At least for the moment, the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appears to be helping Republicans rally their base for November. The question is whether it will last after the fight is over.
After passing on the opportunity in 2016, Elizabeth Warren is leaving the door open to a run for President in 2020.
As the midterms get closer, the public’s perception of the President’s job performance is getting worse.
A new study concludes that the total death toll from Hurricane Maria was vastly higher than previously reported.
With just 72 days to go until Election Day, the chances that the Democrats will take control of at least one chamber of Congress are looking quite good.
A group of lawsuits filed across the country are seeking to challenge the predominant method for allocation of Electoral College votes. These lawsuits appear to have little merit.
There’s a reason President Trump’s Supreme Court picks are “normal” in a way his national security and economic teams are not.
A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.
The calls to “Abolish ICE” are spreading to potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.
As Washington gets ready to fight a new battle over Roe v. Wade an new poll shows that most Americans oppose overturning that decision.
President Trump is reportedly considering the 47-year-old Utah Senator to replace Anthony Kennedy.
Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.
After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.
Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.
President Trump’s attorneys have put forward a shockingly expansive view of the powers of the President.
A new study suggests that the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was much higher than previously reported.
A Federal Judge in New York has ruled that President Trump cannot block users from reading his tweets.
The Generic Congressional Ballot has tightened in some recent polls, but on average the battle for control of Congress continues to favor Democrats.
While longtime supporters have turned on the legendary attorney over his support of Donald Trump, he’s been astonishingly consistent.
A Federal Appeals Court has reversed a lower court ruling that struck down Texas’s Voter ID law as discriminatory against minority voters.
It’s a valid question, but one should also be careful about drawing conclusions based on how a person in Trump’s position acts.
Once again, President Trump’s foreign policy tweeting is causing problems.
Mark Zuckerberg’s second day before Congress was somewhat more contentious than the first, but at the end of the day it’s still unclear that more regulation is the answer to the issues raised by recent Facebook “scandals.”
Not surprisingly, a joint Senate Committee failed to really lay a glove on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at yesterday’s hearing.
The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?
John Dowd allegedly raised the possibility while the Mueller investigation was closing in on the two presidential advisors.
A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.
Breitbart News appears to be fading in terms of readership, but the alt-right politics it represents is not going away.
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.
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.
The industry is using speaker fees to reward physicians who prescribe the most.
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 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.
Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.
The actor best known for his run on M*A*S*H died Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.
The economy grew in the final quarter of 2017, but at a slower pace than earlier in the year and far slower than what the President has promised.
One year after his Inauguration, Donald Trump is the most unpopular new President since the invention of modern polling. However, his numbers are generally the same that they’ve been for some time now.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.
As he nears the one-year anniversary of his Inauguration, President Trump is getting increasingly bad reviews from the public.
Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.
Even a ceremony honoring American heroes wasn’t immune from President Trump’s habit of attacking racial minorities.
As a candidate, Donald Trump liked to claim that he only hired the “top people.” and said he would do the same thing as President. So far, it isn’t working out that way.
President Trump has selected Jerome Powell, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, to replace Janet Yellen as Chairman.
There’s something in the water up at Harvard……
