ArticleHouse law­makers return to D.C.

WASHINGTON — House law­makers returned to Wash­ing­ton on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home dis­tricts. The first order of busi­ness is prob­ably a vote on a stop­gap spend­ing bill designed to keep the fed­eral...

ArticleIs Harry’s return linked to how he answered ques­tions for U.S. visa about drug usage?

ArticleGra­ham sis wins GOP nod

Sen. Dar­line Gra­ham defeated Rep. Ralph Nor­man Tues­day in the South Car­o­lina spe­cial Repub­lican Sen­ate primary run­off elec­tion, mov­ing one step closer to hold­ing on to her late brother’s seat in the upper cham­ber for a full term. Gra­ham...

ArticleCage rage: Trump ‘spat’ fuels aide gos­sip

A TENSE exchange between Don­ald and Melania Trump caught on cam­era at the Free­dom 250 Indy­Car race has increased online spec­u­la­tion about the pres­id­ent’s rela­tion­ship with aide Nat­alie Harp. The first lady had not been seen in pub­lic for...

ArticleRepub­lic­ans turned Demo­crats hope to con­nect with voters in midterms

Demo­crats have struggled to win over Repub­lican voters in recent elec­tions. This year, some Demo­cratic can­did­ates argue they can change that — because they were once Repub­lic­ans. These party switch­ers say that they have unique insight into...

ArticleICE can­not sur­vive past Trump’s reign

Another day, another video on social media fea­tur­ing U.S. Immig­ra­tion and Cus­toms Enforce­ment agents behav­ing badly. Some­times they act like bul­lies, intim­id­at­ing goons tramp­ling the Con­sti­tu­tion. Other times they show they’ve learned...

ArticleLeav­itt: Why she’s irre­place­able

Karoline Leav­itt “has served Pres­id­ent Trump well,” said David Gard­ner in The Daily Beast. Unfor­tu­nately for the rest of us, the 29-year-old White House press sec­ret­ary, who last week announced she was step­ping down to look after her two young...

ArticleCARNEY WALKS AWAY FROM TRUMP'S EXTORTION

“You cam­paign in poetry,” Mario Cuomo once fam­ously said. “You gov­ern in prose.” In the view of the former New York State gov­ernor, elec­tions are sun-drenched day­dreams. Elec­tions, once won, rap­idly devolve into real­ity and, often, total...