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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...

Post 'War' Politics: Will Obama Bridge the Divide?

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

President Obama returns to the White House, but he leads a country that—after a bruising year of campaigning—remains painfully fractured.
Democrats Keep Control of Senate as Voters Reject Extremes

By Eric Pianin

Voters on Tuesday once again opted for divided government, leaving the Democrats still in charge of the White House and Senate and the Republicans with a still commanding majority in the House. The...
$6B in Campaign Spending: What Else Could It Buy?

By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal Times

With $6 billion spent on the presidential and congressional races, 2012 has earned the title of the most expensive election in history. Here are 12 other things the country could spend the money on...
Which Candidate Can Pull Us Back from the Cliff?

By Eric Pianin

Washington policy experts are eagerly monitoring election returns tonight seeking clues as to how well positioned the next president will be in dealing with the looming fiscal cliff crisis.
Ohio vote: A big share of shrinking unions for Obama

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

Older white men who are evangelical Christians and gun lovers? They’re supposed to be the core of Republican Mitt Romney’s political base. But in the battleground state of Ohio, many of them also...

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