Word of the Day: The world is in an uproar over President Trump’s use of a certain word in reference to Haiti and African countries. “Shithole countries” is what he called them. Virtually the entire continent of Africa and Haiti …

It’s Political: The Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare may be headed for its second crash as moderate representatives back away from a bill that does not absolutely guarantee insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions, one of the most popular …

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 …

Conservacare: As Republican leaders charge in with their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, political riots are erupting on both the left and the right. And that’s just within the Republican party. In spite of that, House Speaker Paul Ryan …

It’s Political: After a Twitter whipping by President-elect Donald Trump and public outrage, House Republicans scurried yesterday to reverse their vote to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics. The headline on a NY Times editorial says, “House Fires at …

In Transition: The abrupt departure of two members of the Trump transition team indicates turmoil in forming the next White House administration. In the second major shakeup since the election, Mike Rogers, a former Michigan congressman who was handling national …

E Minus 27: One day after losing the public support of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, Donald Trump was whining that it was “hard to do well” without the backing of his own party, but also crowing that he’s been …

E Minus 28: House Speaker Paul Ryan gave up on Donald Trump, announcing that he’ll no longer campaign on behalf of his party’s candidate for president and will instead spend his time until election day defending the Republican majority in …

E Minus 30: Tonight’s town hall might have been Donald Trump’s last chance to establish presidential demeanor, but his feet have been swept from beneath him by the release of recordings featuring him crudely bragging about his sexual prowess and …

Rattling: A magnitude 5.3 magnitude earthquake detected in North Korea revealed that the Hermit Kingdom had carried out its fifth nuclear bomb test. North Korea claimed it has developed a bomb capable of being mounted on a missile, but it …