Daniel R. DePetris

Donald Trump’s impeachment strategy is a big gamble

3 December 2019 11:12 pm

Donald Trump was given a hard deadline from judiciary committee chairman Jerrold Nadler: if you want to defend yourself against…

Most Americans know how Trump’s impeachment circus will end

14 November 2019 7:33 pm

The first public hearing into President Donald Trump’s impeachment began with a bang. And it proceeded throughout the afternoon into…

Trump is banking on Democrats overreaching on ‘Ukraine-Gate’

26 September 2019 5:38 pm

If President Donald Trump hoped the release of a memo detailing his July 25 telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Never Trumpers are back. Here’s why they will fail again

22 August 2019 7:58 pm

From the moment Donald Trump stepped onto the escalator in Trump Tower to announce his candidacy for president of the…

Warren and Sanders were the big winners of the latest Democratic debate

31 July 2019 5:49 pm

Beto O’Rourke needed a wing and a prayer. The second Democratic presidential debate was an opportunity for the 46-year old…

Americans are watching Boris Johnson with a morbid interest

24 July 2019 3:07 am

Donald Trump didn’t take long to congratulate Boris Johnson on his victory in today’s Tory leadership race. ‘He will be…

The rise and fall of Beto O’Rourke

18 July 2019 5:26 pm

It wasn’t so long ago when Beto O’Rourke, the punk-rock band member and three-term congressman from West Texas, was the…

Is Joe Biden the Democrat’s Jeb Bush?

3 July 2019 2:52 am

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when Joe Biden was the man to beat in the race to…

Joe Biden starts strong but fizzles out in the Democratic debate

28 June 2019 4:51 pm

Day 2 of the Democratic presidential debates was a touch feistier than day 1, likely because the heavy hitters shared…

Beto O’Rourke is the big loser in the Democratic debate

27 June 2019 3:13 pm

Notepads out, pencils in-hand, and water at the ready, a pack of Democratic presidential candidates did battle last night in…