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New GOP poll gives Trump high marks for delivering positive change

Just over 50 percent of voters sampled in a new GOP poll approved of President Trump's actions...  Read more

OMB director pick likely to be confirmed, but his battles have just begun

Republican doubts about Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget, could foreshadow an internal administration struggle over priorities in the federal budget...  Read more

To boycott or not to boycott

I have a tough one for all of you with reasonable minds and conservative bents...  Read more

Republicans draw the line with Trump on Russia

Conservatives suspicious of President Trump, along with other administration critics, have wondered if there's any line the president might cross that would meet resistance from the GOP Congress...  Read more

Trump Won't Be Able to Talk Putin Out of His Alliance with Iran

Since President Trump's election, American allies and other foreign policy observers have been curious to know how the new White House intends to resolve an apparent contradiction...  Read more

Trump adviser's carbon tax talks alarm conservatives

A coalition of conservative and free-market groups are raising alarm over the possibility that senior White House officials may be entertaining the idea of a carbon tax...  Read more

GOP follows Trump's lead, demands leak investigation

House and Senate Republicans are following President Trump's lead by demanding investigations into the damaging leaks that have been pouring out of the federal government since President Trump took office...  Read more

Republicans to Elizabeth Warren: Please, raise your profile all you want

In Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Republicans see a next-generation liberal bogeyman they can use to trip up vulnerable Democrats running for re-election in red states...  Read more

A new beginning with Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be meeting with a Republican president for the first time...  Read more

Freedom Caucus wants Obamacare repeal vote now

The Freedom Caucus is tired of waiting for legislation to repeal Obamacare, and on Tuesday called out Republican leadership for trying to include replacement provisions...  Read more

Trump after Flynn resignation: 'The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington?'

President Trump took a shot at the people who told reporters about former national security adviser Mike Flynn's communications with the Russian ambassador about sanctions...  Read more

Grassley expects another Supreme Court vacancy before 2020

The Judiciary chairman was confident that Neil Gorsuch, who he called "mainstream," would be swiftly confirmed...  Read more

GOP looks to cap employer tax break in Obamacare replacement

Republicans facing tough questions about how to pay for their Obamacare replacement are looking hard at a controversial but revenue-raising idea: capping the tax break for employer-sponsored coverage...  Read more

GOP defense hawks barely squawked on Mulvaney nomination

President Trump's choice for budget director, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., headlined a half a dozen nominees. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., filed to end debate on Monday night...  Read more

No, There Is No Tradition of Filibustering Supreme Court Nominees

Contrary to recent mythology, there has never been a Senate tradition of filibustering nominees to the Supreme Court. Only once in history has there been a clear attempt to filibuster a first-time nominee to the Supreme Court, as in the case of the 2006 Samuel Alito confirmation...  Read more

Flynn Resigns After Push from Pence and Reince Over Russian Ambassador Talks

It took only three weeks for the Trump administration to experience its first scandal and senior-level resignation...  Read more

Could Trump save the media?

It was easy to imagine journalists tugging at their hair as they read the notorious comment of senior White House adviser Steve Bannon last month, calling the media "the opposition party" and saying...  Read more

Andy Puzder's Confirmation Could Be in Peril

The political world is abuzz about the possibility Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, is on the outs with Donald Trump. That’s due to a not-so-deep reading of some comments by Chris Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax Media and a donor and friend to Trump, on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday...  Read more