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An Obama reminder: Conservatives have feelings, too
When Barack Obama’s first major speech since his presidency decried today’s “utter loss of shame among political leaders,”…
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McConnell hails just end to abusive IRS practice
Kentucky’s senior senator, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, made a floor speech last week that caught our attention. It…
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Will New Jersey send a Republican to the Senate?
“This human nature is shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.” – Peter De Vries SUMMIT, N.J.…
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Trump can shut down Russia critics with one bold move
WASHINGTON – If President Donald Trump wants to shut down the critics of his performance this week in…
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Tariffs’ economic harm merely a matter of time
Local construction contractors say that for the moment, the Trump administration’s 25 percent tariff on imported steel is…
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Historically, U.S. intelligence is not always reliable
Did President Donald Trump bungle the moment in Helsinki by casting doubt on American intelligence findings that Russian…
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Trump isn’t first president to embarrass America by cozying up to Putin
WASHINGTON – The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting to get…
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Paul, Massie miss the point on Russia
If Sen. Rand Paul has evidence that the United States has tampered with other countries’ election infrastructure or…
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Kentucky priorities at center of national discussion
Whenever the Senate is not in session, I enjoy working at home in Kentucky and hearing first-hand from…
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In Helsinki, Trump became a ‘clear and present danger’ to America
WASHINGTON – Surely, now, we can concede that letting Donald Trump be Donald Trump has exhausted itself –…
