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Republicans turn to the telephone to avoid hostile crowds

Some lawmakers are turning to conference calls with their constituents to avoid the hostile crowds that have greeted Republicans at their town halls across the country...  Read more

Seriously, Don't Watch the Oscars

Are you going to watch the Academy Awards this Sunday?...  Read more

Conservatives must remember conservatism

As the Conservative Political Action Conference comes to town, the Right — conservative activists, commentators, talk-radio hosts and Republican politicians — should keep actual conservatism at the front and center of their minds...  Read more

White House, VA split on anti-Trump tweets

A major split has emerged between President Trump's White House and the Department of Veterans Affairs over whether VA employees should be allowed to tweet out anti-Trump messages...  Read more

CPAC a chance for Trump to show unified White House

White House officials say their presence at CPAC shows President Trump's ongoing desire to maintain a dialogue. The president held a rally Saturday in Florida...  Read more

Two-thirds of Americans say Trump will get US in 'major war'

A new NBC/SurveyMonkey poll found two-thirds of U.S. adults are worried the U.S. will be dragged into war during President Trump's first term in office...  Read more

Reading Up on the New National Security Advisor, H.R. McMaster

The selection of Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to be President Trump's new National Security Advisor has received near universal praise. But understanding why McMaster is highly regarded is another matter altogether...  Read more

Better ways to boost manufacturing and jobs

President Trump seems torn between his promise to drain the swamp and his desire to juice American companies. There's a schism in his inner circle between conservatives and finance types...  Read more

'Santa Trump' starts to deliver for immigration hawks

President Trump is ordering the federal government to step up enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, to the delight of enforcement-first immigration hawks who have been on the outside looking in during the last two administrations...  Read more

Hill staff craves direction from Trump White House

Traditionally, the White House has weekly calls with communications directors of the same party, but the Trump administration has yet to do so...  Read more

Why military base closures could actually happen this time

Sens. John McCain and Jack Reed said at a hearing that they want to discuss BRAC with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis...  Read more

Meet Trump's New General for National Security Advisor

President Donald Trump has named U.S. Army lieutenant general H.R. McMaster to be his new national security advisor...  Read more

Sen. McConnell: How I helped Trump win the White House

"I didn't know what kind of Republican he was going to be. He was supporting Democrats four or five years ago," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...  Read more

Trump has already changed future of consumer finance

The payday lending rule wasn't necessarily close to being finalized, even if Hillary Clinton had won. The sweeping set of regulations would have implemented guardrails meant to prevent borrowers from being trapped in a series of high-cost loans that they would struggle to repay...  Read more

Obamacare repeal means deep cuts to CDC

Rep. Nita Lowey said repealing the prevention fund would "blow a massive hole" in the CDC's budget. "It would mean less research, worse health outcomes and more death and suffering from preventable disease," she said...  Read more

The Right Cure for What Ails Our Economy

Writing good policy is very much like seeing a skilled intern­ist...  Read more

Netanyahu Comes to Trump's Washington

What a difference an election makes. Benjamin Net­­an­yahu, for eight years scorned and insulted by the Obama administration, found himself warmly embraced in the Trump White House last week...  Read more

Restaurants try to take out Trump's immigration policies

On the same day President Trump squared off with the White House press corps, upscale Washington restaurants shuttered to protest his immigration policies...  Read more