US appeals court rules against Trump on scope of travel ban aimed at some Muslim-majority countries

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled against President Donald Trump’s effort to broadly enforce a temporary travel and refugee ban on people from certain Muslim-majority countries that the Republican president said was necessary for national security.A...

Here are 3 big reasons Republicans are unlikely to achieve major tax reform this year

Odds are falling that Republicans can achieve their last best hope of a 2017 policy breakthrough with major tax reform, for three reasons. The first is a darkening broader political landscape. White House officials like to note that it’s been three decades since...