Covington Catholic Is the Terrible Sequel to the Kavanaugh Case  —  Conservative parents look at liberal hate and think, “They could do that to my son.”  —  Over the last 72 hours, I've been asking myself a simple question: What would happen if a group of Black Israelites had spent an hour taunting my son's high-school football team?

Everyone is still wrong about the Covington kids  —  Your opinion on the Covington Catholic fracas depends on the angle you choose to see it from.  Literally.  —  A clash captured on video among a group of white MAGA-wearing schoolboys, a Native American activist and a handful …

Centrist Dems urge Pelosi to break shutdown stalemate  —  A group of centrist House Democrats, eager to end the shutdown and sick of political posturing, is pressing Speaker Nancy Pelosi to counter President Donald Trump's immigration proposal with her own potential compromise.

White House planning to proceed with State of the Union, but details up in the air after Pelosi threat  —  The White House is still planning to move ahead with next week's scheduled State of the Union address, but the details remain up in the air after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi strongly urged …

Joni Ernst says she turned down chance to be Donald Trump's vice-president  —  The Iowa senator Joni Ernst has stated she turned down the opportunity to be Donald Trump's vice-president because she believed her husband Gail “hated any successes I have”.  —  In an affidavit filed as part …

POLITICO Playbook PM: Unpaid, uncertain and unmoored: Inside the White House  —  NEW ... HOT DOC ... HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM Republicans — ranking member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) — have sent a letter to MICHAEL COHEN'S attorney, expressing concern …