Lowry: Presidency as platform for ‘alt-right’

If Van Jones was right, that a moving tribute to the widow of a fallen Navy SEAL in a speech to Congress earlier this year was the moment Donald Trump became president, Trump's news conference on Tuesday was the moment he became a Breitbart contributing editor. Charlottesville, Va., has been a diminishing event for President Trump.

Americans want the Affordable Care Act improved, not undermined

Here is something you probably haven't heard much lately, if at all, given the shocking news from Charlottesville and the disturbing reaction by President Trump. Roughly 80 percent of Americans believe that Trump and his administration should do all they can to make the Affordable Care Act work while only 17 percent believe they should try to make the law fail so they can replace it.

Pa. needs Democratic majority in Congress

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New York Times’ editorial page editor: No apology for Sarah Palin

New York Times' editorial page editor: No apology for Sarah Palin Times editorial page editor James Bennet testified Wednesday that the newspaper didn't apologize to Palin for the error. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2wc2pjA Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin attends an event to promote her TV show, "Amazing America with Sarah Palin," on Jan. 22, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Mass. state police helicopter nearly struck by drone

State police helicopter Air 2 was flying from the Holliston area on its way to Newburyport on a training flight this morning at around 11:20 a.m. when the crew spotted a large drone approaching from the side, according to a statement by state police spokesman David Procopio. "The drone got as close as approximately 100 feet in front of the helicopter before suddenly dropping to the ground," Procopio said.

Trump defends Charlottesville response, says lefta

Trump's assertion left wing protesters just as violent as white supremacists in Charlottesville sets off firestorm "I wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what I said was correct," Trump said. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: https://usat.ly/2w7Z30X From Trump Tower in New York City, President Trump told reporters that he believed both protesters and counter protesters were to blame for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Tanner Ainge faces two opponents in Utah primary for vacant House seat

Three GOP candidates hoping to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz in Congress face off in a primary election Tuesday after weeks trying to burnish their conservative credentials and fend off attack ads from deep-pocketed outside groups. Chaffetz abruptly stepped down from his seat in June after making a name for himself as the Republican who relentlessly investigated Hillary Clinton and her emails while he was chairman of the House Oversight Committee.

Thomas Friedman: If you want to reach voters, aim for the gut

I was talking the other day to a wise executive friend and he recalled for me something his favorite boss liked to say: When people rise to the top of an organization and get power, they usually do one of two things: "They either swell or they grow." Every character flaw he had before taking office from his serial lying to his intellectual laziness to his loyalty just to himself and his needs has grown only larger and more toxic as he has been president.

Hideous consequences of ideas

In 1948, a 38-year-old North Carolinian and English professor at the University of Chicago coined a memorable phrase: "ideas have consequences." Richard Weaver, a traditionalist conservative from the Asheville area who briefly taught at North Carolina State University before landing his Chicago job, was making a philosophical point in his provocative book "Ideas Have Consequences" about the nature of truth and implications of denying its universality.