Political Feuds and Policy Hurdles

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has scored positive reviews from Republican lawmakers who were less pleased with the performance of his predecessor. Mullin has been on the job nearly two months, and while the policies of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) haven’t undergone dramat

A cryptocurrency regulation bill cleared a key early hurdle after advancing out of the Senate Banking Committee last week, but the legislation still faces several obstacles that could endanger its success on the Senate floor and beyond. The Clarity Act, which aims to provide guidelines for financial

The Pentagon’s announcement this week that the U.S. is pulling out of a joint military board with Canada marked a new flash point in a simmering feud between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.  Carney played down the decision Tuesday, but the move elicited an angry response fro

President Trump’s decision Tuesday to snub Sen. John Cornyn and endorse state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate Republican primary was met with frustration, anger and even sadness by Senate Republicans. The move likely sinks Cornyn’s hopes of winning another Senate term, and Republican

There was a persistent, false claim about former President Obama that got started in the shadier parts of the right side of the internet. Then, gathering flakes like a snowball rolling downhill, it burst onto the scene right about the time Obama was running for reelection. No, not that false claim.