democratic president and Senate...  Read more

Rouhani Warns Trump Not To 'Tear Up' the Nuclear Deal

The newly re-elected Iranian president also accused the United States of violating terms of the arrangement...  Read more

Democrats, some Republicans fight 'bailout' label for Obamacare payments

The pushback could play a key role in landing enough political support for a short-term bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare's exchanges...  Read more

Shutdown risk grows as both parties balk on debt ceiling hike

The House Freedom Caucus has signaled it wants spending cuts in exchange for supporting a debt ceiling increase...  Read more

Trump and congressional Republicans go to war

"We've certainly had a hard time, here, agreeing on much," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., a prominent Trump critic on the Right. "That's reflected in the dearth of legislation passing."...  Read more

Brits need to get over their beef with US meat

American steaks are generally bigger, juicier, and more tender than those in Europe. Why? Partly because American cattle are given hormones that are banned in the E.U...  Read more

Rosenstein: DOJ Is 'After the Leakers, Not the Journalists'

Attorney General Jeff Sessions had said Friday that he was reviewing rules for subpoenaing reporters...  Read more