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Most Popular 1 How the Left Can Win in the South 2 The Circular Firing Squad Isn’t Amusing Anymore 3 ALEC Is Talking About Changing the Way Senators Are Elected and Taking Away Your Vote 4 Sean Spicer Has Embarrassed Himself—Badly 5 Paul…
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Last July, John Brennan, then the head of the C.I.A., sat underneath anenormous white tent in Aspen, Colorado, and sketched a dire picture ofwhat awaited the next President. Brennan told the audience at the annualAspen Security Forum that…
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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump gave an interview with the New York Times that is astonishing in its bombast and disrespect for the competence of people who serve the administration. During the 50-minute session, Trump attacked…
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The current debate over government-subsidized health care seems unsolvable — there is just not enough money to give everyone what they demand. Nevertheless, this circle can be squared, at least partially, and in a way that will satisfy…
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<!-- Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard J. Durbin held a news conference to discuss the bipartisan “Dream Act of 2017" in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) --> Sen. Lindsey Graham thinks that despite…
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1 Share Share Tweet Share Share Email I have to confess I’ll miss Sean Spicer. That man has provided hours of entertainment and wonderful material for SNL. We told you about this weeks ago from White House sources, as…
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Bemoaning the disappearance of the New York is a time-honored tradition: no one has ever arrived here early enough to experience the city at its greatest, and everyone who comes after you has arrived too late. It would be easy, and at…
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Noah Rothman thinks congressional Republicans’ inability to deal with President Trump is a failure of imagination: If the 2016 presidential election cycle demonstrated anything, it was that Republicans suffer from a crippling lack of…
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Congressional Republicans and Democrats announced Saturday they had reached an agreement on a sweeping Russia sanctions package to punish Moscow for meddling in the presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine and Syria.…
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Advertisement – story continues below During Saturday’s commissioning of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, U.S. Navy Yeoman Chief Petty Officer Berwyn Tinnion’s “beautiful” rendition of the national anthem brought people to tears.…
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Reince Priebus and Anthony Scaramucci told the White House comms team earlier today that they were old friends and have known each other forever. While the length of their relationship is a fact, Reince, with the support of Steve Bannon…
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A federal official says the wall will “essentially destroy” a wildlife refuge. CREDIT: AP Photo/Christian Torres, FileThe Trump administration plans to use a 2005 anti-terror law to avoid conducting an environmental review of the proposed…
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Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump’s newly appointed communications director, has continued to try and downplay past differences his new boss. He announced Saturday he was deleting old tweets critical of Trump or at odds with his…
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Alberta’s two main conservative parties have voted to unite, creating a political heavyweight in the heart of Canada’s oil patch that is poised to unseat Premier Rachel Notley and push to kill the province’s carbon tax. Members of the…
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You have to be a certain level of Twitter-obsessed to know what I mean when I say we’ve entered another Taye Diggs situation, so allow me to explain. A few years ago, the actor Taye Diggs started following a lot of journalists on Twitter.…
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Another member of President Donald Trump’s administration seems to have been caught not telling the whole truth about a meeting with Russian officials. This time, it’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima, and Greg…
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A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli border policeman at the entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City . (photo credit:AMMAR AWAD / REUTERS) The World Jewish…
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President Trump is besieged. He is reportedly looking for ways to close down the Russia investigation by the Justice Department. He already tried at least once, when he fired FBI Director James Comey. He still has the power to fire Special…
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Authored by Lee Smith via TabletMag.com, Donald Trump, Jr. appears to be the latest figure in President Donald Trump’s inner circle to be caught in the giant web of the Great Kremlin Conspiracy. Trump the younger said he was promised dirt…
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As Robert Mueller pursues a wide-ranging investigation aimed at Donald Trump, members of Trump’s family, his appointees, and his political associates, the president’s legal advisers have answered by attacking the legitimacy and fairness of…
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