Americans have widely divergent ideas about what American interests looks like. Which ones is the FBI going to criminalize? Read More
Our forefathers in their wisdom established a system of checks and balances in our Constitution to limit power in any one branch of... Read More
It is time for the president to take his opponents by surprise, as Richard Nixon once did. In 1971, President Nixon astounded his critics... Read More
Crises — real and imaginary — loosen normal constitutional constraints. Read More
The brazen plot against President Trump by the Obama FBI and DOJ continues, enabled by a complicit media. The odor of corruption has long... Read More
On Friday, the New York Times reported that "in the days after President Donald Trump fired James Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement... Read More
One way to understand the Democratic opposition to the judicial nomination of Brian Buescher over his membership in the Catholic group the... Read More
In much of the country, access to abortion has already been blocked by state governments, especially for women in poverty. And if Roe goes,... Read More
Their actual position on abortion would repeal the ruling. Read More
The ninth weekend of the gilet jaune protest movement was a mixed result for Emmanuel Macron. Read More
After the communists under Mao Zedong won their revolution, Republicans in Washington raised the cry, "Who lost China?" Now, all these years... Read More
The presence of America’s vaunted military cannot necessarily shape the political orientation and structure of societies. Read More
The FBI’s investigation of Trump as a “national security threat” is itself a serious danger. But J. Edgar Hoover pioneered... Read More
Here's how prosecutors think about the latest Russiagate revelations. Read More
Our familiarity with the Obama-Trump surveillance scandal has bred indifference. Read More
American governance shuts down. Read More
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California says a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would be "immoral." Instead, she favors something she calls a... Read More
Imagine going to bed every night, having the same nightmare, waking up, hoping you will sleep peacefully the next night and then having the... Read More
I work for the president, and I support a shutdown that brings pain to the 'resistance.' Read More
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Barack Obama don’t agree on much—but they’ve both turned redistricting reform into their main... Read More
Republicans are crafting an early strategy to take back the House in 2020, zeroing in on districts carried by President Trump that recently... Read More
The GOP's punishing of King for his racist comments is a good thing, even if it is stunningly hypocritical. Read More
Yet if Republican leaders are aware of the danger of letting loose cannons like King tatter their reputation with talk about white... Read More
The coalition-building model has made me more skeptical about the chances for Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar, for instance, but... Read More
This week’s confirmation hearings for William Barr, the former U.S. attorney general nominated by President Trump to serve in that post... Read More
Trump's behavior toward Russia has always been a security concern, and the FBI had no choice but to open a counterintelligence operation. It... Read More
Late Friday, a federal judge's office confirmed that several documents that would shed light on the lead prosecutor's alleged misconduct are... Read More
The clearest sign that a protest movement will provoke change is its size. Read More
Back in 1989, Gillette made a big impression on consumers with a Super Bowl ad using the tagline “The Best a Man Can Get. Read More
It's time to find a compromise and end this shutdown. Politicians go to Washington to run the government, not oversee its closure. President... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veteran Republican Rep. Steve King will be blocked from committee assignments for the next two years after lamenting that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms.King, in his ninth term representing Iowa, will not be given committee assignments in the Congress that began this month, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday night. King serve Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After months of speculation and secrecy, the 2020 presidential primary season is about to explode.With several Democrats already in the race, a half dozen more are locking down final travel, staffing and strategy to launch White House bids in the coming weeks. While plans may change, the announcements are expected to come in waves, the first featuring a group of ambit Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s warning that if Turkey attacks U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, the United States will “devastate Turkey economically” has drawn a sharp response from Ankara and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman.Trump’s decision to pull American troops out of Syria has left the United States’ Kurdish allies in the wa Read More
