Rather than pulling completely out of Syria the United States will be leaving behind a token force of about 200 troops. This is a mistake.
Following Donald Trump’s lead, the GOP is making clear that its game plan for 2020 is paint all Democrats as ‘socialists, baby killers, and anti-Semites.’
The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?
Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.
In a rare display of assertiveness in the foreign policy arena, the House voted yesterday to bar U.S. assistance in Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war on Yemen.
The self-appointed Acting President of Venezuela has said he doesn’t rule out the idea of American intervention in his country, but we should rule it out immediately.
The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.
In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.
The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.
More than any recent President, Donald Trump displays a tremendous amount ignorance about the world. Even worse is the fact that he seems proud of it.
President Trump has backed down in his showdown with Speaker Pelosi over the State of the Union Address, but that does nothing to bring us closer to a resolution of the government shutdown.
Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is the latest entrant into the 2020 race for President. To say is a long-shot is an understatement.
With Democrats making a new proposal and the President set to speak later today, there could be movement on ending the government shutdown. I wouldn’t be too optimistic, though.
The efforts by Speaker Pelosi and President Trump to leverage their institutional powers raise interesting questions.
As the government shutdown continues, Washington is coming to resemble a fight between toddlers. Except the toddlers have the excuse of not knowing any better.
President Trump responded to the suggestion that the State of the Union be rescheduled by revoking military transportation for a Congressional trip to visit troops in Afghanistan.
Two years of Republican control of the Legislative and Executive Branches has put us back on a path toward $1 trillion budget deficits.
Herb Kelleher, who helped found an airline that revolutionized the industry thanks to his unconventional choices, has died at the age of 87.
As the shutdown drags on, the President is digging in his heels even further.
Former Senator and Denocratic Presidential candidate Jim Webb is reportedly being considered for Defense Secretary.
It is sincerely disturbing that the POTUS has this level of understanding of history and foreign policy.
The Pentagon is being ordered to draw up plans to withdraw roughly one-half of the American forces remaining in Afghanistan. It’s about time.
In what clearly appears to be a rebuke of the President, Defense Secretary James Mattis is retiring as Secretary of Defense.
The Trump Administration is reportedly preparing to withdraw the small contingent of American troops from Syria. If it actually happens, this would be a good move.
Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema will end up representing Arizona in the Senate together.
Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.
American troops have been in Afghanistan for seventeen years now, it’s time to bring them all home.
Another part of the country that was once a Republican stronghold is now almost completely blue.
A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.
President Trump wants to send more troops than we have in Syria and Iraq combined to the border to deal with a non-existent threat.
Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.
She’s quite likely the youngest 4-star general in the U.S. Army, if not the U.S. military.
American involvement in the genocidal Saudi war on Yemen is getting more complicated. This is a bad idea.
For the second time this year, a Federal Court has struck down a state law designed to punish businesses that engage in a boycott aimed at Israel.
President Trump got his revised version of NAFTA, but Canadians are less positive about the United States than they have been in at least twenty years.
President Trump is once again threatening to lower the tariff hammer on one of America’s most reliable allies and biggest trading partners.
President Trump’s second speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations wasn’t much better than the first, but it it did get the world laughing at us.
Reports about tension between Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Trump are becoming louder, and it’s being suggested that Mattis could be out of office after the midterms.
The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.
Seventeen years ago, America was thrust into a war that seemingly has no end.
Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.
A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.
Through our so-called allies in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the United States is helping to destroy Yemen. It’s time for our support for that war to come to an end.
Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.
Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.
The NATO Summit is going about as well as can be expected.
On the eve of the NATO Summit, President Trump continues to engage in tactics that seem to serve no purpose other than to undermine America’s most important and successful alliance.