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Last week, Veterans Affairs got caught covering up the quality ratings of its 146 medical centers. VA Secretary Robert McDonald insists. “No VA medical facility is bad or failing.” Really? Not even a hospital that earns only one star out of five? McDonald denies he’s hiding anything. But he and other VA brass have plenty

Donald Trump pledged to clean up the dysfunctional Veterans Administration. He should add to his list reforming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the other health agency with blood on its hands. A scary new superbug — Candida auris — has popped up in hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland. So

The battle lines are forming over Donald Trump’s anticipated Supreme Court nominee. A conservative advocacy group is running TV ads urging Trump to appoint a justice in the mold of the late Antonin Scalia. New Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer fires back that Democrats will try to block any nominee who isn’t “mainstream.” Trouble is,

On the stump, Donald Trump promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Now obstacles are emerging on the left and right. Democrats are sowing panic, falsely predicting that more than 20 million will lose coverage. Newly designated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claims Trump will “rue the day” ObamaCare is repealed. Meanwhile, on

President Obama is mocking Republicans for making repeal of his health law their holy grail, asking, “What happens to those 20 million people who have health insurance? Are you going to just kick them off … ?” Obama and supporters are sowing panic in a last-ditch effort to prevent repeal. The truth is, the country

Donald Trump’s triumph over Hillary Clinton presages an even bigger battle ahead against the heart of the Democratic establishment: the federal workforce. This army of bureaucrats — almost 3 million strong — gave Clinton a large majority of their votes and over 90 percent of their campaign contributions. Expect federal workers and their union bosses

So far, the 2016 race has defied all predictions and broken all the rules. But take comfort. After the wildest presidential campaign in our lifetime, the actual outcome will boil down to our trusted rule book: the US Constitution. There might be more surprises ahead, but the framers prepared us for almost any contingency. Look