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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...

Obama, the “Outsider,” Reprises Earlier Speeches

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

Staring down angry House Republicans, a potential debt crisis, and a recovery that feels like a recession, President Obama mad the brave decision to give a yawner of an economic speech.
Federal Workers Organize to Block the Sequester

By Eric Pianin

As Congress slips closer to a second round of across-the-board budget cuts and government furloughs this fall, federal workers have begun to fight back. With nearly one in two federal workers facing...
The Potent New Force in Selling Obamacare to Youth

By Roberta Rampton, Reuters

What's so funny about President Barack Obama's health care reform law? A website known for viral comedy videos popular with Americans under 30 - Funny or Die - has a few ideas and is enlisting...
The Biggest Racial Problem No One Talks About

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

The wealth gap—it’s the biggest racial issue that nobody is talking about.It colors the controversy of Detroit filing for bankruptcy. Motown was forever scarred by the 1967 race riots. More than 80...
Obamacare Glitch No. One: Verifying Eligibility

By David Francis and Eric Pianin

As the Obamacare rollout approaches, numerous problems with the technological back end are mounting. At the same time, there are growing concerns that poor enrollment could doom it from the start.

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