Usually, the most honesty we get from our politicians in the United States comes in the form of their undisguised vitriol for their compatriots across the proverbial aisle. I was watching a news clip and almost died from a heart attack.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections this week that energized Democrats and angered President Donald Trump have cast a chill over efforts to end the record-breaking government shutdown, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of a breakthrough despite the punishing toll of federal closures on the country.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court during lengthy arguments Wednesday weighed whether President Donald Trump violated the Constitution when he became the first U.S. president to impose sweeping global tariffs under an economic emergency powers statute usually reserved to combat rare and unusual threats.

Have copyright patents not been the core of American culture and power? For decades the government of the United States, as well as companies all throughout the West have accused China of stealing ideas and technology. Then that tech is made at a fraction of a cost and western companies haven't been able to compete; some going straight out of business. Canadian telecommunications company and once-a-tech-giant Nortel was hacked and had their patented products reproduced directly by Chinese company Huawei.