Letter: The word ‘conservative’ once meant careful and thoughtful

In all the years I've heard Senator Elizabeth Warren speak or have read articles about her, I've never once heard her cite her ancestry with regard to any issue she that was speaking about. The only people who make anything of this are the yahoos who think that by pointing to something irrelevant, like birth heritage, they discredit their target.

CEO: Congress, Not States, Must Patch ACA Subsidies

All eyes will be on Congress, rather than the states, if the Supreme Court should rule that subsidies offered on the federal health care exchange are illegal. "States such as Florida and Texas will have the most to lose if the subsidies go away because of their large numbers of people who are getting insurance through the federal exchange and qualify for subsidies," he said.

Opinion: After taxes, Trump is suddenly expendable

President Donald Trump on Wednesday reveled in Congress' passage of a massive $1.5 trillion tax reform bill, claiming that, once he signed it into law, it would propel economic growth. WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Republican lawmakers, celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House on December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.

‘The worst plot ever’: CNN’s Berman battles Rep….

CNN's John Berman on Wednesday went to war with Rep. Jim Jordan over the congressman's public accusation that the FBI conspired against then-candidate Donald Trump last year. As Berman noted, then-FBI Director James Comey notoriously re-opened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server, a move many credit for handing Trump the election.

Trump commutes fraud sentence of kosher meatpacker

President Donald Trump, in a first exercise of his power to commute criminal sentences, cut short the 27-year prison term of a kosher meatpacking executive who was convicted eight years ago of bank fraud, the White House said on Wednesday. The commutation granted to Sholom Rubashkin, 57, marked only the second time that Trump has invoked his clemency authority as president, following the blanket pardon he granted earlier this year to Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona.

A month after Border Patrol agent’s death, his fiancee has no answers

One month after a Border Patrol agent died and another was injured in a nighttime incident near Van Horn, Texas, FBI investigators still have drawn no clear conclusion about what happened, according to Jeanette Harper, an FBI special agent and spokeswoman for the agency's El Paso office. But Angela Ochoa, the fiancee of Rogelio "Roger" Martinez, the agent who died, believes the answers may lie with surviving agent Stephen "Michael" Garland, who reportedly cannot remember the night in question.

2 days away, Republicans still don’t have a plan to avoid shutdown

As House Republicans spilled out of a closed-door meeting Wednesday night, it was clear that things hadn't gone well. Members gave wildly varying accounts of the proposal that's being cobbled together to keep the government open ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline.

Democrats troubled as GOP senators show little urgency to…

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, looks over his papers as he walks to the Senate Chamber to deliver a speech about the future of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, looks over his papers as he walks to the Senate Chamber to deliver a speech about the future of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

How Republicans pulled off the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years

Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, second from left, speaks during an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with, from left, President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and fellow Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House on Dec. 20, 2017.

U.S. lawmakers seek temporarily extension to internet spying program

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are working to build support to temporarily extend the National Security Agency's expiring internet surveillance program by tucking it into a stop-gap funding measure, lawmakers said. The month-long extension of the surveillance law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, would punt a contentious national security issue into the new year in an attempt to buy lawmakers more time to hash out differences over various proposed privacy reforms.

Standing Up for Coal Industry Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Former Vice President Al Gore should have used this month's "24 Hours of Reality" internet broadcast to encourage the Trump administration to withdraw all carbon-dioxide emission rules on future power stations. Then the United States could replace its old, inefficient coal-fired power plants with modern, clean, efficient coal stations, just as they are doing in Europe, India and China.

Shutdown looms as GOP tries for spending deal

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‘Exquisite leadership’: Republicans celebrate tax bill and heap praise on Trump

Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website - Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Washington: As he stood outside the White House on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump basked in the praise of Republican lawmakers assembled around him.