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William Barr Is Exactly The Kind Of Attorney General Trump Always Wanted
Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.
Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.
The GOP’s efforts to defend the President are becoming more desperate and pathetic by the day.
So far at least, Elizabeth Warren is not doing a good job of articulating her foreign policy positions. That needs to change if she’s going to be a serious candidate.
American negotiators are claiming a ceasefire in northern Syria. The Turks, Syrians, and Russians are the winners, the Kurds are the losers, and we look like schmucks.
A new Senate Intelligence Committee report adds to the evidence regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Turkish forces advance, American forces retreat, the Kurds seek new allies, and Syria and Russia come out the winners.
President Trump’s latest Syria move is coming under heavy criticism even from fellow Republicans.
President Trump has reportedly pledged to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States would not speak out against Chinese actions in Hong Kong.
The United States is withdrawing its small force from Northern Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish invasion that will likely
aim to wipeout the Kurdish forces in the region.
Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.
It’s been one year since Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen in public again. We are no closer to justice in his case than we were a year ago.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is getting the first shot at forming a new government. Whether he’ll succeed or not is another story.
With election results showing his Likud Party falling short of a majority, Benjamin Netanyahu is joining his chief rival in vallsfor a unity government. Getting there would be complicated, though,
Well that didn’t take long.
As the Saudis continue to evaluate the impact of the weekend attack on a major oil facility, the Trump Administration tones down the anti-Iran rhetoric just a bit.
While the world continues to evaluate the impact of Saturday’s attack on a Saudi oil facility, tensions in the Persian Gulf are increasing.
Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a massive attack on an important Saudi oil facility.
Faced with an election next week, Israel’s Prime Minister is pushing a settlement plan that would be an utter disaster.
John Bolton was not a good National Security Adviser, but the real problem with Trump Administration foreign policy comes from the man at the top.
President Trump took to Twitter late this morning to fire his third National Security Adviser.
Republicans from around the country want Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run for Senate in Kansas. Because they’re afraid they can’t win without him.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.
Under the Trump Administration, the American commitment to human rights around the world is basically dead.
President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.
While much of the talk about Robert Mueller’s testimony has focused on the Trump campaign, there was another part to his testimony that brings attention to a far more serious threat.
Mark Esper has been confirmed and sworn in as the next Secretary of Defense, ending a period of nearly 100 days during which the Pentagon was headed by a succession of Acting Secretaries.
Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
On Wednesday, much of official Washington, and likely a good part of the country itself, will pause to watch what are likely to biggest hearings since the late 1980s.
Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf thanks to a collection of actions by Iran, the United States, and United Kingdom.
The House of Representatives passed a defense spending bill that seeks to limit Presidential authority when it comes to striking Iran and aideing the Saudi war on Yemen.
Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.
After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
The independent who upended the 1992 Presidential race has passed.
Iran announced that it was exceeding another limitation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, upping the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf
In memos to his superiors, the British Ambassador to the United States had an exceedingly frank, and negative, assessment of the current occupant of the White House.
Just over a year after the United States repudiated the JCPOA, Iran has surpassed a limit on uranium enrichment set by the JCPOA
Realistically, President Trump has very few options when it comes to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.
Is the United States finally ready to give up on the fantasy that North Korea will surrender its nuclear weapons?
Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.
The Pentagon has been headed by Acting Secretaries for an unprecedented period. Does it really matter?
Eight months later, the President and his Administration continue to refuse to acknowledge the truth about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
The Trump Administration unveiled new sanctions against Iran yesterday. They’re unlikely to accomplish the entirely unrealistic goals the President claims to have in mind.