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President Donald Trump approaches members of the media to speak on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lying to the FBI prior to his Marine One departure from the White House. Dec. 4, 2017.

We need to keep our focus on the real damage Trump is doing

December 17, 2018 at 4:52 p.m.

I bumped into Bret Baier, the Fox News host, at a Washington cocktail party Wednesday night where it seemed everybody was chatting about the latest White House insanity: President Donald...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens as President Donald Trump announces that the United States will designate North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump-Tillerson potential breakup signals a more hawkish foreign policy

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

The bad marriage of President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson seems to be nearing an end, probably to the relief of both. The question is how the...

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) speaks as Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) (R) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (C) listen during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the Capitol November 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Kill the tax bill

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON — What the Republicans are offering on taxes is a bad bargain for America's future. They would borrow — roughly $1.5 trillion over a decade — to finance tax...

The betting line and some of the nearly 400 proposition bets for Super Bowl 50 between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos are displayed at the Race & Sports SuperBook at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino on Feb. 2, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Supreme Court tackles sports betting

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON — American democracy's comic opera frequently features collaborations of “bootleggers and Baptists.” These entertainments are so named because during Prohibition, Baptists thought banning Demon Rum would improve public morals...

President Donald Trump walks away from the podium after speaking in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Nov. 15, 2017.

Robinson: Congress should investigate Trump’s alleged sexual misconduct

December 17, 2018 at 3:24 p.m.

Powerful men with long histories of alleged sexual harassment or assault are finally being held accountable — except one. That would be President Trump. From movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to...

<p>Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, left, and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.</p>

Illinois’ looming battle over the bankrupting ‘blue model’

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois, Illinois, Can be writ the nation's glory, Illinois, Illinois. — Official state song This state's story, which lately has been depressing, soon will acquire...

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) attends a press conference following a weekly meeting of the House Republican caucus on Nov. 14, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Repeal and replace the tax code

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

The House Republicans' tax bill would somewhat improve the existing revenue system that once caused Mitch Daniels (former head of the Office of Management and Budget, former Indiana governor) to...

President Donald J. Trump poses for photographs with an outgoing group of interns at The White House July 24, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump Jr.’s incredible history of dumb decisions

May 11, 2019 at 4:25 a.m.

With all the documentation of Russian collusion piling up, President Donald Trump's best excuse may be that his people were too incompetent to organize a conspiracy. Luckily for him, an...

Democrat Doug Jones speaks at a campaign rally the race to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala.

Roy Moore is an embarrassment. Doug Jones deserves to win.

May 11, 2019 at 4:24 a.m.

But for the bomb, the four would be in their 60s, probably grandmothers. Three were 14 and one was 11 in 1963 when the blast killed them in the 16th...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie speaks to supporters at an election night rally on Nov. 7, 2017, in Richmond, Va. Gillespie lost to Democrat Ralph Northam.

Donald Trump was on the ballot in Virginia. He lost.

May 11, 2019 at 4:24 a.m.

President Donald Trump may have been 7,000 miles away in Seoul on Tuesday, but make no mistake: He was on the ballot in Virginia when his imitator, Republican Ed Gillespie,...

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