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President Donald Trump has suggested that he has the power to declare a national emergency and build a border wall with or without Congress...

A week into the partial government shutdown, Roughly Explained Editor Taylor Griffin explains what you need to know.READ MOREhttps://www.roughlyexplained.com/2018/12/the-government-shutdown-fight-explained/

Roughly Explained Editor Taylor Griffin talks with Foreign policy expert Danielle Pletka about the implications of President Trump's surprise decision to pull U.S. troops out of...

A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats over funding for a border wall threatens a partial government shutdown. As of Friday afternoon,...

James Mattis, President Trump's Defense Secretary, has resigned his post. A reserved, yet forceful when necessary former Marine Corps General, Mr. Mattis is widely...

In this week's Axis of Reason podcast, the last before Christmas, we unwrap Tuesday's wild sentencing hearing in the Michael Flynn case and why...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller released several documents Friday disputing the suggestion made by Michael Flynn's attorney's in their sentencing memo that Mr. Flynn was duped into lying in an interview with FBI agents. Among them, Mueller's reply to the defendant's sentencing memo; the FBI's 302 report from the Flynn FBI interview; and, FBI Director Andrew McCabe's notes on the interview.

Prosecutors often drop bombshells in court filings. The sentencing memos Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed in the Michael Cohen and Michael Flynn cases are...

Republican Mark Harris narrowly defeated his Democratic rival, Dan McCready, by a scant 905 votes in North Carolina's Ninth District Congressional race last month....

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Bush 41 locomotive, gleaming in its Air Force One style blue and white color scheme, has sparked a lot of curiosity....