Putin, Responding to Sanctions, Expels 755 U.S. Diplomats  —  Breaking News Alerts  —  Although the expulsions had been announced on Friday, in response to the new law passed in Congress last week expanding sanctions against Russia, the president's statement was the first to confirm the large number of American diplomats involved.

Without Priebus, Trump Is a Man Without a Party  —  Reince Priebus looked battered.  It was Monday, October 10—the morning after the final presidential debate—and our eyes met as I boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from St. Louis to Washington, D.C. It had been an extraordinary weekend …

Death of a F***ing Salesman  —  Donald Trump can't close the deal.  —  A few years ago in New York, Al Pacino starred in a revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, and the casting was poignant: In 1992, a much younger and more vigorous Pacino had played the role of hotshot salesman Ricky Roma …

Mulvaney: No other votes until Senate votes again on health care  —  The Senate should not vote on anything else until it's voted again on repealing Obamacare, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday.  —  Mulvaney said that “yes,” it's official White House policy that the Senate …

Our Non-Unitary Executive  —  The Trump Presidency is a strange combination of menacing and impotent.  It is also fractured internally like no presidency in American history.  —  The menacing element is plain.  Trump sets everyone on edge with incessant verbal attacks and relentlessly indecorous behavior.

US, allies prepared to use ‘overwhelming force’ in North Korea, general says  —  The U.S. and its allies are prepared to use “rapid, lethal and overwhelming force,” if necessary, against North Korea, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces warned Saturday night.

'Let's not waste any more time': Chris Wallace slams door on Kellyanne Conway's Russia deflections  —  Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, on Sunday deflected questions about Attorney General Jeff Sessions by slamming the media over the investigation into Russia's interference in the U.S. election.

Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes at competition  —  Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's election infrastructure.

Price hints HHS might weaken individual mandate  —  Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price suggested this morning that he might expand waivers from the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate — a step that health insurers have warned against because it could drive up premiums.

The Empty Majority  —  When we think about the ebb and flow of majorities in American politics, we like to imagine that there is a clear link between politics and policy - between gaining power and having an agenda to implement, between winning votes and responding to substantive challenges …