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CRASHING STOCK MARKET COULD BE GOOD FOR WASHINGTON
The stock market bubble has people up to their ears in unrealized capital gains... READ MORE›
IN TAX PUSH, TRUMP'S TEAM USES A DUBIOUS GROWTH ESTIMATE
Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan have said that the tax cuts wouldn't add to budget deficits... READ MORE›
BARRY GARDINER REFUSES TO SAY WHEN THE DEFICIT WOULD BE ELIMINATED UNDER A LABOUR GOVERNMENT
It comes after after John McDonnell also refused to answer questions about figures on Labour's borrowing plans because MPs have iPads and advisers for that... READ MORE›
MANAFORT INDICTMENT CASTS DOUBT OVER TRUMP'S TAX REFORM PLANS
At worst, tax reform might not happen as Washington waits to see whether Trump can survive... READ MORE›
TRUMP, MCCONNELL STAGE IMPROMPTU SHOW OF UNITY ON GOP TAX AGENDA
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged Monday to work together on the GOP goal of overhauling federal taxes, proclaiming... READ MORE›
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TRUMP LASHES OUT AT MEDIA FOR FAILING TO REPORT DEBT DECREASE
WASHINGTON - President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday morning to claim the media ignored some good news about his administration... READ MORE›
THEY SAID WHAT? FACT-CHECKING THE FINAL DEBATE BETWEEN CLINTON AND TRUMP
A running compilation of fact-checking during the third and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump... READ MORE›
COORDINATED STRATEGY BRINGS OBAMA VICTORY ON IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
One senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss White House strategy said Energy Secretary Ernest J... READ MORE›
US POLICY IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF SENATOR WHO SAYS GOD, NOT PEOPLE, CHANGES THE CLIMATE
Senator Inhofe previously chaired the Environment committee between 2003 and 2008, when he yielded the position to California Democrat Barbara Boxer... READ MORE›
ON THE DEATH OF THE SENATE AND ITS LONG HISTORY AS THE WORLD'S GREATEST DELIBERATIVE BODY
The pressure on Democrats to filibuster any nominee to the high court will be tremendous... READ MORE›
'TIME TO MOVE ON' AFTER DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS DEALT ANOTHER DEFEAT ON OBAMACARE REPEAL
Mitch McConnell made the remarks during an emotional speech on the floor of the senate after the so-called skinny repeal was voted down 51-49... READ MORE›
SENATE VOTES TO REPEAL KEY OBAMACARE PROVISIONS, DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Everybody knows repeal is a gesture in futility, said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., before the vote... READ MORE›
DEMOCRAT SANDERS GAINING ON FRONT-RUNNER CLINTON IN 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
She led Sanders by 20 percentage points in the online poll a week ago... READ MORE›
THE OBAMACARE REPEAL FIASCO
President Trump responded with a typical Twitter snit Let Obamacare fail and then come together and do a great health care plan... READ MORE›
HEALTH CARE BILL: WHAT'S NEXT NOW THAT THE SENATE HAS PUNTED?
Senate Republicans have gone back to the drawing board to get an Obamacare repeal bill they can pass... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S FAULTY TRADE MATH MAY NOT MAKE AMERICA GREATER, OR RICHER
Most economists disagree with the notion that the trade deficit matters much to a country as large and self-sufficient as the United States... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S NONSENSICAL CLAIM HE CAN ELIMINATE $19 TRILLION IN DEBT IN EIGHT YEARS
In the eight years of a putative two-term Trump presidency, the CBO projects a total of 10 trillion in discretionary spending... READ MORE›
SENATORS EXPLORE BIPARTISAN 'PLAN B' TO TROUBLED GOP HEALTH BILL
He said he wants more generous subsidies for poorer people buying insurance in the exchanges... READ MORE›
OBAMA AND REPUBLICAN LEADER PLEDGE TO WORK TOGETHER
Share this page President Barack Obama is to ask Congress for 6... READ MORE›
KHAMENEI SAYS IRAN WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH U.S. BEYOND NUCLEAR TALKS
Negotiations are a tool for them to influence Iran and to impose their will, Ayatollah Khamenei said to hundreds of visitors to his offices... READ MORE›
OUTCOME IS LIKELY TO BE A MORE CONSERVATIVE AMERICA
But watch Louisiana and Georgia where third-party candidates could force run-offs, possibly delaying a final Senate verdict for one or even two months... READ MORE›
IRAN DEAL DEBATE DELAYED AS TALK OF SECRET DEALS DIVIDES GOP
As House Republicans struggled over tactics Senate Republicans conceded that the White House had prevailed and the accord could not be stopped... READ MORE›
OBAMA TELLS CONGRESS US WILL STILL PRESS IRAN WITH DEAL
Biden Jr. ways that the administration could unilaterally address issues around the Iran nuclear accord without renegotiating it... READ MORE›
6 GUANTNAMO DETAINEES ARE TRANSFERRED TO OMAN
Congress has outlawed bringing any detainees onto domestic soil... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL NAME YOUR SUPREME COURT PICK PRESIDENT OBAMA
More than two weeks after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, President Obama has not named a nominee for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court... READ MORE›
WITH EUROPE BEHIND IT, GREECE IS BEING PUSHED INTO FURTHER PERIL
The pre-referendum terms have been made tougher, both through the quasi-automatic spending cuts and through the enforced sell-off of Greece's assets... READ MORE›
WILD CARDS REMAINAS DEMOCRATS ADDIRAN DEAL SUPPORTERS
Among the undecided senators, Democrats are closely watching for a signal from Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin said... READ MORE›
AS TRUMP SLAMS 'RIDICULOUS' CIA CLAIMS, MITCH MCCONNELL'S RUSSIA GAMBLE PAYS OFF
The Russians are not our friends, McConnell told reporters at a year-end news briefing... READ MORE›
SENATORS DEFEAT OBAMACARE REPEAL BEFORE HIGHWAY FUNDING DEBATE
However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he doesn't want to pass another short-term fix... READ MORE›
3 DEMOCRATS ADD TOOBAMAS SAFETYMARGIN ON IRAN DEAL
On Tuesday, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia became the fourth Senate Democrat to publicly oppose the agreement, joining Benjamin L... READ MORE›
TRUMP WIDENS LEAD OVER U.S. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FIELD
WASHINGTON Republican Donald Trump is pulling away from the pack in the race for the party's U.S... READ MORE›
MITCH MCCONNELL'S FACE DROPS AS VOTER CONFRONTS HIM OVER HIS SILENCING OF ELIZABETH WARREN
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may be accustomed to dealing with angry voters, but his poker face has yet to be perfected... READ MORE›
MOST ECONOMISTS AGREE: TRUMP TAX PLAN WILL WIDEN BUDGET DEFICIT
Trump's tax cut proposal calls for wide-ranging changes in the tax code for both companies and individuals... READ MORE›
BE CAREFUL, IT COULD GET PAINFUL
In October, Trump claimed his plan would unleash growth of 5 percent or 6 percent... READ MORE›
SENATE LEADER SAYS CONGRESS WILL BLOCK SOME OBAMA MOVES ON CUBA
McConnell has been a consistent critic of Obama on a range of foreign policy fronts, including Cuba and U.S... READ MORE›