Is Trump becoming a lame duck?
No sooner did Democrats in the Senate reach a deal to end the federal government shutdown than a frenzy of…
Trump’s battle against the Democrats is only just beginning
No sooner did Democrats in the American Senate reach a deal to end the federal government shutdown than a frenzy…
Is Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend plan loopy?
It’s becoming increasingly taxing for Donald Trump to defend his tariff policy. His latest gambit is to float the prospect…
Who will replace Pelosi in Republican demonology?
Nancy Pelosi’s career is ending as it began. She entered Congress in 1986 during the Reagan administration and is ending…
How Dick Cheney made Donald Trump
Former vice president Dick Cheney, who died on Monday at age 84, loathed Donald Trump. In a 2022 election campaign ad for…
‘Nuking’ the filibuster would only aid Democrats
Donald Trump keeps going nuclear. First it was his demand on Thursday that the Pentagon resume nuclear testing. Now he’s…
A rare earths deal is China’s gift to Trump
Donald Trump went nuclear. Before his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at an air base in South Korea, he ordered the…
So much for Trump’s peace push
Here we go again. Now that Russian president Vladimir Putin has resumed his bombardment of Ukraine, President Donald Trump is responding by…
Trump, the foreign policy president?
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine continued his excellent sartorial adventure at the White House, appearing in an elegantly cut black…
Has Trump fallen into Putin’s trap – again?
Sorry, Volodymyr. There won’t be any Tomahawk missiles headed to Ukraine now that president Vladimir Putin of Russia has talked on…
Donald Trump’s finest hour
This is Donald Trump’s finest hour. Speaking in the Knesset on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him Israel’s “greatest…
Has Trump won peace – or a pause?
Donald Trump is on a roll. He not only wrangled Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu into submission, but also the terrorist…
Did Bibi miscalculate?
In her new memoirs, 107 Days, Kamala Harris recounts that in July 2024 she had an important meeting about Israel and the…
Trump has boxed in Netanyahu and Hamas
Hamas did not wait long to accede to Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan – or at least accept it…
Who will blink first to end the government shutdown?
The surprising thing is not that the federal government has shut down. It would have been surprising if it did…
Trump, Soros and a weaponized DoJ
In 2013, the IRS targeted the Tea Party and other conservative organizations for special scrutiny. Four years later, the federal…
Trump admonishes the United Nations
Was there a plot against President Trump at the United Nations? Upon his arrival, the escalator apparently stopped working. Next…
What the Tyler Robinson indictment reveals about the Charlie Kirk murder
Tyler Robinson, who has been charged with seven counts, including aggravated murder, appeared in court on Tuesday. Clad in what…
Charlie Kirk believed in free speech. He died for it
Charlie Kirk was shot on stage yesterday, speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University. The Turning Point USA…
Trump is sending mixed messages about the Qatar attack
Oops. The White House is claiming that President Trump directed the ubiquitous Steve Witkoff to warn Qatar that Israel was…
Trump’s command economy
Donald Trump never made a secret of the fact that he wanted to be a commanding president but it wasn’t…
Donald Trump was on his best behaviour in his meeting with Zelensky
It was back to black for Volodymyr Zelensky. After the Trump White House asked whether he was going to wear…
Putin awards Order of Lenin to CIA chief’s son
John Reed, a young Harvard graduate and journalist, thought highly of the Bolshevik revolution and chronicled it in his book…
Is Putin taking Trump for a ride?
Already the Kremlin is setting the terms of the forthcoming summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s…
Don’t bet on the Trump economy
The Trump White House took a victory lap on Monday, declaring in its newsletter that the American economy is back…
