The Trump administration
is about to launch its big push for a sweeping federal tax overhaul. In an interview with CNBC, the Tax Foundation's Scott Hodge called the bundle of cuts and reforms, "a real step in the right direction."
The President addressed the United Nations this week, and as is his pattern, he avoided the typical diplomatic doublespeak.
There was a great deal of conflicting information, and confusing headlines, coming out of the President's meeting with Democrats Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Was there a deal on DREAMers and DACA? Is the border wall with Mexico going to be built? What the heck just happened?
The Trump administration threw its support behind legislation that would reform and limit the number of legal immigrants admitted to the U.S.
There are times when the political class lies -- to voters, the press, even itself. But rarely do we get a member of that group to admit to the lie, and do so on the record.
Senate Republican leaders have decided they will not move ahead with their health insurance reform legislation. The failed effort is already being called a major blow to the Trump agenda, and that isn't entirely wrong.
Official Washington is nearing a frenzy over the meeting and email exchanges between Donld Trump, Jr. and a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign. Partisans on both sides are talking with far too much certainty about events they know too little about -- in other words, just another day inside the Beltway.
