Donald Trump’s tricky maneuver – CNN
He says asking China and other countries to investigate his political opponent Joe Biden is also perfectly fine. Rather than…
Why this isn’t ‘Access Hollywood’ all over again (opinion)
You may remember that the “Access Hollywood” recording of President Donald Trump was released on a Friday afternoon in October…
What’s Nancy Pelosi’s endgame? (opinion)
There has been growing support for impeachment among independents and Republicans. Meanwhile, Congressional Democrats are increasingly confident talking about the…
Degrading strip search of 200 women prisoners cries out for courts to act (opinion)
A vivid example comes from a decision in July by a federal appellate court in Chicago. Asked to recognize that…
Your impeachment questions, answered (opinion)
Dave (Kansas): If Trump is impeached and removed, and Mike Pence becomes president, then how is a new vice president…
Why Diahann Carroll was my first girl crush (opinion)
Photos: Great women of television Lucille Ball – The original TV trailblazer, Lucille Ball self-produced her sitcom “I Love Lucy”…
A hug of forgiveness for Amber Guyger is not absolution for America’s racism (opinion)
His actions would probably have been used as yet more evidence in the long line of excuses made to ignore…
Pompeo might go down as the worst secretary of state in modern times (opinion)
Shultz represents the gold standard for a secretary of state defending his department. It’s hard to see current Secretary of…
What happened to Rudy Giuliani? It’s a long story (Opinion)
The Rudy Show is a hot ticket. It’s a mesmerizing, wild-eyed performance that invites an inevitable question: What happened to…
Bernie Sanders’ heart attack raises questions (opinion)
Bernie is my senator, a fellow Vermonter. (Like most people around here, I call him Bernie.) I’ve been a supporter…
The other secret calls that could sink Trump (opinion)
That call is famously controversial since Trump had asked Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his…
Trump may have committed an impeachable offense that’s worse than the Ukraine one (opinion)
But let’s not confuse calculated and tactical with brilliant or clever. The move is part of Trump’s “stable genius” playbook.…
Historians on Trump: We’ve never seen anything like this (opinion)
When Donald Trump got on the phone with the president of Ukraine, he had a “favor” to ask. It’s not…
Vaping: What adults aren’t telling teens like me (opinion)
Of course, everyone should be concerned about vaping-related lung illnesses that have been reported recently (though they pale in comparison…
There’s a good reason why Donald Trump is intent on smearing Joe Biden (opinion)
The clear answer is that Biden, in his own words, could “beat him like a drum” — and while Warren…
Donald Trump’s ruthless attacks may come back to haunt him (opinion)
In politics, as in Hollywood, those who’d rather pick a fight than compromise — or, in Donald Trump’s case, act…
Dick Durbin: Why Trump’s handling of Ukraine demands investigation (opinion)
This is because of evidence that has come to light in the last several days — and over the course…
Asians are divided about affirmative action. Why? (opinion)
In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the plaintiffs allege that Harvard discriminates against Asian applicants by holding them to…
4 reasons conservatives should back impeaching Trump (Opinion)
This kind of stunning evidence of the President abusing his power is the reason that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally…
This is a historic moment (Opinion)
After several months, when Pelosi resisted taking this step for fear of a political backlash, President Trump finally found a…
Growing divide shows ‘electability’ question isn’t going anywhere (opinion)
We’ve experienced the peaceful transfer of power for 230 years, including the constitutionally messy outcomes in 1876, 1888, 2000 and,…
The only way to deal with Trump the whiner (Opinion)
Despite being president of the United states, a self-declared billionaire many times over, a champion of grabbing media attention and…
Jimmy Carter wants age limit for the presidency — and he may have a point (Opinion)
“If I were just 80 years old, if I was 15 years younger, I don’t believe I could undertake the…
Trump gets amnesia on Iran (opinion)
Trump’s posturing back and forth between aggression and conciliation might work for a real estate deal in Manhattan, but it’s…
Eric Holder: Criticizing Obama is a big mistake for Democratic candidates
Their judgment, experience, and positions on key issues are all important for primary voters to consider—and of course defeating Donald…
Democrats, forget Mueller. Here’s what could really impeach Trump (Opinion)
I’d offer the same advice to the House Judiciary Committee as it considers a resolution to define the substance and…
Let this be the last (plastic) straw debate (Opinion)
But differences of approach still loom large and we should talk more about them. Since at least the 1970s, environmentalists…
Donald Trump craves Chrissy Teigen’s approval (Opinion)
So, of course, Donald Trump is using that privilege to attack a celebrity he thinks doesn’t love him enough. Apparently…
Pilot: Mechanic sabotages plane. How scary is that? (opinion)
I am referring to the July 17 event at Miami International Airport where it is alleged that an American Airlines…
The lesson Justin Bieber could teach Boris Johnson and Donald Trump (opinion)
At just 13 he was catapulted onto the music scene and became a pop star, quickly accumulating the kind of…
In one tweet, Harris showed more leadership than Trump ever has (Opinion)
On Friday, Harris was campaigning in Londonderry, New Hampshire, when a person in the audience, who identified as being from…
What Trump still doesn’t get about Putin (opinion)
Trump’s approach toward Ukraine, on the other hand, has been both confusing and worrisome. Russia forcefully annexed Crimea in 2014,…
Trump smells a bad deal, makes the right call on Taliban peace talks (opinion)
Trump can smell a bad deal when it is presented to him, and the deal that US Secretary of State…
Trump is hurting the military for his own political benefit (opinion)
In Trump’s telling, the barrier would not only keep Latinos out, it would also be free. Who can forget the…
Donald Trump is leaving a permanent mark (opinion)
On Wednesday, Trump displayed a hurricane forecast map in the Oval Office. It appeared crudely altered as if with, say,…
Democrats need to go big or go home on impeachment (opinion)
Congress returns from summer recess this coming week, and the House Judiciary Committee is getting ready to vote on a…
Pence’s disastrous trip abroad sparks wit in response (opinion)
If you study Ireland’s politics, read its great writers or visit the Emerald Isle, you soon learn that these folks…
Why Trump loves Sharpies (Opinion)
Trump loves Sharpies and his aides and allies surely know it. This fact makes it obvious that either the President…
Trump’s fired assistant got a lucky break (opinion)
Madeleine Westerhout was the President’s personal assistant for two and a half years. She witnessed more of the White House…
A reprimand for Comey that doesn’t vindicate Trump (Opinion)
While the OIG does not find that Comey’s conduct merits prosecution, it does conclude that “Comey’s retention, handling, and dissemination…
Opinion: For Trump, keeping up the act must be exhausting
The odd man out at the G7 gathering of the world’s richest democracies, President Donald Trump cut a weary figure…
Scientist: Why do so many Americans ask me about nuking a hurricane? (Opinion)
I’m not really interested in whether President Trump made the alleged suggestion or not. It certainly sounds like something he…
Trump wants to welcome Russia back into G7. John McCain must be rolling in his grave (opinion)
Ukraine’s pro-Moscow President had just been ousted during the Maidan Revolution, and the annexation of Crimea caught the transitional Ukrainian…
Andrew Luck is, indeed, lucky (Opinion)
Moments earlier, Luck — dressed in a gray T-shirt and shorts and out with a lingering left calf and ankle…
Bill de Blasio: Public pre-K programs changed my children’s lives. Other American families deserve the same (Opinion)
We met decades ago when we both worked for former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, and it was love…
Steve Bullock: Defeating Trump is only the first step (Opinion)
I know I’m not the first person to say those words recently. And with so many other candidates in the…
Call him King Trump (opinion)
This week, after calling President Donald Trump’s idea to purchase Greenland “absurd,” the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, joined the…
History shows Trump should be worried about a GOP challenger in 2020 (opinion)
While Trump himself has said he would welcome the challenge, South Carolina Republicans are discussing the possibility of canceling the…
Anthony Scaramucci and Joe Walsh could be key to Trump’s defeat (Opinion)
No one is a more glaring example of a potentially strange bedfellow than Trump’s former White House Communications Director Anthony…
The Don who would be King (Opinion)
Imagine any other president in our history looking toward the sky and proclaiming himself “the chosen one.” That came Wednesday,…
Why Trump keeps calling women ‘nasty’ (opinion)
In June, the President called Nancy Pelosi a “nasty, vindictive, horrible person” after a Fox News interviewer brought up a…
Trump, the divider, unites Denmark against sale of Greenland (opinion)
By suggesting that a constituent part of the country he is visiting in a couple of weeks, including, presumably, its…
Pakistani actress: The problem with Priyanka Chopra (Opinion)
At the event in LA, the woman chided Chopra for her unquestioning support of the Indian army at a time…
Designer babies are on the way. We’re not ready (Opinion)
In November, Dr. He Jiankui announced that twin girls had been born in China from embryos whose genes he had…
Don’t try to winnow the Democratic field too quickly (Opinion)
And yet the opposite problem — that a bloated field could drive talented candidates out of the race too soon…
Trump has used Israel for political points — and there may be consequences (opinion)
Trump has been the beneficiary of some previously unthinkable campaign support and he recently showed just how far he is…
In Trump’s world, it’s easier to regulate the bodies of disabled people than to limit deadly weapons (opinion)
Standing before his helicopter, Trump told the press, “We’re looking at the whole gun situation. These people are mentally ill,…
‘Blinded by the Light’ explains the America we are losing (opinion)
I watched it unfold and began to sob. Not at the racism, as awful as it was, but seeing myself…
Three wild ideas for America (opinion)
These are just a few of the ideas that were floating around last week in Trumpworld, a place that felt…