Bipartisan friendship is a civil solution to political dysfunction

Few jurists have managed to capture the attention and imagination of American society like Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the "odd couple" who built a lasting friendship despite their diametrically-opposed legal views. Because of their dedication to finding common ground across an ideological chasm, the two were honored earlier this month with the annual Allegheny College Prize for Civility in Public Life .

U.S. Treasury rejects Exxon Mobil request to drill in Russia

The Trump administration has rejected a request from Exxon Mobil to waive U.S. sanctions against Russia to allow the company to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday in a brief statement that the administration "will not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions."

Hungary: Opposition seeks repeal of law about US university

Hungarian opposition lawmakers on Friday asked the country's Constitutional Court to repeal legal amendments they say target Central European University, founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. The appeal seeks to strike down changes to Hungary's higher education law approved two weeks ago that critics also said limit academic freedom.

National View: Ted Koppel – Don’t underestimate the cyberthreat from Syria and North Korea

As the Trump administration confronts the nuclear ambitions of North Korea's Kim Jong Un and the toxic fallout from Bashar Assad's chemical warfare against Syrian civilians, it is worth remembering that both dictators also command cyber-units. On the face of it, their impact is significantly less lethal, and they can easily be underestimated.

McCain raises doubts US sabotaged North Korean missile launch

John McCain McCain raises doubts US sabotaged North Korean missile launch McCain: North Korea 'first real test' for Trump Sunday shows preview: McMaster hits circuit for second straight week MORE dismissed the possibility that the U.S. hacked North Korea's nuclear missile test, leading to its failed launch. "I don't think so, but I wouldn't rule it out," McCain told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

VIDEO: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refers to Lindsey Graham as One of ‘the Women of the Senate’

Apparently while she was discussing her "fondness" for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mistakenly referred to Lindsey Graham as one of the "women of the Senate." Whether she meant this as a shady dig at Graham's questionable sexuality or she actually genuinely had a senior moment, we'll never know.

The Latest: McCain: America can stop both IS and Assad

U.S. Senator John McCain says stopping Syrian President Bashar Assad's "murderous rampage" does not preclude America from fighting the Islamic State group. "The United States is the most powerful nation on earth, we can do both at the same time," the Republican senator said at a press conference in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Trump has created a new status for toughness that was needed

At the risk of being accused of stating the obvious, the what-ifs of history become increasingly significant when considered in the context of globalization and power politics. One doesn't have to go back to the end of World War I when the mistakes were made in the Treaty of Versailles that led to the rise and ultimate devastation just 20 years later of Nazi Germany to realize that if the allied parties had been more generous in their victory settlement, Hitler and the Third Reich and World War II might have been avoided.

Top military commanders say they can’t keep up with the amount…

US military forces patrolling the country's southern approaches are under-resourced and overwhelmed by the flow of drugs and contraband coming north, military and Coast Guard leaders said in recent weeks. Both US Southern Command, which oversees military operations beyond Mexico's southern border, and the US Coast Guard, have been strained by the scope of their duties and limitations on their budgets.

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Russia and Iran warn Trump they'll 'respond with force' if America crosses their 'red line' again with attacks on Assad in Syria Disturbing truth about how Janet Jackson's marriage was doomed from the start: How pop star's wedding to her Qatari husband was a mixing of two VERY different cultures There's a terrifying sense of deja vu as the Generals take over the White House and guide us towards another war says JOHN R BRADLEY Editor of liberal magazine Mother Jones is slammed on Twitter for claiming that 'Tomahawk missiles' are offensive to Native Americans 'Work this out': Trump issues ultimatum to Bannon and tells his beleaguered chief strategist that 'he will be forced out of the White House unless he adopts a more conciliatory approach' Trump plays ANOTHER round of golf as war looms: President enjoys his 16th game since inauguration - despite Iran and Russia threatening to retaliate ... (more)

Unganged, or how the Senate learned to stop worrying and love the Reid Option

Perhaps one of the most remarkable aspects of the showdown in the Senate this week was the lack of any visibly organized compromise effort. In 2005, when the upper chamber headed for a similar showdown over filibusters on judicial confirmations, a bipartisan group of 14 Senators led by John McCain imposed a compromise.