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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...

The Romney Campaign Implodes after Libya

By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

As I discussed last week , I think Barack Obama will win the election easily. Now, with Mitt’s Romney’s gross miscalculation in politicizing the Libyan massacre, thereby failing the 3 :00 am phone...
Tax Reform: Mortgage Deduction Is a Non-Starter

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

With home prices and sales finally beginning to recover from the worst housing collapse in U.S. history, it would be asking for trouble to start tinkering with what every economist agrees is a major...
Tackling the Holy Grail of Tax Reform: Loopholes

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

The two political parties and their presidential standard bearers are moving inexorably toward an acrimonious public debate next month over how to pay for tax reform, which will be major issue during...
Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Last Straw for Voters?

By Edward Morrissey

Those who followed the political war in Wisconsin that erupted in February 2011 with a public-employee union reform bill and ended with the unsuccessful attempt to recall Governor Scott Walker might...
Voters, Clueless about Fiscal Cliff, In for a Shock

By Eric Pianin

The nation may be barreling towards a fiscal cliff at the end of the year, but members of Congress returning from a five-week recess say their constituents seem more focused on jobs, the deficit and...

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