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In the aftermath of any election, there is always quite a bit of spin put out on all sides about what it all means.

President Donald Trump has picked conservative economic commentator and former Reagan official Larry Kudlow to lead the National Economic Council, the White House confirmed Wednesday. Press secretary Sarah Sanders said the president extended the offer directly to Kudlow and that he has accepted the role. “Larry Kudlow was offered, and accepted, the position of Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council.

President State Department and raised questions about what comes next for U.S. foreign policy. But with CIA director Mike Pompeo nominated as his replacement, there are clues about where the administration is heading. Pompeo, however, faces enormous challenges: getting the department's house in order after Tillerson's attempt to "redesign" it that has left top positions vacant and senior diplomats departing, and working for a president who has changed foreign policy with a tweet and sees himself as the most important U.S.

After last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 people, President Justice Department’s FY2019 budget request. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, calls making approvals for machine gun purchases a priority “unconscionable.” “Our country has seen three dozen mass shootings since 20 children and 6 educators were murdered at Sandy Hook…Rather than focusing on a top gun lobby demand the administration should put mone

The TAKE with Rick Klein Do Republicans believe the spin, or do they believe the math? It might be a ripple, it might be a wave, and it might be a tsunami.

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capital source “I know Mike Capuano as a champion and fierce advocate for those who have often been forgotten or left behind,” Lewis said in a statement.

The order is the first known time the special counsel demanded documents directly related to President Trump’s businesses.   How did George Nader — businessman, “fixer,” convicted child molester — get caught up in Mueller’s investigation?  President Trump is planning to visit New Hampshire for the first time since the 2016 election campaign.  The purge at the top may not be over.   Conservatives are trying to regroup after this week’s upset in Pennsylvania, but one person who didn’t seem concerned Wednesday was President Trump.

The order is the first known time the special counsel demanded documents directly related to President Trump’s businesses.   How did George Nader — businessman, “fixer,” convicted child molester — get caught up in Mueller’s investigation?  President Trump is planning to visit New Hampshire for the first time since the 2016 election campaign.  The purge at the top may not be over.   Conservatives are trying to regroup after this week’s upset in Pennsylvania, but one person who didn’t seem concerned Wednesday was President Trump.

The order is the first known time the special counsel demanded documents directly related to President Trump’s businesses.   How did George Nader — businessman, “fixer,” convicted child molester — get caught up in Mueller’s investigation?  President Trump is planning to visit New Hampshire for the first time since the 2016 election campaign.  The purge at the top may not be over.   Conservatives are trying to regroup after this week’s upset in Pennsylvania, but one person who didn’t seem concerned Wednesday was President Trump.