Donald Trump’s latest tirade has led to another round of speculation as to whether or not he’s ‘gone too far’ and reached the beginning of the end of his campaign. Don’t count on it.
Forget about Congress, the real story going forward is likely to be Republican dominance of state legislatures nationwide.
President Obama came to office inheriting the legacy of one unnecessary war, and another that had faded from memory. He will leave office with Iraq and Syria in crisis, Europe uneasy, Yemen and Libya unstable breeding grounds for terrorism, and China doing whatever it is they’re doing.
With only a handful of opposition, Paul Ryan was easily elected the 62nd Speaker of the House.
Two new polls show that political efforts to enact more stringent gun control at the national level are not likely to succeed.
The marriage equality issue is resolved, but that doesn’t mean the Supreme Court won’t have a lot of high profile cases on its docket over the next eight months.
Some House Republicans are trying to delay the vote on the Iran Nuclear Deal with an argument that has no merit whatsoever.
A teenager in North Carolina is facing serious criminal charges in another absurd overreaction to teenager “sexting.”
Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.
Somewhat surprisingly, a jury in Colorado was unable to agree on a unanimous death sentence for Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes.
The Iran nuclear deal will probably survive it’s test in Congress in the end, but Chuck Schumer just made the Administration’s job a little more difficult.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major case about public employee unions that could go a long way toward restraining their power.
The people who continue to claim that the Confederate Flag is about anything other than hatred, racism, and a nation that celebrated slavery are lying to you and to themselves.
Thanks largely to a series of court decisions, same-sex marriage is effectively legal in all of Mexico.
A new Michigan law allows religious-affiliated adoption agencies to turn away parents for religious reasons, and it seems fairly obvious what the target is in this case.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.
The next shoe drops in the Dennis Hastert case.
Despite a veto from the state’s Governor, today Nebraska became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Hopefully, others will follow.
Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is continuing his absurd and dangerous war on the Supreme Court.
Hillary Clinton has admitted she made a mistake in supporting the Iraq War in 2002, but there are plenty of other questions she needs to answer when it comes to foreign interventions.
A Second Amendment victory in the District of Columbia,
Senate Republicans are working on legislation to fix the PPACA’s subsidies if the Supreme Court rules against the Federal Government in June.
In a 6-3 vote that defied traditional expectations, the Justices have limited the ability of police to detain people on the side of the road for long periods of time.
Conditioning an Iranian nuclear deal on recognition of Israel is foolish, unrealistic, and very bad diplomacy.
Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.
The Iranian nuclear accords are barely 24 hours old and some people have already made up their mind about them.
Some Republicans are trying to move their party in the right direction on marriage equality, but it’s unclear if they will succeed in the short term.
Carly Fiorina seems to be inching close to a Presidential run for some reason.
After nearly 20 years in office, Harry Reid announced early today that he would not seek reelection in 2016.
The 2008 runner-up has scared off all serious challengers for 2016. Why?
Reflecting a growing national trend away from the barbarity of capital punishment, the Governor of Pennsylvania has imposed a moratorium on executions in the Keystone State.
The House voted to repeal the PPACA for the 56th time, but it’s clear that this vote will end up being a pointless as all the others.
For some reason, Republicans want to change filibuster rules even though it’s unclear that they’ll still hold the Senate after 2016.
The Supreme Court says that police who have a “reasonable” misunderstanding of the law can still pull you over.
The Justice Department won’t force James Risen to testify in a legal investigation, but faces a new choice in a different case.
The Supreme Court is set to decide if the state can deny a license plate with the Confederate flag design because it is “offensive.”
A crushing but expected defeat for a veteran Democrat.
It’s an old story. Republican leadership wants to avoid a government shutdown, but the hard core conservatives want a fight, this time over the President’s immigration action. We have a week to see how it unfolds.
Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?
When push comes to shove, top Republicans may still try to make Mitt Romney happen.
