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A Test for the Trump Coalition

Armstrong Williams, Last week’s wispy vote in the House of Representatives and subsequent haranguing from national party Democrats on the fate of their political opponents create many inflection points for pundits and policy watchers alike. There’s no question both sides will use the vote as a watershed moment for the 2018 election cycle. And while

Comey’s testimony on amount of Clinton emails on laptop was misleading

FBI Director James Comey last week reportedly misstated the number of Hillary Clinton’s emails that Huma Abedin forwarded to her husband, Anthony Weiner, to print out, ProPublica reported. Comey told a Senate Judiciary Committee last week that Clinton aide Abedin forwarded “hundreds of thousands” of Clinton’s emails to her husband. But two unnamed sources familiar with the

White House, GOP senators differ on whether Senate starts ‘from scratch’ on health care

The White House and fellow Republicans in the Senate differed Sunday on Congress’ next step on ObamaCare reform, with Maine Sen. Susan Collins suggesting her chamber will shelve the recently passed House measure and “start from scratch.” While President Trump and House Republicans celebrated passage of their measure Thursday with a White House Rose Garden

University of Kentucky students busted in spy-like attempt to steal exam

Two statistics students at the University of Kentucky are now facing the consequences for making a huge miscalculation during finals week, according to police. Police hit Henry Lynch II and Troy Kiphuth, both 21, with third-degree burglary charges Wednesday after they allegedly crawled through an air duct and steal an exam from a professor’s office.

Priebus says Trump administration considered changes to libel laws

President Trump said Sunday that Americans with pre-existing medical conditions will be covered under Republicans’ new ObamaCare overhaul, as House GOP leaders try to pass the measure as early as this week. “Health care plan is on its way,” Trump tweeted. “Will have much lower premiums & deductibles while at the same time taking care