After winning the presidency in 2016 without a popular vote majority, Trump essentially spent his entire first term ...

A steady presidential poll slide with a midterm election on the horizon could, and should, focus the mind. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American democracy are more ...

It took Donald Trump precisely one month to abdicate that leadership, destroying everything his predecessors—from Woodrow ...

The DOJ wants to drop the corruption case it pursued under Biden. The judge has every reason to keep it going and it looks ...

Republicans need help to pass a budget to keep the government running, but Democrats can’t overplay their hand.

Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.

The Constitution depends upon the concept of “office” when considering delegated power. The first laws in America creating ...

Former Rep. Doug Collins offers a reassuring vision, but the VA’s needs and his support for privatization don’t augur well.

Whatever happens in Russia’s war on Ukraine, there is trouble ahead between Washington and its European allies.

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The South African-born hand of King Trump is doing the leader’s bidding, and their twin ambitions are proving very hard to thwart.