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Confirm Mike Pompeo to fill the void at State

Though Trump nominee's hawkish views are troubling, they are not sufficient reason to block his confirmation to be secretary of State  Read more

Democrats' lawsuit is a risky publicity stunt

The Democratic Party filed a RICO lawsuit against Trump campaign officials, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the Russian Federation, and specific Russian officials  Read more

Why America Just Got Serious about Sanctioning Russia

The last eight weeks have undoubtedly highlighted the foundation on which America’s Russia policy will be built  Read more

Obama bureaucracy left our private data more vulnerable than ever

As it overhauled banking, the feds launched a massive data collection effort  Read more

On Democrats, walls and voter ID

Please ignore the advertising slogan “What happens here, stays here.” It’s not true. Las Vegas is the crossroads of America  Read more

Indiana’s Lesson for Republicans

Mike Braun started out as the underdog. But by casting himself as a populist outsider and using tricks from Trump’s playbook, he’s now the GOP front-runner to take on Sen. Joe Donnelly  Read more

Trump resumes attack on California Gov. Jerry Brown over Mexican border patrols

President Trump resumed his attacks Thursday on "sanctuary cities" and California Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to restrict National Guard patrols along the Mexican border  Read more

Trump and the attorney-client privilege

A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump was an outwardly happy man because of the utterance of one solitary word from the lips of special counsel Robert Mueller to one of Trump’s lawyers. The word that thrilled the president and his legal team was “subject  Read more

Justice Department watchdog sends criminal referral on Andrew McCabe to US attorney

Andrew McCabe could be the subject of a criminal investigation  Read more

Pompeo in Pyongyang

Over Easter weekend, the Washington Post reports, CIA director Mike Pompeo visited North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-un himself. The report credits two anonymous people “with direct knowledge of the trip,” but the story appears to be a deliberate leak rather than an unauthorized one. What to make of it?  Read more

Trumpism Without Trump

Good-bye Paul Ryan, hello to a new Republican Party that embraces the president’s politics but not his person  Read more

Tax Day isn't usually a day to celebrate. This year is different

Filing taxes is something that fills most of us with dread. We do the costly, complicated chore and can’t wait to move on. It’s usually not a day to celebrate  Read more

Trump Vastly Better than Obama at Foreign Policy

Now that we have learned CIA director and secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jung Un over Easter, it is time to acknowledge the obvious: the foreign policy of political novice Donald Trump has been vastly more successful that that of the supposedly experienced Barack Obama  Read more

Barbara Bush, the No-Nonsense First Lady Who Ran the Family That Ran the Country, Dies at 92

Barbara Bush was as grounded as any First Lady, a down-to-earth realist planted firmly between two high-flying stars: Nancy Reagan of the rail-thin coiffed good looks, rarely seen children, and adoring gaze; and Hillary Rodham Clinton  Read more

James Comey's book falls as flat as its cover

The new memoir by James Comey, former FBI director, is light on new information but heavy on petty insults. It is being marketed by a typical rage-fest on President Trump's Twitter feed. A bestseller is guaranteed  Read more

GOP lawmakers demand criminal probe of Comey, McCabe, Clinton, Lynch

A group of conservative Republicans sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department Wednesday asking prosecutors to consider bringing charges against former FBI Director James Comey, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others involved in the probe into Mrs. Clinton’s emails  Read more

RNC Committing $250 Million to Retain Control of House

The Republican National Committee has committed $250 million to a midterm election strategy that has one goal above all else: Preserve the party’s House majority for the rest of President Donald Trump’s first term  Read more

Ryan’s exit scrambles Wisconsin House race

Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) impending retirement has set off a mad scramble in his Republican-leaning district, which suddenly looks more attainable for Democrats  Read more