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Can This Relationship Survive?

For decades, a favorite pastime of the Washington press corps has been to find "daylight" between the president and the vice president—a difference of opinion, a dislike, a secret irritation. But not any more...  Read more

Obamacare and the Perils of Narrow Majorities

As the Republican alternative to Obamacare winds its tortuous way through Congress, the parallels with the big mistake President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats made eight years ago are unmistakable...  Read more

Where in the world is Sonny Perdue?

Two months after his nomination, a confirmation hearing hasn't even been announced...  Read more

Trump, Merkel may have 'different' bilateral relationship

When President Trump welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington on Friday, he will begin a new and potentially chillier relationship between the long-serving German leader and the third U.S. president to occupy the White House during her tenure...  Read more

Trump's budget puts Washington in its place

The White House's budget gets the federal government to focus only on what it can do better than anyone else...  Read more

Your Hopes of Picking the Perfect NCAA Bracket End Today

NCAA office pools once served a special societal purpose...  Read more

Cruz: We Can Repeal Insurance Mandates Through Reconciliation

One of the conservative sticking points in judging the House GOP's health plan has been the measure's treatment of "non-budget"-related items...  Read more

Trump would boost defense spending to $639 billion in fiscal 2018

President Trump is unveiling a $1.15 trillion budget, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes a dozen departments to finance a significant increase in the military...  Read more

Paul Ryan's false choice

House Speaker Paul Ryan says the nation has just two options...  Read more

Winners and losers under Trump's budget plan

President Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget on Thursday, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes many domestic programs to finance a significant increase in the military and make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico border wall...  Read more

Madame de Tocqueville

There has never been much written on Tocqueville's wife...  Read more

Obama-Era Guidance Undermined Its Own Aims

An Obama administration guidance, sidestepping law to serve an albeit well-meaning social agenda, may have deepened the very injustice it was meant to correct...  Read more

Ron DeSantis faces heat from both sides on Obamacare repeal

On live television last week, Rep. Ron DeSantis insinuated that cancer patients could get the care they needed at their local emergency rooms...  Read more

The return of the debt ceiling

When Wednesday ends, the federal government won't be able to go any further into debt until Congress gives its permission...  Read more

The Trumpcare advantage

Conservatives were jubilant just a month ago at the Conservative Political Action Conference, hailing President Trump as a conquering hero who would advance the cause of conservatism and potentially even redefine it...  Read more

The Puritanical Love Doctor Is In

Relations with married women. Any situation where that’s a-ok?...  Read more

Ignore the Deniers: The Murder Rate Is Up Significantly

For roughly two decades, the United States enjoyed a marked decline in its crime rates...  Read more

Conservatives ratchet up pressure to ditch Senate rules

Republicans want to use budget reconciliation for measures not currently permitted under the process...  Read more