Trump’s second term is a murky, embarrassing and costly spectacle
Opinion, Politics
June 27, 2026
Every time I get asked by a TV anchor what I think about the drama of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, my favorite “historical” headline from the Onion comes to mind: “World’s Largest Metaphor Hi...
The worst blunder
Opinion, Politics
June 26, 2026
“President Trump Lost This War” headlines a New York Times editorial. The New Yorker reports on “The Spectacular Failure and Ruinous Costs of the Iran War.” Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, ...
Republicans hang on
Opinion, Politics
June 25, 2026
By a number of conventional measures, the Republican Party should be headed for a huge loss in this November’s House midterm elections. But some experts think the results will be much closer than orig...
Politics
By By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press 
June 22, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans neared a breaking point this week as he upended their efforts to speedily confirm one of his own nominees and s...
Politics
June 22, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain wh...
Opinion, Politics
June 20, 2026
To the Editor: As one of the few relatives within the Trump family dynasty to write and speak openly of Donald J. Trump, we got a bird’s eye view from a lifetime of observations. Those come from Donal...
Iran deal renews question: Was this war necessary?
Opinion, Politics
June 18, 2026
It is perhaps the most fundamental question of the Iran war. If the goal of the war was to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and if the U.S. attack of June 21, 2025, either obliterated or ...
Politics
June 17, 2026
By SYLVIE CORBET, DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND AAMER MADHANI Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — U.S. allies at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized democracies worked Tuesday to pu...
Stop destroying civilization!
Opinion, Politics
June 16, 2026
In the #MeToo years, the Left’s signature slogan was “Believe all women!” That directive was used to bolster Christine Blasey Ford’s preposterous and easily refuted 2018 allegations that some 35 years...
Politics
By By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press 
June 15, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats’ decision to let a key surveillance authority lapse comes as they are increasingly emboldened in their legislative fights against President Donald Trump, blocking ev...
Politics
By By BILL BARROW Associated Press 
June 15, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — Days before the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Mike Collins over former football coach Derek Dooley, putting his stamp of approval on anoth...
Politics
By By LORNE COOK Associated Press 
June 13, 2026
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia, after the United States announced that it is cutting the number of a...
Blunting America’s competitive edge
Opinion, Politics
June 12, 2026
Donald Trump has long exploited nativist resentment of undocumented migrants. Slogans like “Build the Wall” and “Send Them Back” helped him win two elections and remain among his most popular position...
Politics
By ByNICHOLASRICCARDI Associated Press 
June 11, 2026
Republican-turned-independent Rep. Kevin Kiley and former Democratic state Sen. Richard Pan advanced to the November election Tuesday in a Northern California congressional district while a progressiv...
Trump builds the wall
Opinion, Politics
June 11, 2026
Lately, there have been news stories expressing alarm about the rapid progress the Trump administration is making building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Whatever the stories are nominally about...
Dog days are already here for the Democrats
Opinion, Politics
June 10, 2026
There’s an old story about a dog-food manufacturer who created a new canine concoction with the best ingredients and infused with the finest nutrients. It was launched into the market with great fanfa...
Politics
By By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press 
June 10, 2026
A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into the midterms by targeting more than a dozen House and Senate contests, many of them on Republican turf, in a new adverti...