President Trump is once again showing himself to be a do-as-I-say, not as-I-do president. But the biggest issue is the message the pardon would send to people who are being questioned right now by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team.
As he announced his exit from public life, House Speaker Paul Ryan tried hard to show appreciation for the man who took the Republican Party from his grasp and transformed it into something else.
Every time President Trump threatens to fire Bob Mueller, it gets harder for congressional Republicans to dismiss questions about why they are not protecting the special counsel.
Today, for the first time, the 33-year-old billionaire is scheduled to testify before Congress, as part of a crusade to protect not only the company he founded but also his broader legacy.
The likelihood of a United States strike against Syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack increased Sunday as President Trump said there would be a “big price to pay” and officials in France vowed the country would “do its duty” in responding.
Another day brought another string of devastating revelations about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the potential misuse of his position for private gain.
Anyone who is surprised by President Trump’s most recent moves on foreign policy, trade and immigration either wasn’t paying attention during the 2016 campaign, has a short-term memory or selectively listened to hear what they wanted to hear.
Special Counsel Bob Mueller may release multiple reports on President Trump, obstruction and Russian interference.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech, delivered 50 years ago tonight in Memphis on the eve of his assassination, is well remembered for its prophetic musings on mortality.
Donald Trump is either woefully uninformed or intentionally misleading the American people about one of his most consequential decisions as president. Which is the more charitable explanation?
Donald Trump has defiantly refused to criticize Vladimir Putin in public. Administration officials are signaling this may soon change, and the president’s Alpha Male inclinations are a big reason why.
Fealty to Trump has become more of a litmus test than ever for Republicans. This is no longer the party of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush. It’s the party of Donald J. Trump.
When historian Niall Ferguson moved from Harvard to Stanford two years ago, he was struck by Silicon Valley’s indifference to history.
The Hoover Institution, the center-right think tank on the campus of Stanford University, is approaching climate change as both a market failure and a serious national security challenge.
Today, millions of young people aren’t worried about being drafted to fight. But they are palpably concerned that they or someone they know could get shot at school.
President Trump named former ambassador John Bolton as his new national security adviser, tapping the Fox News commentator and conservative firebrand to replace Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.
Congressional leaders and the White House last night unveiled a $1.3 trillion spending deal that will fund the federal government through the end of September.
The second primary night of the year, in the country’s fifth most populous state, showcased how angry the electorate remains in this Age of Disruption.
President Trump shook up his legal team on Monday by hiring a combative former prosecutor who has publicly argued that Trump is the target of an elaborate FBI conspiracy.
Ayana McAllister wanted to become a detective who helped victims of sexual assault. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” was her favorite show. But one year ago tomorrow, the 18-year-old was shot and killed in Northeast Washington.
Donald Trump’s reality television presidency may be getting more star power for season two.
Third Way is calling for Democrats to offer a new social contract for the digital age. Leaders Matt Bennett and Jim Kessler shared their ideas with James.
National Republicans threw the kitchen sink to hold a House seat in Pennsylvania, but while the special election remains too close to call, Democrat Conor Lamb clings to a narrow lead and declared victory early this morning.
President Trump has put forward a modest package of gun-safety measures this week that has none of the provisions opposed by the NRA that he seemed to back days earlier.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is one of 10 Democratic senators up for reelection this year in a state Trump carried in 2016.
If Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone wins an unexpectedly close special election here next Tuesday, it will be on Trump’s coattails.
If you don’t like President Trump’s position on a particular issue, just wait a day. It may change.
Politics is downstream of culture. Trump’s election would never have been possible without systemic cultural shifts, enabled by reality TV and social media, that increased the premium average Americans place on celebrity for celebrity’s sake.
Since last week, Peter Navarro has been taking an extended victory lap and trying to sell the president's position on tariffs.
The first primaries of 2018 are in Texas on Tuesday. They could set the tune for six months of Democratic infighting.
