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Beto O'Rourke was asked on Saturday at an event in Austin, Texas, if he'd stay in the race if he didn't meet the elevated qualifications to appear on the debate stage alongside fellow Democrats in…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D, N.Y.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2019 (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) For generations, New Yorkers have been paying a cartel surcharge for taxis. A conspiracy of New York City government and…

Strength in Numbers As he signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Ben Franklin famously said, “If we don’t all hang together, we will all hang separately.” That is, if we patriots don’t stay close…

MONROE, Louisiana — Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA) wants to be elected Louisiana’s first governor from the northern part of the state in decades, and despite being outspent on the airwaves by his opponents, with a…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, July 25, 2018. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Three Democratic committee chairmen in the House issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday, seeking documents dealing…

(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Setting aside Hunter Biden, there was no impropriety in President Trump’s asking Zelensky to assist the Justice Department’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe. Back home in the Bronx is where…