Should Robert Mueller take his ‘last chance’ to speak to Trump?
While his lawyers want to avoid a showdown, the inartful dodger may be eager for one.
Will Rick Gates’ testimony bury his former bosses?
The Manafort trial has already dented Trump’s regular contention that Special Counsel is merely conducting a witch hunt.
Could Ivanka and Don Jr. be any more different?
The eldest daughter distances herself from her father’s political views, while the eldest son wallows in them.
Trump disgusted by ‘old charges’ against Manafort…so he brings up ‘Alfonse’ Capone
For those who dwelled in the netherworld of New York real estate for decades, genuflecting to oligarchs past and present comes naturally.
Bob Woodward’s book will give Trump a new chance to be outraged
A war is breaking out in the GOP between Trump and the more mainstream elements of the party.
Thanks to Mueller and Manafort, Trump faces a battle on all fronts
The former campaign manager heads to trial tomorrow.
Is Trump going supernova?
Tariffs and turncoat lawyers could soon dwarf the President’s other problems.
Donald Trump is going full neocon
The president who campaigned on extricating Washington from wars in the Middle East seems intent on starting a fresh one.
Trump flings Putin in his critics’ faces
The Russian president may yet come to Washington, DC, which will only make them madder.
Trump’s fawning performance in Helsinki has only lent credence to the worst theories about him
The legacy of his presidency may be to fortify suspicions of Moscow and his chum Putin.
After flirting with Putin, is Trump putting ‘America first’?
The Helsinki summit, which was intended to smooth relations with Moscow, is having the reverse effect.
What’s the purpose of Trump’s forthcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin?
A diligent press corps is trying to force him to say what he will do or say when he meets his Russian chum. But Trump himself may not really know.
Brett Kavanaugh is the establishment Republican’s dream Supreme Court Justice
Like Neil Gorsuch, he appears to be your standard issue hard-line conservative but not a judicial Robespierre.
Could Hillary Clinton take on Donald Trump again?
It’s an outcome that would thrill Donald Trump and his supporters. The “it” is, of course, another Hillary Clinton run…
Alan Dershowitz is winning in the Trump era
The trials of Alan Dershowitz, who alleges that he is being shunned and ostracised by former friends on Martha’s Vineyard,…
Is Mitt Romney considering another run for the presidency?
A man ruthless enough to strap his dog Seamus to the roof of his station wagon on a family road trip to Canada has to be taken seriously.
Justice Kennedy’s retirement allows Trump to become the restorer of GOP values
Whomever he picks will surely move rapidly to overturn the key decisions that Kennedy, often a decisive swing vote, supported on abortion and gay rights.
Trump is behaving like a caudillo in trying to intimidate Harley-Davidson
Tariffs are a huge political gamble, one that the GOP is eyeing with mounting apprehension.
Will doubling down on a culture war boost Trump’s political prospects?
The President’s inability to care what his critics think is paying off.
Trump is still on the ‘offenseive’ over immigration
As the President consolidates his hold on the GOP and defies his detractors, he is relying on women as a kind of protective force field.
How splitting up families gave Trump the biggest crisis of his presidency
Separating children from their parents at the border represents a repudiation of the core of the GOP.
James Comey is a man obsessed with his own myth
Oh, dear. The myth that James Comey has sedulously cultivated of himself—the ascetic warrior for truth, the vigilant sentinel of…
Donald Trump’s dictator complex
The reviews are coming in for Donald Trump’s performance in Singapore and they aren’t pretty. Nicholas Kristof of the New…
Maybe Trump can sign a free-trade pact with Russia and North Korea to replace Europe, Mexico and Canada
Well, well, well. So Melania had a “big operation” that lasted four hours, did she? President Trump revealed this little…
Welcome to the jungle: Centrist Democrats charge through California primaries
Moderates held off challenges from the far-left and right through their state’s unorthodox electoral system.
