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All eyes in Washington were on FBI Director James Comey last Thursday, but the story that will actually have an effect on Americans wasn’t happening in the Senate – it was across the hall in the House of Representatives. It was there that congressional Republicans...

We are apparently to understand that illegal immigrants no longer feel comfortable enough in this country to apply for food stamps. A new article from the Associated Press contends that because of President Trump’s policies on ramping up deportations, some people have been...

The idea of universal basic income has been around for decades – even Martin Luther King, Jr. was said to support the concept in theory. But only recently has this utopian proposal gone mainstream, seeing the first tentacles of practical application in certain European...

After eight years of sluggish recovery, America is once again hitting its stride. And while it’s early to begin crediting President Donald Trump with kickstarting the economy, it’s not to early to lay the blame for those long years of stagnation directly at the feet...

Having finally signed off on a deal to keep the government open beyond the shutdown date, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill approved a $1.07 trillion spending bill that will keep Washington running until at least October. Missing from the bill? Any money to build THE...

Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation this week that would use the $14 billion seized from drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to begin construction on the border wall promised by President Donald Trump. With Trump saying this week that he would be willing to remove...

With every passing week, Democrats are being forced to dig further and further into the Pool of Excuses to find justifications for their refusal to work with Donald Trump. And every time they yank another excuse out of the pool, we veer closer and closer to the Drain of...

In a move that could have a modest economic impact and a soaring political impact, the Trump administration reversed Obama’s block on the Keystone Pipeline XL, fulfilling yet another promise Trump made on the campaign trail. “Today we begin to make things right,” President...

The GOP was swept into full control of Washington, in part, on their promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. But if a couple of new polls accurately reflect the mood of the electorate, voters are not happy with how Republicans are going about the task of fulfilling that promise....

President Donald Trump is set to deliver his proposed 2018 budget plan to Congress on Thursday, and it is widely expected to include dramatic cuts to the United Nations. The White House has instructed the State Department to identify UN programs that the U.S. can step away from...