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McClatchy editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 24, 2018

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 19:55:23 EST

McClatchy's award-winning editorial cartoonists offer their views on the week's news

Cell signal puts Cohen outside Prague around time of purported Russian meeting

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 10:36:26 EST

A mobile phone traced to President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen briefly sent signals ricocheting off cell towers in the Prague area in late summer 2016, at … Click to Continue »

Lone senator at the Capitol during shutdown: Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 18:06:52 EST

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts manned the empty Senate chamber by himself Thursday afternoon, while colleagues from both parties remained away during the partial government shutdown. Roberts and his wife Franki, … Click to Continue »

Lone Sen. Pat Roberts holds down the fort during government shutdown

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:39:41 EST

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, answers questions from reporters on at the U.S. Capitol about the government shutdown. On Thursday, Dec. 27, Roberts was the only senator from either party on Capitol Hill. … Click to Continue »

California Republicans fear even bigger trouble ahead for their wounded party

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:37:52 EST

California’s Republican Party is in deep trouble, and in interviews with both outgoing and returning state House Republicans, none could offer a specific message or path forward. The California GOP … Click to Continue »

President Trump makes surprise visit to troops in Iraq

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:42:51 EST

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited troops in Iraq on Dec. 26. It was Trump’s first time visiting the region. During remarks to troops, Trump defended his decision to pull out of Syria. … Click to Continue »

Does Pat Roberts’ farm bill dealmaking make him an ‘endangered species?’

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 08:02:01 EST

Sen. Pat Roberts likes to quote a piece of advice from his mentor, the late U.S. Rep. Keith Sebelius of Kansas: “Smother your enemies with the milk of human kindness … Click to Continue »

Ted Cruz’s anti-Obamacare crusade continues with few allies

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:33:56 EST

Ted Cruz is still on a crusade to wipe out Obamacare, but the effort is getting lonelier and lonelier. Republican leaders are now publicly rooting against a Texas-led lawsuit that … Click to Continue »

‘Remember the Alamo’: Meadows steels conservatives, Trump for border wall fight

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 12:34:54 EST

Mark Meadows wanted money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall so badly he defied Senate Republicans, his own House Republican leadership and even President Donald Trump. And as the government began … Click to Continue »

With no agreement on wall, partial federal shutdown likely to continue until 2019

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:02:33 EST

A host of government agencies remain shut down — and are likely to stay unfunded at least through the end of the year — sidelining hundreds of thousands of federal … Click to Continue »

Israel confounded, confused by Syria withdrawal, Mattis resignation

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:51:06 EST

The abrupt resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left Israel, America’s closest ally in the Middle East, confounded as it comes to grips with the even greater implications of … Click to Continue »

Records: Hawley’s AG office used private emails, consulted with political operatives

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:17:55 EST

Outgoing Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Friday released records that show public employees in his office used private email addresses for official business and frequently took direction from political … Click to Continue »

Did Pentagon ban on Guantánamo art create a market for it? See who owns prison art.

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:24:33 EST

Hollywood actors Ben and Casey Affleck got one each for Christmas last year. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch has four hanging in his home. The actress who played the “Gossip … Click to Continue »

Leading Republicans question Trump plan to deport Vietnamese refugees, some in US over 20 years

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:43:36 EST

Two of Republicans’ leading voices on foreign affairs are questioning the Trump administration’s moves to deport thousands of Vietnamese refugees, a policy that would reverberate particularly strongly in California. California … Click to Continue »

‘Like losing your legs’: Duckworth pushed airlines to detail wheelchairs they break

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:00:00 EST

Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth was rolling up the airport ramp in her wheelchair after arriving in Chicago. She made it just a few feet, and then the chair collapsed underneath … Click to Continue »

Trump’s prison plan to release thousands of inmates

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:18:09 EST

Sweeping changes to the federal prison system will allow tens of thousands of federal inmates to be released from prison over the next 10 years, but there’s little data about … Click to Continue »

This is not what Vladimir Putin wanted for Christmas

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:12:35 EST

Vladimir Putin won’t find many great presents under the Christmas tree this year. Orthodox Christian religious leaders worldwide are weakening an important institution that gave him outsize power and legitimacy. … Click to Continue »

Why some on the right are grateful to Democrats for opposing Trump’s border wall

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:12:17 EST

Conservative groups, in a strange twist of politics, say they’re grateful to Democrats for fighting President Donald Trump’s border wall. It’s not that they’re against the idea of a wall. … Click to Continue »

Trump says he will not sign bill to fund federal government without border security measures

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:53:56 EST

President Trump stated that he would not sign a bill to fund the government without provisions to finance the border wall, on Dec. 20. … Click to Continue »

Graham, Trump go to war over Syrian troop withdrawal

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:59:36 EST

Sen. Lindsey Graham Thursday introduced a formal congressional resolution Thursday “expressing the sense of the Senate” that the United States should maintain “its limited military activities” in Syria. Meanwhile, his … Click to Continue »

This Parkland dad blamed gutlessness, not guns, for tragedy. For that he faced vile abuse

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 08:04:40 EST

The sprawling, ranch-style home in Coral Springs is nearly vacant now — Andrew Pollack and his wife, Julie, will be leaving for good in a couple of days, and there’s … Click to Continue »

Trump’s vow to build a wall hits a dead end

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:04:33 EST

Donald Trump isn’t getting the “big, beautiful” wall he wants at the border with Mexico anytime this year. And it’s highly unlikely he’ll get it in 2019 or 2020. Trump … Click to Continue »

Lindsey Graham slams Trump for declaring victory over ISIS in Syria

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:22:55 EST

Sen. Lindsey Graham was furious Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, calling it “a mistake to declare victory” in the war against the terrorist … Click to Continue »

White House green-lights Texas think tank’s ideas, irking Capitol Hill Republicans

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:30:23 EST

A conservative Texas think tank is becoming increasingly influential in President Donald Trump’s White House — notching policy victories this month on health care and criminal justice proposals that make … Click to Continue »

Tim Scott’s tough sell: Forcing states to report on police shootings

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:36:45 EST

Local law enforcement agencies are not required to record and report to the federal government about cases where police officers fatally shoot civilians. Sen. Tim Scott wants to change that. … Click to Continue »

AG Hawley helped strike down Obamacare. Can Sen. Hawley pick up the pieces?

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:37:25 EST

Josh Hawley is in a bind as he enters the U.S. Senate and has to deal with fixing the nation’s health care system. The Missouri Republican was one of the … Click to Continue »

Are Muslim-owned accounts being singled out by big banks ?

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 07:00:45 EST

Two days before a trip back to the Middle East to visit elderly parents this summer, Rami Abboud was interrupted by an assistant. Bank of America was calling and needed … Click to Continue »

‘Purple’ Kansas? Former federal prosecutor mulls Senate run against Pat Roberts

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:07:48 EST

Sen. Pat Roberts looks vulnerable to Democrats — and some Republicans, and that’s a big reason the 2020 race has quickly drawn a prominent potential challenger, former U. S. Attorney … Click to Continue »

A government shutdown is looming, but you may hardly notice

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 05:00:00 EST

It may be difficult to see the impact of a government shutdown. If Congress and President Donald Trump fail to reach an agreement on funding nine Cabinet agencies and several … Click to Continue »

Suspects steal delivered televisions out front of house

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:38:08 EST

Prince George's County police are looking for suspects who stole a delivered television from out front of a house. … Click to Continue »