The Art of Failure: The House Republican majority could not muster a majority among its own members to repeal and replace Obamacare as promised in last year’s election campaign. President Trump, who campaigned as the master deal maker, fell flat …

538: The members of the Electoral College meet in their state capitals today to cast their votes for president. Although many have been under pressure to abandon Donald Trump, the electors are expected to vote in accordance with the vote …

In Transition: CBS News reports this morning that Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. Sessions, who was once deemed too racist to be named a federal judge, is one of few high-profile Republicans who backed …

E Minus 2: National anxiety is increasing as voters for both presidential candidates talk over dinner about what country they would move to if the opposition wins the election. The 2nd Amendment crowd is worried that Hillary Clinton will try …

E Minus 6: The poll numbers are narrowing in the final days of the election. The RealClear Politics average of polls has Hillary Clinton leading by 2.2 points. The polls range from Clinton, up five, to Trump, up four. As …

E Minus 13:  Donald Trump and other Republican candidates immediately pounced on the news that the cost of Obamacare insurance policies is going up. Speaking in Florida Trump said, “Obamacare is just blowing up and even the White House, our …

Monopoly Money: AT&T, the company that once had a monopoly on telephone service in the US before it was broken up, has reached an agreement to buy the media conglomerate Time Warner for $85 billion. AT&T now wants to control …

E Minus 19: This is what happened in Vegas. Donald Trump shocked the political world again, saying during the final presidential debate that he might not accept the results of the election if he loses. “I will look at it …

Permawar: Kurdish and Iraqi troops overnight began their assault to re-take the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, which has held the city since 2014. The Iraqis operating with the backing of American troops and aircraft have moved in …

The American Way: President Obama suffered the first veto override of his presidency yesterday. Both houses of Congress overwhelmingly voted in favor of a law that would allow 9/11 survivors to sue Saudi Arabia for damages over any complicity the …