Trump urges House GOP to move quickly on budget, tax cuts

President Donald Trump warned House Republicans on Sunday that 2018 would be a political failure for the GOP and disappointment for the nation if they fail on tax overhaul. A GOP aide familiar with the conversation said Trump told the lawmakers again and again that the party would have a steep price to pay in next year's midterm elections if they failed to pass his plan.

Matthew Dowd: Old GOP Is – Gone,’Trump’s Party Would NeverNominate Lincoln, Reagan

Sunday on ABC's "This Week," while discussing President George W. Bush's comments last week, former chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney 2004 presidential campaign and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said the Republican Party as it was before President Donald Trump was "gone." Dowd said, "George W. Bush is someone who disappeared for eight years during Barack Obama's term.

Georgia lawmaker: Can people with HIV be ‘legally’ quarantined?

A Georgia state representative - who is also an anesthesiologist and the wife of the former federal Health and Human Services secretary - asked at a public hearing Tuesday about the legality of quarantining HIV patients to stop the spread of the virus that causes AIDS. "What are we legally able to do?" Dr. Betty Price, a Republican, asked Dr. Pascale Wortley, director of the HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Surveillance Section at the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Cub Scout kicked out after asking lawmaker about gun control

A Cub Scout was kicked out of his den after he questioned a Colorado state lawmaker about her position on gun control and previous comments she made about African-Americans' health and eating fried chicken. It was the latest political flashpoint for the Boy Scouts after President Donald Trump used his speech at the organization's national jamboree in July to rail against "fake news" and former President Barack Obama and boast about beating Hillary Clinton.

Choice of next Fed chief to clear up US policy stance

It appears that the decision on the next choice of the US Federal Reserve chairman will be made soon. America's monetary and financial policy be more clear after the new Fed chairman is selected by President Donald Trump.During the US presidential election campaign last year, Trump repeatedly criticized Fed chief Janet Yellen, as he alleged that the slow pace of interest rate increases would help... It appears that the decision on the next choice of the US Federal Reserve chairman will be made soon.

Jimmy Carter defends Trump in a wide-ranging New York Times…

In one of his first major interviews since President Donald Trump took office, former President Jimmy Carter opened up about his views on politics and cultural clashes in the Trump era. Speaking with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in a piece titled "Jimmy Carter Lusts for a Trump Posting", Carter opined on a number of political topics: The former president said he would serve as a liaison to North Korea , and that he offered his services to Trump's national security adviser H.R. McMaster at the funeral of Zbigniew Brzezinski, an adviser who helped shape Carter's foreign policy agenda.

MSNBC: ‘RepubliKlan’ Trump Putting ‘Segregationists’ on the Courts

On Sunday's AM Joy , one left-wing MSNBC guest portrayed Republicans as a "RepublicaKlan party" promoting "white supremacy," and another guest tried to paint one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees as a "segregationist" as he also smeared former Senator Jesse Helms as "one of the most notorious racists in American politics." Ari Berman of the far-left Mother Jones appeared about 11:36 a.m. ET to discuss one of his articles in which he went after federal judicial nominee Tom Farr as someone who had supported "voter suppression" in North Carolina.

.com | Trump says US ‘totally prepared’ for potential North Korea threat

The United States is "totally prepared" to respond to threats from Pyongyang, US President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday, while also emphasizing his "exceptional relationship" with China's leader. "We're so prepared like you wouldn't believe," Trump told the Fox News programme Sunday Morning Futures while discussing tensions with North Korea, which have soared over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

‘The president’s wingman’: Despite firing, Steve Bannon stays close to Donald Trump

In the two months since Steve Bannon was shunted from the White House and returned to the helm of Breitbart News, the former chief strategist has declared "a season of war" on establishment Republicans and even worked to help a Senate candidate opposed by US President Donald Trump. Yet Bannon and Trump are anything but estranged.

Despite Washington, Connecticut health exchange soldiers on

It's still business as usual for Connecticut's health insurance marketplace, despite failed congressional efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law and President Donald Trump's proposal to stop federal payments to insurers. Access Health CT is continuing to gear up for this year's shortened open enrollment period, which runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 22. As part of its stepped-up outreach campaign, Access Health CT is making it clear they're open for business.

Trump plans to help pay aides’ legal costs for Russia probes

President Donald Trump intends to spend at least $430,000 of his own money to help pay the legal bills of White House staff and campaign aides related to the investigations into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election, a White House official said Saturday. It's the first such commitment by Trump, who has dismissed the ongoing investigations into whether his campaign colluded with Russia as a "witch hunt" invented by Democrats to explain Hillary Clinton's loss.