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What You Missed While You Were on Vacation

It was an interesting August around the world...  Read more

Trump and Sessions to End DACA

Plus, will the United States halt trade with any country that does business with North Korea?...  Read more

For every Amazon package it delivers, the Postal Service loses $1.46

In many places, Amazon locates a depot near a post office, presorts the packages, and delivers them to the post office...  Read more

Governors Offer Plan to Keep Obamacare and Fund It More

Kasich, Sandoval join Democratic counterparts in petitioning Congress...  Read more

Hurricane Harvey and the climate change alarm bells

No serious person believes that climate policy could bring us into a brave new world of fewer hurricanes. And if the number of large hurricanes we get is determined by policy...  Read more

Child tax credits back in Republican tax reform talks

The idea wasn't part of the joint principles on tax reform that the Trump administration put out and has never had support from House or Senate GOP leadership...  Read more

Trump forces midterm Republicans into an awkward situation

President Trump's unusual divisiveness inside his own party could pose extra political challenges to Republicans on the 2018 ballot...  Read more

Reform the ethanol mandate

Because the RFS requires E15 and higher ethanol-blend fuels to comprise a larger share of the fuel supply, the chances of consumer misfueling are rising...  Read more

Trump Touts Tax Reform, Pressures Democrats in Speech

The president tries to "kick off" a signature goal while a pivotal budget fight looms...  Read more

Trump should want Barbara Jordan's immigration debate, not Joe Arpaio's

There is a case to be made that at present, admitting immigrants in lower numbers but with higher skills would benefit many black and Latino American workers...  Read more

Missile defense is now the only hope for world peace

For years, U.S. military and intelligence leaders assessed that North Korea had ICBM capability, but their weapons were largely unproven...  Read more

Pass a Harvey emergency bill, not a pork bill

It's cynical to use the cover of emergency response to fund other priorities. Here, an elderly man is carried to dry ground as he evacuates a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters on Tuesday...  Read more

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