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The Federal Housing Administration is cutting its mortgage insurance premium charges, making its loans a little more affordable. But key House Republicans are pressing the Trump administration to reverse the cost reduction.

Mortgage premium reduction is positive news, but might change under Trump

May 20, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

Editor's note: Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as president Friday, Jan. 20, the Department of Housing and Urban Development indefinitely suspended the pending reduction in mortgage insurance premiums....

Members of the military march down Pennsylvania Avenue during an inaugural parade rehearsal on Jan. 15, 2017, in Washington, DC. On Jan. 20, President-elect Donald Trump with be sworn in as the nation's 45th president.

How William Henry Harrison invented the inaugural parade

May 11, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

At dawn on March 4, 1841, an artillery unit dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms fired a 26-gun salute on the Mall — one shot for each state. The gunfire signaled...

What happened to Trump’s honeymoon phase?

May 11, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

The shortest honeymoon on record is officially over. Normally, newly elected presidents enjoy a wave of goodwill that allows them to fly high at least through their first 100 days....

The inhumanity of Dylann Roof, including his final act

May 11, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

If Death lingers in courtroom corridors awaiting sentences, this historic city's federal courthouse was surely a top destination. On Tuesday, the Reaper's patience was rewarded with the jury's return of...

Interior of the common area at 444 Social in Lincolnshire, Ill.

Average real estate commissions dropping to low 5 percent range

May 20, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

Wave goodbye to the "standard" 6 percent commission rate. The average commission paid on American home sale transactions continues to decline — and could even dip below 5 percent within...

Aman watches a TV news program showing a file image of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, onOct. 16, 2016.

Cold War relic blooms into a present day threat

May 11, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

You can kick the can down the road, but when Kim Jong Un announces, as he did recently, that "we have reached the final stage in preparations to test-launch an...

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump stands with his wife Melania and son Barron at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.

How Trump’s 10-year-old son could guide U.S. cybersecurity

May 11, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

Donald Trump likes his technology like he likes his decor: stuck in the '80s. For all the praise he receives for embracing 21st-century social media, the president-elect seems to understand...

Memo to Trump: There’s only one president at a time

May 11, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

One of the hallmarks of our democratic system is its commitment to the peaceful transition of power. This practice comes with two important, linked corollaries that fall under the tenet...

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

As Trump readies his kissy face for Putin, a glimpse into the dictator’s soul

May 11, 2019 at 3:48 a.m.

"Spare us the kissy-face." It was June 2001 and I was covering President George W. Bush's trip to Slovenia, where he had just met Vladimir Putin for the first time....

People who support Donald Trump seem unable to critique his unpresidential behavior.

Fear thee well to a baffling 2016

May 11, 2019 at 3:48 a.m.

As usual, the year's end brings reflections and ruminations on what was and what is to be. This time around, however, it feels as though an era is coming to...

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