While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.
Once again, Congress is abdicating its Constitutional responsibilities.
At a time when our alliance is more important than ever, President Trump is responding by attacking our ally.
President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.
Based on initial reports, Trump’s Afghanistan policy looks a lot like what we’ve seen for the past sixteen years.
Republicans now face a stark choice.
The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.
There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?
A seemingly ‘safe choice’ for F.B. I. Director.
Another day, another allegation against the President. This time, though, it’s very, very serious.
F.B.I. Director James Comey testified yesterday on the reasons he chose to publicly speak out just days before the 2016 election about the reopened Clinton email investigation.
Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin Monday morning, but it’s Senate Democrats who are in the hot seat.
An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.
Donald Trump took to Twitter again this morning with predictable results.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled Senators when asked about his contact with Russian officials.
Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.
There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.
There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.
Trump’s combination amateur hour/tough guy approach is not going to make the world a safer place, nor will it advance US national interest.
As with so many things, the President is demonstrating that he really doesn’t know what he is doing.
The first full day of Donald Trump’s Presidency consisted largely of obsessions with irrelevant facts and outright lies.
Trump’s populism, personalism, and irresponsibility are on display.
Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace was largely correct, but his words are pointless given the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem serious about peacefully resolving their differences.
A controversial member of George W. Bush’s foreign policy team is up for a post in Donald Trump’s State Department.
Three of the top four national security positions in Donald Trump’s Cabinet will be filled by retired Generals. This isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.
A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.
Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.
I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.
Even if Donald Trump loses next month, the political forces inside the GOP he tapped into are likely to remain very powerful.
The sense of national ‘unity’ that existed in the wake of the September 11th attacks didn’t last for very long.
In a ruling that could have a real impact on the 2016 election, the Supreme Court has declined to grant a stay to a lower court ruling striking down a North Carolina law that tightened Voter ID laws and restricted early voting.
A Federal Court has barred the Federal Government from enforcing guidelines on the rights of transgender students in public schools.
President Obama is being criticized for remaining on vacation while Louisiana deals with historic flooding.
President Obama will leave office as the first two term President who presided over eight years of war. It didn’t start with him and it won’t end with him.
Donald Trump has insinuated that President Obama is not fighting the War On Terror aggressively because he somehow identifies with terrorists.
Primary turnout is not predictive of general election outcomes.
A renewed internal GOP fight to stop Donald Trump seems to be doomed to fail.
Notwithstanding polling that indicates the American public disagrees with them, Senate Republicans emerged from a meeting today largely united on the idea of not giving any Supreme Court nominee named by President a hearing, or even the courtesy of a meeting.
The President has another plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. It’s as likely to be well-received on Capitol Hill as all of his other previous plans on this issue.
Another hopeful step forward, thanks to diplomacy.
The Fifth Republican Debate, and the last of 2015, was marked by expected clashes between the candidates, and one that never happened.
The no-fly list is a flawed, arbitrary mess that has kept innocent people from flying for years. Using it to deny people rights recognized by the Constitution is, quite honestly, insane.
Disturbing reports over the weekend that American leaders may not be getting the kind of unbiased intelligence analysis about ISIS that they need to make decisions.
