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Senate Republicans duck for cover after explosive Taylor testimony – POLITICO
But some GOP senators like Majority Whip John Thune acknowledged the picture being reported is “not a good one.” If a top U.S. envoy’s testimony about Ukraine is a Capitol Hill bombshell, the Senate appears to be outside the blast zone. Senate Republicans are largely dodging questions about the substance …
Top Democrats walk out of Syria meeting after Trump insults Pelosi – POLITICO
“This was sort of a diatribe, a nasty diatribe not focused on the facts,” Chuck Schumer said of the meeting. A high-level meeting Wednesday between President Donald Trump and top congressional leaders over the Syria crisis ended abruptly after Trump insulted Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which spurred Democratic leaders to walk …
Trump’s Evangelical Allies Are Upset About His Syria Policy
Neocons aren’t the only ones angry at Trump for green-lighting a Turkish invasion. Religious leaders say it could harm Christians in the region. No one should have been surprised by the fury that arose in congressional Republican circles over the president’s green light to his fellow authoritarian, Recep Erdogan, for …
Editorial Cartoon: Lindsey Graham
Editorial Cartoon: Lindsey Graham
Why do people such as Lindsey Graham come to Congress? – The Washington Post
Back in the day, small rural airports had textile windsocks, simple and empty things that indicated which way the wind was blowing. The ubiquitous Sen. Lindsey O. Graham has become a political windsock, and as such, he — more than the sturdy, substantial elephant — is emblematic of his party today. …
Editorial Cartoon: Dead and gone
What Happened to Lindsey Graham?
Once defined by his loathing for Trump, Lindsey Graham is now all-in for the president. Why? Has a politician ever debased himself more in public than when Lindsey Graham eulogized his friend John McCain? Bleary-eyed from grief, the senior senator from South Carolina took his place at the lectern on the Senate …
Lindsey Graham Spent a Year Courting Trump, But on Immigration He’s Being Shut Out | The New Yorker
In early 2016, during the Republican primaries, Senator Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, called Donald Trump a “kook” who was “unfit for office” and who would be “the most flawed nominee in the history of the Republican Party.” Graham’s prediction came true, but Trump won the Presidency anyway. And, eventually, Graham …
It’s Ryan vs. McConnell on entitlement reform – POLITICO
The speaker’s plan to revamp the federal safety net faces stiff resistance from his own party in the Senate. Speaker Paul Ryan’s dream of overhauling the nation’s entitlement programs in 2018 will soon run into a harsh reality: His own party isn’t on board. The Wisconsin Republican has detailed an …
Why Democrats win even if they lose in Alabama – POLITICO
The party will either pick up a seat in the Deep South — or have Roy Moore to campaign against in the midterms. Democrats head into Tuesday’s Senate election in Alabama confident that they’ll come out on top no matter who wins. And many Republicans agree with them. If Doug …