The Swamp: Congress and the President return to work with an ambitious and pressing agenda before turning to mid-term elections in the fall. Major items include funding the government to avoid a shutdown, re-stabilizing the national health insurance program for …

Happy New Year!: About two million celebrants under close police observation peacefully rang in the new year in New York’s Times Square last night. SWAT teams and snipers watched over the big street parties across the country. In Houston, police …

Baby It’s Cold: The deep freeze is reaching into the South, where it’s 23 degrees in Little Rock, Ark. Up in Niagara Falls, it’s 6 degrees and the falls themselves are beginning to freeze. It’s 15 in New York City, …

Death in New York: A 3-year-old boy playing with the stove in a first -floor apartment started the fire that raced through a five-story Bronx apartment building, killing 12 people. According to authorities, the boy’s mother grabbed him and a …

Weather: It’s bitterly cold in much of the country and a new wave of arctic air is expected. Freezing rain is forecast in the Pacific Northwest and light snow in the upper Midwest. Wind chill advisories are in effect. It’s …

It’s About Me: President Trump was up first thing this morning, thinking about health care. He tweeted, “Based on the fact that the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate has been terminated as part of our Tax Cut Bill, which …

White Christmas: A winter storm warning stretches all the way from southern Iowa and northern Missouri across seven states to New England. Snow in the West and a nasty cold rain in the East. It’s 20 degrees n St. Joseph, …

The Dotted Line: Before flying off to his Mar-a-Lago club for the holidays, President Trump signed the sweeping tax reform into law yesterday while complaining to reporters that he hasn’t gotten credit for all that he’s done in his first …

The Jerusalem Business: Despite President Trump’s threat to cut off financial aid to some of America’s major allies, the United Nations General Assembly voted 128-9 to condemn his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.  Thirty-five countries abstained. …

The Tax Bill Passeth: Congressional Republicans and administration officials gathered on the White House steps yesterday to celebrate the passage of their landmark tax reform bill. It’s been their Holy Grail for 30 years. They rushed the bill through to …