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Now arriving at obstruction junction, stand clear, and exit to the left. That’s the next step in the evolutionary chain for the Russian collusion myth. Yes, there are some morons in the liberal media who actually think the report submitted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller proved that their two-year campaign of peddling straight lies about the Trump-Russia story were vindicated. In the real world, there are multiple times where the Mueller probe said there was no collusion, no evidence of collusion, and pretty much delivered a double tap to this narrative. It’s dead. Like Robb Stark at the Red Wedding,...

Democratic senators plan to aggressively target eight of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees in the coming weeks and are pushing to stretch their confirmation votes into March - an unprecedented break with Senate tradition. Such delays would upend Republican hopes of quickly holding hearings and confirming most of Trump's top picks on Inauguration Day. But Democrats, hamstrung by their minority status, are determined to slow-walk Trump's picks unless they start disclosing reams of personal financial data they've withheld so far, according to senior aides. Incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that...

Today, President Bush met with Vietnamese Prime Minister, Phan Van Khai in the Oval Office. Khai is visiting Washington to talk with the President about helping Vietnam join the World Trade Organization. It is the first such visit of a Vietnamese leader since the end of the war. He then addressed the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting via satellite (the text of which is given here ).The President also met with Republican leaders in the White House at a luncheon, accepting a compromise on Social Security, and refusing to back down on the nomination of John Bolton, urging Bill Frist...

WASHINGTON, April 20 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush onWednesday urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled energy billbefore its summer recess but he also acknowledged there is nothing he can do to ease rising gas prices in the short-term. Bush made the call as the US House of Representative began considering a broad energy bill that includes 8.1 billion in tax breaks, mostly for energy companies, and would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil development. "Members of Congress can send an important signal that they are serious about solving America's energy problems by...

With Vice President Cheney presiding, the Senate on Tuesday spent time "debating" the Senate's proper role in the judicial selection process. Not surprisingly, it yielded more smoke than light. Make no mistake, this "big picture" debate is sorely needed. More than twice as many Americans know the number of Rice Krispies characters than know the number of Supreme Court justices. More than one-quarter actually believe the text of the Constitution specifically protects a right to abortion. Twice as many teens can name the Three Stooges as know the Constitution's first three words. All of which makes President Bush's emphasis on...