Republicans who cross him could find themselves on the receiving end of a social-media rant or, worse, facing a ...

If you’re wondering who really benefits from this tax-cut largess, conjure up a picture of Trump and his millionaire/billionaire cronies. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, on ...

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Three firefighters in Davie County were injured in incidents over the weekend. A volunteer on the Cooleemee Fire Department ...

Trump and his cohort have proposed huge cuts to the National Institutes of Health, including a whopping 38% cut for The ...

As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his ...

The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich by decimating programs that help the poor, including food stamps and Medicaid.

President Donald Trump signed what may become one of the most destructive bills to have ever made its way through Congress, ...

President Trump and Republicans in Congress are celebrating this holiday weekend after both the House and Senate passed what ...

Congressman Jeff Hurd sent me this response to an email I sent recently regarding the “Big Beautiful Bill” he supports. “H.R. 1, ...

Republicans spent months selling the bill to themselves. Now they have to talk to a wider audience with many voters saying ...

Trump's exclusion of an oft-touted Social Security proposal will be highly unpopular but is absolutely necessary.