| Oklahoma cut taxes. Now a squeeze on public services forces a rethink Posted: 26 Oct 2017 03:48 PM PDT ![Oklahoma cut taxes. Now a squeeze on public services forces a rethink]( "Oklahoma cut taxes. Now a squeeze on public services forces a rethink") As past president of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, an industry body that his father helped to create, Dewey Bartlett Jr. is a familiar voice in policy debates. "I came out of the closet," jokes Mr. Bartlett, a two-time Republican mayor of this city, once called the Oil Capital of the World. Soon Bartlett was facing calls to stick to the group's talking points – keep taxes low to encourage oil exploration – or resign from its board of directors.
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| Lots of voters say the press fabricates Trump stories. What’s going on? Posted: 26 Oct 2017 01:35 PM PDT ![Lots of voters say the press fabricates Trump stories. What's going on?]( "Lots of voters say the press fabricates Trump stories. What's going on?") When a reputable poll recently found that nearly half of American voters – 46 percent – think the news media are fabricating stories about President Trump, alarm bells went off. Mr. Trump's constant cries of "fake news" must be working, some surmised. For Trump supporters, the Politico/Morning Consult poll seemed to be vindication.
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| Trump’s urgency to end the opioid crisis Posted: 26 Oct 2017 01:12 PM PDT ![Trump's urgency to end the opioid crisis]( "Trump's urgency to end the opioid crisis") One reason that President Barack Obama took major steps last year to halt the nation's opioid crisis was to shift the public's attitude about drug addiction to one of confidence that it can be avoided by education and that addicts can be cured with the right support. Now President Trump, in an Oct. 26 order of a public health emergency, has endorsed this approach. "We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic," Trump said.
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| How Taliban are evolving to compete in Afghanistan Posted: 26 Oct 2017 12:55 PM PDT ![How Taliban are evolving to compete in Afghanistan]( "How Taliban are evolving to compete in Afghanistan") Introducing himself as "the scholar," the Taliban operative warned that it would be the last phone call, the last threat to convince Ahmad, a veteran of frequent battles with the Taliban with calluses on his shooting hand, to leave the police force. "He was younger, absolutely illiterate," Ahmad says of the man who called him a few weeks ago. Recommended: How well do you know Afghanistan?
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