One last chance: GOP strains for Obamacare repeal votes

Time growing short, President Donald Trump and Republican Senate leaders dove into a frantic hunt for votes Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare." The pressure was intense, the outcome uncertain in a Capitol newly engulfed in drama over health care.

Judiciary considers subpoenas for Manafort, FBI officials

The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering issuing subpoenas to President Donald Trump 's former campaign chairman and two FBI officials close to fired director James Comey as part of the panel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election s. It would be the second time the panel has subpoenaed Paul Manafort , Trump's former campaign chairman.

Trumpa s U.N. speech shows nationalist instincts firmly intact

Among the many signals that Donald Trump sent in his speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, one was especially clear: former chief strategist Steve Bannon's White House departure has not muted the president's "America First" foreign policy instincts. Trump's eight months in office have been characterized by a sometimes dramatic tug-of-war between "globalists" and "nationalist" advisers who have sought to move the president in myriad ways on issues both domestic and international.

Trump To World: I Know More Than You, So Sit Down And Shut Up

Forget waterboarding, enduring 41 minutes of Donald Trump's vision of the world, punctuated by incessant hand gestures, smug self-congratulatory approval of the fact that he can read off a teleprompter, and sophomoric depictions of foreign leaders, is pure unadulterated torture. It is also an embarrassing exercise that tests forbearance and begs forgiveness from our allies.

Trump warns UN assembly he may have to ‘destroy’ North Korea

A bellicose President Donald Trump used his maiden address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to warn "Rocket Man" Kim Jong-Un that he will "totally destroy" North Korea if it threatens the United States or its allies. Appearing before the 193-member body that emerged from the ashes of World War II, Trump boasted of America's military strength, signaled he is ready to rip up a nuclear accord with the "murderous regime" in Tehran, and berated US foes from Pyongyang to Caracas.

What Happened? A Horrible Candidate Lost

So far, I have refrained from weighing in on Hillary Clinton's post-mortem, What Happened , even though, as one of the few pundits who predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidential election, I perhaps can claim at least some insight into what happened. Why did I foresee that Trump would win? Not because I anticipated or understood what became the Trump phenomenon.

Right-wing and fringe media falsely claim legal Manafort wiretap…

Right-wing and fringe media are claiming yet again that President Donald Trump was correct when he accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping in Trump Tower, now arguing that a legal wiretap targeted at former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is proof of Trump's claim. However, said wiretap was pursuant to a warrant and targeted at Manafort, not Trump.

Peter Lucas: Congressman Kennedy launches Texas-sized trial balloon

The 37-year-old , red-headed congressman from Brookline, heir apparent to the thinning Kennedy political dynasty, is quickly emerging as a player in a Democrat Party bereft of leaders. He recently gave a rip-roaring speech in Texas that tore into President Donald Trump and had Texas Democrats clamoring for more.

CNN: FBI Wiretapped Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort Before and After Election

In early March, President Donald Trump drew widespread disgust from liberals when he complained via Twitter that he'd just found out that President Barack Obama "had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower before the victory." In a subsequent tweet on that same day, March 4, Trump asked: "Is it legal for a sitting President to be 'wire tapping' a race for president prior to an election?" In other tweets, Trump indicated that Obama had been tapping his phones, although he never explained how he knew or exactly what he meant.

Ex-OSHA official worries about labor protections under Trump

Promising huge corporate tax cuts, President Donald Trump last month visited a Springfield, Missouri, manufacturing company run by a family of Trump campaign donors. The speech about taxes was no surprise to most, but what did catch the eye of some was the manufacturing company itself, Loren Cook Co., which recently beat a lawsuit from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after one of its workers was struck and killed by machining parts.

Reports: Former Trump Campaign Chairman Wiretapped; To Be Indicted

U.S. media are reporting that federal investigators have wiretapped President Donald Trump's former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders and now plan to indict him. According to The New York Times, which cited two people it said were close to the case, U.S. agents informed Manafort on September 18 that they planned to indict him when they raided his home in Virginia in July.

How Democrats won the presidency

Hillary Clinton - who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren't sure - is on a book tour with her campaign memoir, Donald Trump - who is still campaigning despite having won - is chatting up Democrats to try to get something done. Anything! By week's end, he was recanting every mean thing he ever said about illegal immigrants and was softening his vow to send Dreamers back to their point of conception.

Singapore’s Lee looks to patch up China relations on official visit

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in China Tuesday amid tensions with Beijing and unease in southeast Asia over China's increasingly muscular foreign policy. Lee was not invited to China's One Belt, One Road conference in May, despite the city state's strong support for Beijing's sprawling economic and trade initiative.