by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 14, 2017 | World
A gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress practicing for a charity baseball game this morning at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, police, and witnesses said. At least five people were injured, including House of Representatives...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 7, 2017 | World
The White House and US intelligence community on Wednesday said they backed making permanent a law that allows for the collection of digital communications of foreigners overseas and that pass through US phone or internet providers, escalating a fight in Congress over...
by Russel Ronald Reno | May 1, 2017 | Opinion
For most of my career, the Republican Party was pretty easy to define. It stood for small government, an internationalist foreign policy, free trade, and moral and religious conservatism. Ronald Reagan was the party’s North Star. Of course, there have always been...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 6, 2017 | World
Washington- United States Republicans swatted away decades of tradition Thursday by changing Senate rules to ensure Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, bypassing the first-ever successful opposition block on a high-court nominee. President Donald...
by Michael R. Bloomberg | Mar 30, 2017 | Opinion
Who’s to blame for the failure of the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare? Who cares? What matters now is that Democrats stop gloating, Republicans stop sulking, and each party come to the table to improve a health-care system that both parties agree needs...
