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On Wednesday, The Supreme Court “gave the government the go-ahead to enforce a new rule that would bar most immigrants from applying for asylum if they pass through another country – such as Mexico – without seeking asylum there before arriving in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had blocked the government from implementing the new rule in Arizona and California

Is Hillary Clinton a polarizing figure, or is it just that an already-polarized electorate has widely different opinions about her?

Hearing the presidential contender talk about comprehensive immigration reform, I’m inclined to think that a good chunk of the responsibility lies with her. That’s because what she said May 5 at a high school in Nevada amounted to the usual distortions

Borrowing for tuition, housing and books would be less expensive for students this fall but the costs would start climbing almost immediately under a deal the Senate was poised to pass Wednesday. The bipartisan proposal lawmakers were considering would link interest rates on federal student loans to the financial markets, providing lower interest rates right away but higher ones if the economy

Conservatives at the Values Voter Summit cheered Friday morning when they learned that House Speaker John Boehner was retiring. Friday afternoon, they cheered again when someone suggested the next establishment Republican to lose his job should be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

"Here's what I say in response to Speaker Boehner stepping down. Mitch McConnell, it is now your turn