The United States agreed to pay North Korea $2 million for “medical treatment” for Otto Warmbier. Did the Trump Administration actually pay the bill? They aren’t saying.
Reports yesterday had former Vice-President Biden entering the Presidential field as early as tomorrow. Those plans appear to be delayed. but an an announcement still appears to be coming.
Pete Buttigieg is getting a lot of attention for a relatively unknown candidate. but it’s unclear if it can last.
Pledges from wealthy men to help rebuild Notre Dame cathedral after a devastating fire is generating backlash.
The Justice Department will release a ‘lightly redacted’ version of the 400-page report at 11 Eastern.
Virginia Democrats had a good fundraising quarter despite the scandals enveloping their top three officeholders.
A major, destructive fire hits one of the most historic churches in the world.
Ending an eleven-year drought, Tiger Woods is back on top at a major tournament.
Stephen Miller and others wanted to punish Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats by dumping detained migrants in their districts.
The Wikileaks founder has been detained by London authorities after 7 years hiding in Ecuador’s embassy.
Trump really has no plan about the border save for demagoging the issue.
Says “He’s pulling the rug out from the very people that are trying to help him accomplish his goal.”
A reminder that over 3 million citizens have no effective influence over the federal government.
It now appears that the Attorney General is keeping publicly-releasable information hidden away longer than necessary.
The replacement of Anthony Kennedy with Brett Kavanaugh is already having a significant impact.
Findings of “foreign influence, conflicts of interest, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use, and criminal conduct” were dismissed.
The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.
Trump’s threat will not make things better (and the notion of actually closing the border is insane).
It’s increasingly challenging to discuss media coverage because we’re all consuming a hand-selected bit of it.
The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.
The decision to hand Democrats a victory and step on the good news from the Mueller report apparently came from the very top.
The (Acting) Secretary of Defense has issued an unconstitutional order.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is cutting short his US trip to deal with what his government is calling a Hamas attack.
The office has been vacant for 81 days. President Trump has yet to nominate a replacement.
On one level, it is rather amusing; on another is it quite insidious.
Graham is blocking a vote on a non-binding resolution on the Mueller report.
The Southern Law Poverty Center has fired its co-founder for vaguely-specified reasons.
Pew has a new study that confirms our basic understanding of “independents.”
The President’s latest ravings are “very bad, very bad.”
Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton makes an argument familiar to OTB readers.
The Democratic Speaker of the House says there will be no charges against the Republican President barring an “overwhelming and bipartisan” consensus.
Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are the most famous of dozens of rich folks trying to get their kids into elite schools.
Why rational discourse seldom changes the minds of some people.
Disgraced former Chief Justice of Alabama Roy Moore is apparently “seriously considering” running for Senate in 2020.
It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.
The relatively light sentence that Paul Manafort received is raising eyebrows. Hopefully it will lead to a long-overdue debate on sentencing reform.
The first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon appears to have been an all-around success.
Paul Manafort walked into court yesterday facing the possibility of 20 years in prison. He came away with a much better outcome.
Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.
As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.
A decade-long study once again establishes that there is no link between childhood vaccination and autism.
The Saudis tortured an American citizen, but the Trump Administration doesn’t care.
