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Democrats kick off anti-Trump 'Resistance Summer'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has called the president's proposed budget, which seeks tax cuts and reduced spending, "indecent."...  Read more

Trump could rally GOP, reward voters with Paris Agreement exit

If President Trump announces Thursday that he has decided to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the move would likely enjoy broad support among Republican voters...  Read more

Is There a No Good, Very Bad, German Trade Deficit?

Understanding Trump's complaint about the Germans...  Read more

Why did the NSA breach privacy protections?

National Security Agency analysts under the Obama administration improperly searched Americans' information, but the searches were conducted largely out of error...  Read more

House Intel Committee Issues New Subpoenas

The House pursues both Russian election interference and unmasking...  Read more

One of Trump's Top Foreign Trip Achievements? An Agreement to Stop Financing Terror, Says White House

Sean Spicer spent a good 10 minutes Tuesday recapping the highlights of an "incredible, historic trip" to the Middle East and Europe...  Read more

Trump Makes Unusual Case for Eliminating Legislative Filibuster

The ends don't really have anything to do with the means...  Read more

White House vows to take more Skype questions after six-week lull

The White House has taken questions via Skype with progressively less frequency over President Trump's first four months...  Read more

Still waiting for Obama to be quiet

Those who idolize former President Barack Obama believe he is everything President Trump is not...  Read more

How a 'fake news' controversy in Qatar exposed real Middle East tensions

In the false Qatar News Agency dispatch, Qatar's ruling monarch was quoted as saying "There is no wisdom in harboring hostility towards Iran."...  Read more

Medical groups worried about closed-door talks on Obamacare repeal

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch of Utah sent a letter in mid-May to a wide collection of health industry groups and officials requesting input on an effort to repeal and replace Obamacare...  Read more

The Media's Nostradamus Complex

Predicting the future is often pointless, yet we keep doing it...  Read more

Senate Republicans have no answer to the trickiest question on tax reform

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has suggested that all of the House Republicans' ideas for eliminating tax breaks to achieve lower tax rates enjoy little or no Senate support...  Read more

Trump leaks put critical surveillance tool at risk

A key government surveillance tool set to expire in 2017 could be jeopardized by a string of intelligence leaks that have damaged the Trump administration, and led to questions about whether federal officials can protect the information they collect...  Read more

Senate faces shrinking timeline for Obamacare repeal

Sen. John McCain expressed skepticism that Senate Republicans would meet all their goals by Sept. 30, when the deadline for using a process that allows a simple majority to repeal Obamacare expires...  Read more

In Montana, Dems hoisted by own their early-vote petard

In a normal, sane world, a candidate who body-slammed a reporter on election eve would not win in a close race for Congress...  Read more

Iran Sanctions Bill Passes Out of Senate Committee Overwhelmingly

Vocal opposition by John Kerry did not keep the legislation from having broad bipartisan support...  Read more

Gianforte dashes Democratic hopes, holds on in Montana after assault charge

Republicans held onto Montana's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday night, even after GOP nominee Greg Gianforte was cited for misdemeanor assault against a reporter hours before the polls opened...  Read more