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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...

  • Red States Have Taken the Steepest Budget Cuts

    By Andy Sullivan, Reuters

    Washington has tightened its belt in recent years, the budget cuts have sliced most deeply in states where President Obama is unpopular, according to an analysis of federal spending by Reuters...

  • Defeating ISIS: Just a Skirmish or a War?

    By Rob Garver

    Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) wants Congress to stand up and assert its authority when it comes to the use of U.S. military force abroad. A bill proposed Wednesday would give President Obama a three-year...

  • Medicaid Reform Gets Boost in Hoosier State

    By Christine Vestal, Stateline

    The federal government yesterday approved Indiana’s plan to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, increasing the number of expansion states to 28, plus the District of Columbia. With...

  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with his core support group, the People's Front, in Moscow, November 18, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

    Putin Throws $2.5 Billion at ‘Anti-Crisis’ Plan

    By Rob Garver

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is promising his government will maintain “social stability” in the face of an economic downturn, even as Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signs an “anti-crisis” plan.

  • Why Elites Think ‘Pro-America’ Is So Last Century

    By Liz Peek

    We’re not only losing ground to ISIS, we’re also losing the hearts and minds of thousands of impressionable young men and women to radical Islam. It’s not surprising. While ISIS publishes polished...