Sean Higgins

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The "test" was coined after an emotional monlogue about healthcare. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Jimmy Kimmel urges Bill Cassidy to stick to the ‘Kimmel test’

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 7:44 pm

Two separate alt-right rallies were held in D.C. Sunday. (@RealAlexRubi/Twitter)

Anti-Defamation League ‘deeply troubled’ by alt-right rallies

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 6:28 pm

The administration is mulling such a change. (AP)

National Security

Tom Cotton wants ‘regime change’ in Iran to be official US policy

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 5:50 pm

He said some of the demands Gulf nations have made of Qatar are not feasible. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rex Tillerson urges calm in Qatar dispute with Arab states

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 5:01 pm

He had initially signaled support for the bill. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Bill Cassidy still ‘undecided’ on healthcare reform bill

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 3:57 pm

"If you offer me 90 percent repeal, I'd probably vote for it. I might vote for 80 percent repeal." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul signals willingness to switch on GOP healthcare bill

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 2:37 pm

A vote could possibly come this week. (AP)

Chuck Schumer puts Senate healthcare bill odds at 50-50

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 2:20 pm

She clashed with a journalist over what a budget cut actually is. (AP)

Kellyanne Conway: Trump isn’t proposing spending cuts, just reducing government growth

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 1:53 pm

"Spoke to wife of injured Colorado Springs motorcycle officer. So relieved his injuries not life-threatening. Will keep him in our prayers," Vice President Mike Pence tweeted Saturday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pence motorcade officer injuries not life-threatening

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 8:45 pm

Earlier in the week Jared Kushner, who is Trump's son-in-law, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting that an Abbas adviser characterized as "tense" to reporters. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House rumored to be pulling back from Israel-Palestine talks

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 8:32 pm

Anthony Kennedy staffer event sparks Supreme Court retirement rumors (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Anthony Kennedy staffer event sparks Supreme Court retirement rumors

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 8:11 pm

Had the admissions rated remained flat in the final three months of the Obama administration, the decline under the Trump would have been a mere 12 percent, the department said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Refugee admissions halved under Trump

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 5:42 pm