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Putin To The Rescue

Putin To The Rescue

With a touch of barely concealed sarcasm, Putin revealed disappointment in his Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, for not passing on the classified information that President Trump had, apparently, revealed.

The Freedom Caucus, Health Care and the US Senate

The Freedom Caucus, Health Care and the US Senate

In what could certainly be considered a symbolic victory for President Donald Trump, the second incarnation of the American Healthcare Act (AHCA) squeaked through a vote in the House of Representatives Thursday afternoon. Without a single Democrat vote, the bill was passed 217-213, with twenty Republicans voting against it. Although it may well not get through the Senate in its current form, a rift within the majority party has been bridged and that – in itself – is a victory for congressional Republicans who have seen so very few victories, of late.