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    Supreme Court Hands Trump a Historic Win in Immunity Case

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    Welcome to July! It’s only the first of the month, but we’ve already got fireworks going off in the nation’s capital, where the Supreme Court handed down a landmark 6-3 ruling , decided along...

  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin at a local pharmacy in Provo

    Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

    By Nate Raymond, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making,...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L) listens to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) (R) before a House Judiciary committee hearing on the 'Oversight of the US Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 20

    Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. lawmaker who was President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar withdrew on Tuesday after a report he spearheaded a bill that hurt the government's ability to crack down...

  • Will the Supreme Court Help the GOP Repeal Obamacare?

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    Republican lawmakers are still vowing to repeal Obamacare—but this time they’re banking on the Supreme Court to help them. If the Court rules against the administration in the much-anticipated case...

  • Huckabee Lets Loose on Gun Control Liberals

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who might throw his hat into the ring for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, does not like people who do not like guns. In his new book, God, Guns, Grits and...

  • Paul Ryan, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, gets into his vehicle as he departs Public School 162 in the Harlem area of New York, U.S. May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

    Obamacare Substitute in the Works from Ryan, Upton, Kline

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    Three top U.S. Republican lawmakers, including Representative Paul Ryan, will lead an effort to craft new health reforms that could replace Obamacare, party officials said on Friday. House leadership...

  • ISIS Takes Oil Facility in Northern Iraq

    By Stephen Kalin, Reuters

    Islamic State insurgents on Saturday seized a small crude oil station near the northern Iraqi city Kirkuk where 15 employees were working, and explosions in and around the capital Baghdad killed at...

  • Analysis: As hurricanes loom, Florida insurance lives on borrowed time

    Look Who’s Worried About Global Warming Now

    By Eric Pianin

    One important byproduct of the two weeks of Senate debate leading up to Thursday’s 62-to-36 vote to pass the Keystone XL pipeline authorization bill is the revelation that more than a dozen Senate...