New York Congressman Chris Collins, who was the first Congressman to endorse President Trump, has been indicted for what amounts to one of the dumber and most obvious cases of securities fraud ever seen.
The frequency and ease with which this President lies is, to say the least, alarming.
Based on what can only be described as pure vindictiveness, the President is apparently planning on revoking security clearances of former officials who have been outspoken against the Administration and its policies.
Initial polling on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court find the public more divided than they have been for other recent SCOTUS picks, but that’s unlikely to impact the fate of his nomination.
The Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued indictments against twelve Russian intelligence officials for election-related hacking, and in the process has shown most of the arguments made by the President and his surrogates regarding the Russia investigation are nonsense.
A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.
Trump’s former Campaign Manager mocked a ten-year-old girl with Down’s Syndrome who was taken away from her parents.
John Kelly is nearing the end of his first year as White House Chief of Staff, and it’s becoming apparent that his mission to bring order to a disordered White House has failed.
More than a decade ago, Donald Trump revealed one of his secrets to success. Exhaust your enemies. It explains much of what has happened since he took office.
In the Trump Era, the White House Press Briefing is becoming shorter and less informative.
The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.
We have a generation of schoolkids who aren’t even surprised when there’s a shooting at their school. That’s a problem.
President Trump has been tweeting up a storm since Sunday, raising a question. Should we view his Tweets as the rantings of a cranky old man, or as something more serious?
For Donald Trump and his supporters, “Fake News” means any news that doesn’t shower enough praise on him.
A blast from the past as Oliver North, who was once at the center of a major Washington scandal, is named President of the National Rifle Association.
President Trump has told an astonishingly large number of lies since taking office.
As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.
It’s a valid question, but one should also be careful about drawing conclusions based on how a person in Trump’s position acts.
The transformation is complete. The GOP is now the party of Donald Trump. If you’re sticking around and not speaking out against what the President represents, you’re part of the problem, not part of the solution.
The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. As a legal document, it appears to be little more than a political stunt.
Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.
Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.
Dan Drezner notes some challenges on this topic, and I add some of my own thoughts.
Thanks to a combination of sensationalism and outright lies, a fairly conventional story about an annual protest march in Mexico was turned into Fox News fodder that raised images of an invading army of illegal immigrants.
Normally attorneys would be jumping at the chance to represent the President of the United States. With Donald Trump, the lawyers are distancing themselves from him as fast as they can.
President Trump continues to obsequiously praise Russian President Vladimir Putin
If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.
The Trump presidency is the latest step in treating commentators like policy experts. It is all a manifestation of how the modern GOP is a populist party.
The Stormy Daniels/Donald Trump story will break open wide on 60 Minutes next weekend.
Best known as a television host, he served in the Reagan administration and chief economist of Bear Stearns.
While the nature of Rex Tillerson’s firing as Secretary of State was shocking in its abruptness, taken in context with the rocky nature of his tenure it was hardly surprising.
Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.
The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.
POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says war against North Korea would be worth it. Ignoring the fact that it would result in casualties unlike anything America has seen since the Vietnam War.
The students who survived last week’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida are speaking out, and some on the right are responding by engaging in personal attacks and spreading conspiracy theories.
The tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.
Expecting North Korea to agree to diplomatic talks that are aimed at getting rid of their nuclear weapons is asking for the impossible, and ensuring there will be no progress on the diplomatic front for the foreseeable future.
While most of America slept, the government was shutdown thanks to some faux theatrics by a single Senator.
Donald Trump spent much of the past year touting the rising stock market, now he’s getting a lesson in reality.
Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.
Despite mounting evidence and outrageous behavior, Republicans nationwide and on Capitol Hill continue to do the Administration’s dirty work. They’ll most likely live to regret it.
New reports indicate that the President is spending more and more time watching television and tweeting. That’s not what he was elected to do.
Donald Trumps’ tweets are the public statements of the President of the United States. This makes them noteworthy and often important.
A Trump judicial nominee who could not answer basic legal questions in a hearing last week has withdrawn his nomination, but this is likely to happen again unless the Administration fixes some obvious flaws in its selection process.
Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.
Yesterday was the seventy-sixth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For most Americans, though, it was just another day. That’s only natural.
There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.
