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Trump Lashes Out, Vows to Appeal Guilty Verdict

By Yuval Rosenberg

Donald Trump today vowed to appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments made to silence an adult film star’s story about a sexual encounter...
After the Capitol Attack: What Happens Next

By Yuval Rosenberg

The fallout from Wednesday’s chaos at the Capitol continued Thursday — and will likely be felt for some time. Here are the top developments: Congress certifies election, Trump says he will leave:...
How Do We Respond to the Trump Insurrection?

By Yuval Rosenberg

Today, January 6, 2021, is a date which will live in infamy, to borrow President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s words after Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. Only today’s horrifying attack on American...
Of Four Options Facing Trump in Qatar, Only One Is the Right Choice

By Patrick Smith

Three weeks after President Trump’s closely watched meeting with Arab leaders during his visit to Saudi Arabia, the No.1 question for Trump’s foreign policy team is how to navigate in a region that...
How the Comey Hearing Made America Great Again

By Ciro Scotti

That sound you’ve been hearing for almost five months is the world laughing at America as the rubes from New York bumble around Washington smashing the fine china of governance in a spectacle of...

The Only Person Who Can Bring Down Trump Is Sitting in the Oval Office

By Edward Morrissey

Could a wealthy businessman managing his own company do better operating the federal government than a politician? The experiment has just begun, but it’s already apparent that the type of...
The Comey Firing Proves We Need Two Special Counsels, Not One

By Edward Morrissey

James Comey finds himself out of a job unexpectedly – and perhaps not unreasonably. The timing of his exit and the confusion over the status of the investigation into alleged Russian interference in...
Democrats, Now the Party of No, Stonewall Trump at Their Peril

By Liz Peek

As Democrats have comfortably settled into their new role as the Party of No, some say the formerly obstructionist Republicans are getting their just desserts. But there is one stark difference...
Trump's Troubling Embrace of Anti-Democratic Leaders and Policies

By Rob Garver

From the earliest days of his presidential campaign, there has been an air of authoritarianism around the man who now occupies the Oval Office. But over the past few weeks, as Donald Trump approached...
These Big, Expensive Giveaways to Illegal Immigrants Will Backfire on Liberals

By Liz Peek

As Trump ramps up border security, liberal Democrats vow ever-greater resistance. Blue states are increasingly adopting policies that bolster their pro-immigrant bona fides, but that may ultimately...

Will Obama Do a U-Turn and Cut Medicare?

By Dan Morgan, The Fiscal Times

President Barack Obama could seek common ground with Republicans in the looming battle over Medicare spending by broadening the debate over entitlement reform to encompass the spiraling healthcare...
McConnell Bests Boehner As GOP Negotiator-in-Chief

By Eric Pianin

In the wake of his politically disastrous handing of the fiscal cliff crisis, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio may have ceded the mantle of leadership to Mitch McConnell, the taciturn, 70-year-old...
Group Threatens Lawmakers Who Vote 'Yes' on Sandy Bill

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

Congressional Republicans find themselves in the eye of an ideological storm on disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy. This time it’s from a conservative group known to bankroll challengers in GOP...
New Congress Faces New War over Debt Ceiling

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

House Speaker John Boehner didn’t bother to hit the reset button with the White House on Thursday when the new 113th Congress was sworn-in.
The Good News about Big, Bad Government Debt

By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

As the late economist Herb Stein always used to say, trends that can’t continue don’t. This is widely known around Washington as Stein’s law. While obviously true, however, it tells us nothing about...

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