Investigation season is here. The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, will testify publicly on Feb. 7, which will be followed the next day in the House Judiciary Committee by public testimony from acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. … At their core, congressional investigations […] Read more »
Has the shutdown changed Trump’s political standing?
Even Donald Trump knows he is in a disturbingly deep political hole. That’s why he went on television Saturday to offer his version of a “compromise” to Democrats. He is trying to blame House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her party for the partial government shutdown and to paint them […] Read more »
Why Trump’s border wall is not just a wall
It’s uncertain whether President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall will ever separate the US from Mexico. But it’s already clear that the wall is reinforcing the fundamental fault line separating blue from red America. Opinions about the wall have become deeply interwoven with attitudes about the larger changes in culture, […] Read more »
Of course Trump has something on Lindsey Graham: His voters
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) has gone from being one of President Trump’s most vocal critics to one of his strongest allies. His transformation has sparked conspiracy theories about his motives. … But you don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to understand Graham’s behavior. It’s obvious what Trump has […] Read more »
Nancy Pelosi is winning in her battle with Trump. Here’s why
Nancy Pelosi is winning her showdown with President Trump for one simple reason: She knows how to do her job better than he knows how to do his. The House speaker is fond of three precepts; spend time with her and you’ll hear them all. One is from Abraham Lincoln: […] Read more »
The GOP distanced itself from Steve King. Is it signaling a shift on Trump?
… So long as the president remains overwhelmingly popular among Republican voters, there’s almost no chance that Republican officeholders would take serious steps to curb Trump as they have curbed King. However, the example of President George W. Bush’s second term showed that congressional Republicans can desert their leader quite […] Read more »