Bob Corker: American troops will be in Afghanistan for another decade

American troops will remain in Afghanistan for at least another decade, said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday. "But are we likely to have troops in Afghanistan for the next decade? Sure," Corker said in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd aired on Sunday.

The Latest: Trump team defends him against San Juan’s mayor

30, 2017, as about 35 patients are evacuated after the failure of an electric... White House officials are defending President Donald Trump's attacks on the mayor of Puerto Rico's devastated capital city, and they say the administration is doing all it can to help victims of Hurricane Maria. Budget director Mick Mulvaney says the public needs to "judge us by the actions, please" in terms of efforts to help Puerto Rico.

Scandal 101: Equifax repeated Wells Fargo’s mistakes

Wells Fargo botched its fake account fiasco so badly that the bank is being hauled back for a congressional hearing almost exactly a year after the first one. Get ready for more fireworks when Senator Elizabeth Warren interrogates Wells Fargo about the bank's newest scandals during Tuesday's testimony.

Nine months in, Rep. Martha McSally is Arizona’s most reliable vote for Trump agenda

The state's GOP members voted less reliably with the Trump administration between July and September than during the first six months of the year. Nine months in, Rep. Martha McSally is Arizona's most reliable vote for Trump agenda The state's GOP members voted less reliably with the Trump administration between July and September than during the first six months of the year.

Manafort wiretap means FBI bugged Trump

Robert Romano Guest Columnist A Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court warrant was obtained against former Trump campaign manager and chairman Paul Manafort at a time when he had an apartment at Trump Tower and was either actively working on the campaign or still in contact with the campaign, according to the Sept. 19 CNN report.

1st charges filed by Mueller grand jury probing Trump campaign, report says

The first round of charges in special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election were approved Friday -- but it's still not known what they are or who they target. A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., approved the charges, CNN reported Friday , citing sources briefed in the matter.

With or without Trump, GOP insurgency plans for a civil war in 2018 midterms

The next Republican revolution began last week on a bright blue bus parked at a nighttime rally in Montgomery, Ala., days before a firebrand GOP candidate won the state's Senate primary. But unlike previous Republican revolutionaries, the hard-line figures who stepped out to cheers did not want to yank the party to the right on age-old issues such as taxes or spending.

Capitol Hill reacts to Tom Pricea s resignation as HHS secretary

Lawmakers voiced criticism and support after President Trump asked his embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to resign on Friday. Price faced sharp rebukes this week for repeatedly chartering private jets on trips that mixed government work with personal business.

Plan to double-bunk at new Kansas prison worries lawmakers

Kansas legislators are debating how much the decision to house more inmates two-to-a-cell has fueled unrest at state prisons in recent months, and some worry about Department of Corrections plans to open a new prison with a majority of its cells double-bunked. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood told a legislative committee this week that the cells at the planned new prison in Lansing in the Kansas City area would be large enough to hold two inmates, including maximum-security prisoners.

Iowa dramatically outspends Minnesota to lure companies like Amazon

Apple CEO Tim Cook told Iowa officials "we admire what you guys have accomplished" in creating an environment to attract job-creating companies like Apple and Amazon to the state. The head of Apple Inc. stood on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol this summer and delivered the kind of speech that makes some Minnesotans wince.

The Latest: Democrat says party at fault for heartland loss

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Democrats in Iowa looking for ways to win back Trump voters

In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, pauses while speaking to members of the media following the House Democratic Caucus elections on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ryan is among three rising House Democrats, including Illinois' Cheri Bustos and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, in Des Moines, Saturday, Sept.

Why Graham-Cassidy Failed – And the Hard Slog Ahead

With the announcement by U.S. Senators Ron Paul , John McCain , Susan Collins , and Ted Cruz declaring their refusal to support the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill, the latest Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare has met with failure yet again. Lest we repeat the procedure in an endless loop, there is a lesson to be learned from this debacle about the insidious cunning of modern liberalism.