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Most of Trump's nominees could face weeks of delays

The Senate's swift confirmation of two key members of President Trump's national security team on his first day in office offers little hope that he will be able to assemble the rest of his administration team any time soon...  Read more

Trump's First 100 Days: After a Combative First Weekend, Can Things Return to Normal?

Donald Trump has been president for nearly four days, but transition officials had suggested last week that Monday should be considered the "first" working day of the famed first 100 days...  Read more

Extend our nation's oldest defense force to lift service strain

On this day in 1860, on the heels of the Gold Rush in the American West, pioneers found themselves under attack...  Read more

Putting patients back in control of healthcare

In 2010, President Obama and Democrats in Congress began an irresponsible experiment with Americans' healthcare to try to prove a misguided hypothesis...  Read more

James O'Keefe: We're going after the media next

Members of the media have another thing coming if they thought criticism would ease up now that campaign season is over, undercover journalist James O'Keefe confirmed Thursday...  Read more

So Many Protests, So Little Time...

Gee, I'm having a tough time deciding which exciting anti-Trump demonstration to attend this weekend...  Read more

Trump enters the swamp

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday at noon in much the same way he was elected...  Read more

The case for a student-focused system of accountability in higher ed.

A well-functioning system of oversight is critical to ensure taxpayer dollars are achieving goals...  Read more

Trump's inheritance by the numbers

Although he hasn't inherited an economy in crisis, as did his predecessor, President Donald Trump now confronts a broad range of challenges...  Read more

Between unpopular Dems, GOP, a chance for Trump to triangulate

In the mid-1990s there was a lot of talk in Washington about "triangulation."...  Read more

FBI Releases 500 More Pages of Clinton Foundation Investigation Documents

A file consisting of over 500 pages of heavily reacted documents was posted to the FBI's Freedom of Information Act website Wednesday...  Read more

Manchin accuses fellow Democrats of 'playing politics' on Sessions

Sen. Joe Manchin accused his fellow Democrats, especially centrist Democrats keeping their powder dry on a number of President-elect Trump's nominees, of "playing politics" with Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination to be attorney general...  Read more

It's (still) the economy, stupid

The regard for "Hamilton," the world-famous Broadway play, reveals how big of an impact the United States secretary of the Treasury is capable of...  Read more

Tom Cotton: The Iran deal is dead

Sen. Tom Cotton said he expects President-elect Trump step up enforcement of the Iran nuclear deal but stop short of pulling the U.S. out of the agreement. But that won't save the deal...  Read more

Reducing unplanned pregnancy should be a key pro-life priority

In a time when bad news dominates the headlines, it's thrilling to get a reminder of genuine progress...  Read more

Obama Won't Close Gitmo but Hasn't Stopped Releasing Detainees

The White House conceded Tuesday that it wouldn't close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by the time President Obama leaves office later this week, but it hasn't stopped releasing detainees in the run-up to Inauguration Day...  Read more

End of an Error: The Clinton Global Initiative Shuts Down

Over at Fox News, the headline blares: "Clinton Global Initiative to lay off employees, shut down amid dwindling donations."...  Read more

Cut a bureaucrat's pay to $1? Top Dem fears GOP to target federal workers

The top Democrat on the House Rules Committee is hopping mad that Republicans revived a 19th-century rule allowing lawmakers to essentially fire individual civil servants and eliminate entire federal programs...  Read more