When he was once asked if he would pardon his son, President Joe Biden said no. It’s time for him to rethink that answer. His successor wants to stack the DOJ with an AG loyalist who’s been investigated for...
Now that we have two presumptive nominees attacking each other at every turn, will they dare to debate? The assumption among the Washington cognoscenti is that neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump is eager to take the stage with...
While President Biden made a strong defense of his decision to leave Afghanistan and the execution of that withdrawal, declaring that he had brought America’s longest war to an overdue end, Republicans smell blood and some are already calling...
Every politician looks for a niche where they can combine their passion and their ambition, and advocating for women fits both for New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Her rapid rise in the Senate since being appointed to fill Hillary...
Most voters don’t know that the Trump-tagged “Do Nothing Democrats” have passed 275 bipartisan bills on key issues including climate, gun safety, raising the minimum wage, net neutrality and election security. All are stalled in the Senate where Mitch...
The Watergate analogy is so overused that Donald Trump gets away with saying the Hillary Clinton email scandal is “worse than Watergate,” and voters believe him. It’s not true. Watergate was a genuine constitutional crisis with a president who...
Protests around the country objecting to social distancing and stay-at-home orders look like miniature Trump rallies. With encouragement from the president, the country is hurtling toward some serious constitutional confrontation along with the potential of a lot of unnecessary...
Fighting for his political life is a familiar, even invigorating role for Joe Biden. He’s been discounted enough times before but to be “pushed out”—his words—after winning every primary and more than enough delegates to secure the nomination, it’s...
When the Cook Political Report led its website in late December with the headline “The Majority is in Play,” those who follow politics closely felt the ground shift. It was the first significant assessment served up by one of...
Legislation to make the District of Columbia a state is poised to pass the House on Friday, a major advance from the last time the measure came before Congress 27 years ago and 40 percent of Democrats joined with...