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Trump reopens Obamacare fight by declaring war on conservatives

President Trump escalated his offensive against congressional conservatives who oppose the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare on Thursday as party leaders signal they want to take another shot at healthcare reform...  Read more

Air Force secretary nominee to face questions over contractor payments

A Senate committee on Thursday will finally begin consideration of another top Pentagon nomination from President Trump, two months after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis became the first and only Senate-confirmed leader there...  Read more

Chummy Senate Intelligence Leaders Show Contrast with House on Russia Probe

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee vowed to thoroughly assess the intelligence community's conclusions on Russian election interference Wednesday, steering clear of the controversies plaguing their House intel counterparts...  Read more

The Trump era's 5 emerging constituencies

Rarely has America witnessed such a radical turnabout in such a brief period of time...  Read more

Doesn't anybody know how to play this game?

"Dare I suggest," writes the economist and blogger Tyler Cowen, "that the quality of governance in this country has taken a downward turn of late?"...  Read more

Trump heading for big struggle on tax reform

Sean Spicer suggested this week that Trump would lead the Republican effort to overhaul the tax code...  Read more

Renewed Republican healthcare effort plagued by same old conflicts

House Republicans struggled Tuesday to revive legislation to repeal Obamacare but were no closer to bridging the intraparty differences that killed the initiative just days earlier...  Read more

Another Reason to Drill

One of President Donald Trump's most urgent policy priorities is to cut taxes for businesses and workers...  Read more

Democrats using Devin Nunes to undermine House Intelligence Committee investigation

Democrats decided to only ask for Nunes' recusal — not his resignation — as a tactical move...  Read more

Trump's 'Art of the Deal': a free-market framework

The free market must be protected, not from competition but from rule breakers who mock capitalism's principles...  Read more

Conservatives can't just lean on a debunked Churchill line, hoping millennials start leaning right

No, Winston Churchill did not say, "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain."...  Read more

Senators: Defend our troops by defending the BLM methane waste rule

We strongly believe that natural gas waste is a matter of our energy security...  Read more

Gowdy, Defending Nunes, Says Even 'Jesus Would Not Be a Satisfactory Chairperson' to Democrats

Republicans reject calls for the House intel chairman to recuse himself from Russia-related investigations...  Read more

Healthcare fail threatens to cost Republicans a Georgia House seat

The race could reveal a lot about how worried Republicans should be about Trump's low approval ratings...  Read more

The futile pursuit of negotiations with North Korea

Sanctions must be increased and enforced and North Korea should be re-designated a state sponsor of terror...  Read more

Working with Democrats means new political risks for Trump

President Trump gave every indication he was more interested in tax reform than Obamacare...  Read more

Infrastructure special report: $1 trillion up for grabs

It's one of the most popular pieces of legislation in Washington despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that it does not exist...  Read more

State Department Condemns Russian Government's Response to Peaceful Protests

The State Department censured Russian authorities for detaining peaceful protesters Sunday as anti-corruption demonstrations swept the country, according to a statement provided to THE WEEKLY STANDARD...  Read more