Lost in all the news about Serena Williams and her arguments with an umpire during last night’s match is the fact that Naomi Osaka represents the face of what appears to be a Japan that is changing for the better.
President Trump wants Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department to investigate the anonymous Op-Ed published earlier this week even though there doesn’t appear to have been a crime committed.
After four days of hearings, the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems assured.
The second day of questioning for Judge Brett Kavanaugh was a bit rockier than the first, but nothing happened that seriously threatens his eventual confirmation.
Donald Trump is a bad, inept, and potentially dangerous President. That doesn’t mean that a ‘soft coup’ inside the White House is the answer to the problem he presents to our democratic republic.
In an extraordinary anonymous Op-Ed, a senior White House official describes a White House in chaos.
Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.
Amazon has joined Apple to become the second American corporation to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in market valuation.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has selected former Senator Jon Kyl to replace John McCain in the Senate.
A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.
Washington said farewell to John McCain today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.
Less than twelve hours into the General Election campaign for Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis is already making mistakes.
Florida voters in the Republican and Democratic parties have set up a Gubernatorial race that provides a stark choice on the table for Sunshine State voters in a race that will likely have national implications moving forward.
President Trump reportedly vetoed a plan to issue a statement lauding Senator John McCain after he died on Saturday.
One moment at a campaign rally in October 2008 defines better than anything else what American politics lost when John McCain passed away.
Recently indicted Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. is blaming his apparently estranged wife and the so-called “Deep State” for the fact that he’s charged with embezzling a quarter million dollars from his campaign.
Sad news about a Senate stalwart who has been fighting an aggressive form of cancer for more than a year.
The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” is pleading guilty to a number of charges, including apparent campaign finance law violations related to the Stormy Daniels payment.
Donald Trump is now attacking his own appointee to head the Federal Reserve Board.
Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.
Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.
Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.
New Generic Congressional Ballot polls have good news for Democrats.
In what appears to be a move based purely on vindictiveness, President Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.
Former Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty failed in his comeback effort last night, confirming yet again that the GOP is now the Trump Party.
Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.
One year after Charlottesville, it’s clear that President Trump still doesn’t understand what happened there, or that he just doesn’t care.
Two months after the Singapore Summit, there’s no sign that anything substantive has been accomplished on the Korean Peninsula.
Just days after being indicted on insider trading charges, New York Congressman Chris Collins is suspending his campaign for re-election.
The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.
New York Congressman Chris Collins, who was the first Congressman to endorse President Trump, has been indicted for what amounts to one of the dumber and most obvious cases of securities fraud ever seen.
In a rare red-state victory for labor unions, Missouri voters rejected a right to work initiative by an overwhelming margin.
Kris Kobach, the controversial Secretary of State of Kansas who is also a Trump ally, holds on to a slim lead in the GOP Primary for Governor.
Andy Bitter has taken a new job but his former employer thinks it owns his social media account.
Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead in a Special Election in Ohio. Even if he wins, though, the way this election played out does not bode well for the GOP in November.
Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent, albeit amateurish, assassination attempt yesterday in what could be a sign of underlying instability in Venezuela.
The Texas Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke is looking close, but Democrats should not hold out much hope of flipping this seat.
The frequency and ease with which this President lies is, to say the least, alarming.
Another morning, and another unhinged Twitter attack on the Mueller investigation by a President who claims the entire investigation is a “hoax” and “Fake News.”
A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.
After one year at a job that has to be among the most frustrating in Washington, John Kelly has agreed to stay on through the 2020 election.
