Opinion · 117th Congress
Fighting unwinnable battles in an American culture war
From Michelle Obama to Sheryl Lee Ralph to Zendaya, Black women are bringing it. Too bad trolls are stuck in the past.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Independents will make or break Biden and the Democrats in November
Joe Biden beat Donald Trump because he won the political middle by a decisive margin — so why is he playing to the base?
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why the conventional wisdom about 2022 has been so wrong
The hardest thing in politics to remember is that there are exceptions to every ironclad rule. And 2022 is looking like one of them.
Congress · 117th Congress
Power Rankings: How political players resemble the top college football teams in all the land
Political Power Rankings: Watch enough college football and politics, and the teams and politicos start resembling one another.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Two systems of justice? Bet on it
Just compare the cases of Breonna Taylor and Donald Trump. This is not my idea of justice — but maybe it’s America’s.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Democrats say they’re saving democracy. So why are they bending it?
Their explanation, of course, is simple. When saving the soul of the nation, sometimes patriots have to be ethically flexible.
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Oblivion’: Desperate Trump’s dark view of US not visible in red county on banks of Potomac River
Donald Trump's prediction of 'oblivion' was not reflected in one Virginia county that voted to give him a second term as his legal woes mount.
Congress · 117th Congress
The only two questions that matter about Trump and the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump's ever-changing story about the documents found at Mar-a-Lago are meant to distract from the only two questions that matter.
Congress · 117th Congress
Rally around the MAGA flag: Reaction to FBI raid should end notion Trump has lost grip on GOP
The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has quickly shown the level of support in the GOP for the former president.
Opinion · 117th Congress
A bike, a suit and a dream: How I lost a race for Congress 50 years ago
I still have the T-shirt — and empathy for dreamers. The central plank in my campaign was a pledge to “filibuster war appropriations.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Joe Biden is on fire — signing bills and killing terrorists, but he still can’t catch a break
President Biden is racking up wins at home and abroad. But bad luck keeps finding him, keeping his poll numbers low.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Say it ain’t so, Joe Manchin
He used to be a man of his word, a moderating force in his party. But now Manchin has bought into Democrats’ empty promises.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi defies Biden, pokes China with Taiwan visit
Speaker Nancy Pelosi opted to go ahead with a visit to Taiwan even amid tensions with China and after President Biden said it would be unwise.
Opinion · 117th Congress
A third major party? Don’t hold your breath
David Jolly, Christine Todd Whitman and Andrew Yang say they are starting a viable third party. It could take a while, Stu Rothenberg writes.
Congress · 117th Congress
Spoiler alert: Liz Cheney could take Jan. 6 warnings about Trump to GOP primary
The Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings could produce a spoiler in the 2024 GOP presidential primary: Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
Opinion · 117th Congress
When it’s staring you in the face, it just might be the truth
America is melting, sweltering, bleeding and burning. And leaders are hedging, dissembling and putting it off on our kids and grandkids.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Voters already believe we’re in recession
Simply put, weasel words don’t work. Neither does bad economic policy, no matter how many complicit economists you dig up.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Don’t let the Electoral Count Act rewrite go down for the count
Either the bill passes this year or else the 2024 election will be conducted under the same murky rules that Trump tried so hard to exploit.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘I’m not going to meet with MBS’: Biden serves a rare presidential double fault in Saudi Arabia
President Joe Biden pulled a rare double in Saudi Arabia, breaking not one but two campaign promises.
Opinion · 117th Congress
How do you make a 10-year-old disappear? It’s easier than it should be
I prayed for that child, raped and impregnated, who had to leave her home state for an abortion. Then, I prayed for America.