By all accounts, Gina Haspel is exceedingly well qualified to be the next C.I.A. Director, but she has a troubling past that the Senate will need to at least force her to answer questions about.
While the nature of Rex Tillerson’s firing as Secretary of State was shocking in its abruptness, taken in context with the rocky nature of his tenure it was hardly surprising.
The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.
Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.
Nine years later, at least one member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is admitting what seemed at the time a rather obvious fact.
Ending an investigation that was flawed and tainted with partisanship from the start, the House Intelligence Committee has abruptly concluded its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
The statute of limitations has expired. But he should never have been asked the question to begin with.
Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.
By threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, Donald Trump is making it far less likely that any upcoming talks with North Korea will succeed.
Absent changes in policy, the nation’s most hallowed military cemetery will run out of space in two decades.
Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.
Talking to adversaries is a good idea. Of course, it matters how it is done.
It is a fair question. But judging the Trump administration on tax cuts, Gorsuch, and the DJIA is to ignore a lot of profound problems.
Anderson Cooper has interviewed adult film star Stormy Daniels for 60 Minutes, but lawyers for President Trump are apparently considering legal action to stop the report from airing.
There won’t be any tanks, but it looks like President Trump will get his military parade.
The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.
A majority of Americans say their lives are not “disrupted” by the time change. They’re wrong.
Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.
Kids are more likely to be killed driving to school than shot while there. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and prevent them.
The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.
A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.
The Judge presiding over the lawsuit brought by a group of Twitter users blocked by President Trump may have sent a hint about how she’s inclined to rule during a hearing this week.
Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.
Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.
North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.
What the heck is going on in Kentucky and Tennessee?
Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.
The Federal Government has fired another shot in the ongoing war over so-called “sanctuary cities.”
Another lawsuit has been filed against Dick’s Sporting Goods over its policy barring gun sales based on age.
Witnesses say another student was “showing off his gun.”
An unspecified number of White House staffers unable to obtain security clearances are out, with several more likely to follow.
Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.
The legal distinction between “personal capacity” and “official capacity” makes no sense for senior presidential appointees.
The inevitable response to announcements by the big box stores that they would not sell guns to those under 21 has arrived.
The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.
The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.
While Team Trump has gone out of its way to waylay the Russia investigation, this may not be is part of that effort.
POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”
Texas has an unusually named (and, well, unusual) candidate for the GOP nomination for governor.
After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.
The President jokingly praised his Chinese counterpart’s power grab at a fundraiser. But he seriously doesn’t understand the rule of law.
Both parties are up compared to 2014, but Democratic votes are way up.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says war against North Korea would be worth it. Ignoring the fact that it would result in casualties unlike anything America has seen since the Vietnam War.
Was the 2016 contest unique, or are we destined to forever vote against the candidate we hate most?
Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.
John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.
