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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...

9 Tea Party Politicians Who Could Change the Senate

By Eric Pianin and Maureen Mackey

Tea Party strategists are working hard to establish a major beachhead in the Senate next January. Combined with at least half a dozen sitting senators who already have strong Tea Party ties –...
Tea Party Republicans Plan a Senate Coup in November

By Eric Pianin and Maureen Mackey

Two years ago, the fledgling Tea Party rocked the political landscape by helping the GOP win control of the House and put the party on a collision course with President Obama over budget and tax...
Obama's Welfare Rollback Could Cost Him His Job

By Liz Peek

Bill Clinton ended “welfare as we know it”; now the Obama administration wants to start it up again . Health and Human Services head Kathleen Sibelius issued a memorandum in July that (perhaps...
Economic Illiteracy: The Candidates' Best Friend

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

Is it useful to parse the latest economic statistics like Friday’s jobs numbers to determine how it will affect the November election? Before reading too much into it, ponder this fact: A February...
Romney, Obama Budgets Full of Holes

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

Mitt Romney has an accounting problem: His budget plan, his projections of explosive growth, and even the release of his personal taxes all hinge on the implicit promise of “trust me” rather than...

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