Opinion · 119th Congress
Connecting the dots on the economy
The events of this week may well tell us just how many balls President Donald Trump can actually keep in the air at one time.
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Opinion · 119th Congress
Are Americans seeking justice tough enough to meet the moment?
President Donald Trump, amid an unpopular war with Iran, has found plenty of time to demand that Congress pass stricter federal voting requirements to fight nonexistent fraud.
Congress · 119th Congress
Congress’ unconditional surrender
There are two ways to look at what happened in Congress last week regarding President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.
Opinion · 119th Congress
Trump’s big bet on Operation Epic Fury
↵↵Trump, like those presidents before him, must operate within the parameters of the War Powers Resolution, and so far he has.
Opinion · 119th Congress
Life in this White House bubble
This is not unique to Trump; he just uses the structure because it works.↵↵But Trump may actually have these fears. And that's scary.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Biden’s ‘reckless disregard’ of reality
Who thought allowing Russia to act as an intermediary in the Iran nuclear deal talks was a good idea? Who proposed a visit to Venezuela to discuss easing sanctions for oil?
Opinion · 117th Congress
Errant Republicans must loudly hail Biden’s legitimacy
We are down to a little more than 160 hours before an unhinged and unrepentant Donald Trump leaves office.
Opinion · 116th Congress
All media properties self-censor, social media can too
For example, I have an interest in Iran as a foreign policy topic.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Common Defense: Too many emergencies
Congress was well-aware of Iran’s problematic conduct in the region when it voted to end U.S. military involvement in Yemen, where Iran and Saudi Arabia remain engaged in a proxy war, she said.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Pelosi’s poor choices helped sink her impeachment gambit
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, hardly a Trump supporter, called its passage a “huge win for working people in North America.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
The impeachment holiday gift catalog
Democrats are not likely to put up with his hawkish blustering about Iran, even if it comes with a few dishy Trump anecdotes that are served way too cold.
Opinion · 116th Congress
How America’s mayor became America’s State Department
Not Donald Trump. And as long as we’re on the subject, who needs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? Or the full Senate?
Opinion · 116th Congress
The most important document you may ever read
Computer sleuths hacked the document’s setting to let users search for “Trump,” “president,” “collusion” and “Russia.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why Kelly Craft is the right person for UN ambassador
So at a time when leaders who should be Roosevelt’s spiritual heirs are mostly missing in action, it was heartening to hear a member of the Trump administration publicly pledge to “reinforce the
Opinion · 116th Congress
Running for re-election the Trump way — with half the country against you
Trump and Vlad were supposed to be BFFs. Now Putin is stepping out on Trump with the leader of a country that won’t even play fair with trade.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Can Bernie Sanders change his luck in the South?
denunciations of the recent wave of restrictive abortion laws in states around the country (“they are forcing women back into the arms of quacks”) and warnings about the “insane” possibility of a U.S. attack on Iran
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s Gold-Plated, Monogrammed Presidency
The 21st-century erosion of congressional powers did not begin with Trump.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Today I’m getting boring. Please, Congress, join me
And there’s no way to break through Michael Cohen reporting for prison or the Pentagon deploying a Navy strike group to the Middle East to “send a message” to Iran (which both happened this week) with
Opinion · 116th Congress
Jamie Dupree is still telling stories, even without his voice
I’ve been at Trump rallies, the CNN makeup chair, and even in my own house meeting the exterminator, only to hear, “You work in Washington? Do you know Jamie Dupree? Love that guy!”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Think It’s Bad for the GOP Now? Wait for an October Surprise
[What Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea Means for Donald Trump] But with Moscow trying to hack everything from anti-Trump conservative think tanks to (maybe) the lesson plans for liberal preschools,