After Mueller, the Path for House Democrats

WASHINGTON -- It may not have been his intention, but special counsel Robert Mueller has forced a momentous choice on the Democrats who control the...

E.j. Dionne

1 yesterday

2020 Campaign Trail Runs Through Churches in South Carolina

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — By now, most Democratic presidential candidates have polished their stump speeches. But when they’re in South...

Meg Kinnard

1 yesterday

'Edelweiss' Innuendo; Take a Hike; Planting an Idea

Good morning, it’s Monday, April 22, 2019, a big day in U.S. history for those who care about the environment -- most specifically about the...

Carl M. Cannon

0 yesterday

Can the Fed Stay Independent?

WASHINGTON -- It's unclear whether one or both, or neither, of President Trump's selections for the Federal Reserve Board -- Stephen Moore and...

Robert Samuelson

0 yesterday

The Trouble With BernieCare

Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would end health care as we know it, and Americans should thank him for letting us see where...

Joe Grogan

0 yesterday

Buttigieg Scrambles to Turn 2020 Buzz Into Momentum

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most. And his...

Steve Peoples & Hunter Woodall

0 yesterday

'Edelweiss' and the Media

On Thursday after the release of the Mueller Report, New York Post reporter Nikki Schwab noted that the Marine Corp musicians at a White House...

Steve Cortes

100 yesterday

Death Toll Rises as Easter Sunday Blasts Hit Churches, Hotels in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At least 140 people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and...

Bharatha Mallawarachi & Krishan Francis

1 previous day

The Heroes of the Mueller Report

WASHINGTON -- Now that special counsel Robert Mueller's report is out, it is time to salute the heroes. Mueller is not among them. He was a hero...

Debra Saunders

0 previous day

Trump Laces Into Ex-Advisers Who Spoke With Mueller

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at current and former aides who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller’s...

Jill Colvin

0 saturday

Warren Says Trump Obstructed Russia Probe, Should Be Impeached

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday became the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to make a full-throated call for the...

Ashley Thomas

0 saturday

Recovering the Christian Foundations of Human Rights

Many progressives think that independence from religious belief is a crucial source of the power of human rights. According to many conservatives,...

Peter Berkowitz

20 saturday

Where's Strzok? USMCA vs. NAFTA; Quote of the Week

Good morning, it’s Friday, April 19, 2019, the day when I provide an end-of-the week quote to provide inspiration for the weekend. That’s tricky...

Carl M. Cannon

1 19.04.2019

Pompeo Dismisses North Korea’s Rejection of Him as us Negotiator

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday rejected a North Korean demand that he be replaced as President Donald Trump’s top...

Matthew Lee

0 19.04.2019

Mueller 'Strzok Out' With His Whitewash Report

It’s almost as though the Mueller Report was written by Democrats for Democrats. Oh, wait -- that’s exactly what it is! Which is why the...

Frank Miele

200 19.04.2019

Sanders Gets Endorsements From 7 Black South Carolina Lawmakers

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced endorsements from seven black lawmakers in the...

Meg Kinnard

10 19.04.2019

North Korea Says It Tested New Weapon, Wants Pompeo out of Talks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon,” its first such test in nearly...

Foster Klug & Kim Tong-Hyung

100 18.04.2019

Ex-Virginia Gov. McAuliffe Won't Run for President in 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe won’t run for president in 2020, meaning establishment, centrist Democrats will have...

Alan Suderman & Bill Barrow

2 18.04.2019

There Is No Vindication for Trump

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's claim of vindication by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report depends on some creative thinking. The president, it...

Michael Gerson

2 18.04.2019

Debate Eligibility; EU Threats; Mayor Pete and Pence

Good morning, it's Thursday, April 18, 2019. I'm taking a brief hiatus from this morning essay -- just a couple of days off -- but I still want to...

Carl M. Cannon

0 18.04.2019

Mueller Report Shows That the American System Hasn't Buckled

WASHINGTON -- President Trump's conduct in office has been diminishing the moral capital of the United States for more than two years. The report...

David Ignatius

1 18.04.2019

Only Congress Can Hold Trump Accountable

WASHINGTON -- There is a mountain of evidence that President Trump obstructed justice. There is considerable evidence that the Trump campaign...

Eugene Robinson

0 18.04.2019

Democrats Are Using Ilhan Omar as an Excuse to Chill Speech

Democrats have spent the past two-plus years accusing the president of the United States and his allies of seditiously conspiring with our enemies...

David Harsanyi

1 18.04.2019

Stopping the Campusfication of American Life

Many people, years after they graduate from high school and college, have nightmares about taking exams for a course for which they have done none...

Michael Barone

0 18.04.2019

The Truth

Around 1,986 years ago, Jesus was crucified on a cross. No major historian disputes this. Much about Jesus is disputed, but there really is no...

Erick Erickson

1 18.04.2019

Is Bernie Stealing Trump's 'No More Wars' Issue?

"The president has said that he does not want to see this country involved in endless wars... I agree with that," Bernie Sanders told the Fox News...

Patrick Buchanan

1 18.04.2019

Mueller's Report Is the Beginning, Not the End

WASHINGTON -- The report from special counsel Robert Mueller provides a devastating portrait of President Trump's behavior that may invite the...

E.j. Dionne

10 18.04.2019

Trump to Enforce Housing Aid Ban for Illegal Immigrants

The Trump administration will soon release new regulatory changes aimed at ensuring that federal housing assistance goes to qualifying citizens and...

Philip Wegmann

90 17.04.2019

The Cathedral and the Path to Renewal

WASHINGTON -- The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, a monument to human creativity and divine inspiration, invites first a mournful silence and then...