August 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Donald Trump’s return from the abyss to be the 2024 Republican nominee for president is a political comeback for the ages. Read story
August 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In a complex deal brokered by the U.S. government, Russia has freed reporter Evan Gershkovich and 15 other political prisoners in exchange for the release of eight of its nationals in the West — including Vadim Krasikov, a killer especially valued by Russian President Vladimir Putin who was serving time… Read story
August 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Until Tuesday morning, it looked like Vice President Kamala Harris was going to help her chances of winning in those unpredictable swing states by choosing Pennsylvania’s popular governor, Josh Shapiro, to be her presumptive running mate. Read story
August 9, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Former President Barack Obama wasn’t elected president because he chose to run alongside Joe Biden. Read story
August 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
If you watched as much of the Republican National Convention as I did, you must have been impressed by the energy, unity and commitment of the speakers and delegates. One could sense the momentum building. Read story
August 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Proponents of nuclear power, who have been wandering for decades like latter-day Israelites in a desert of public skepticism, might be feeling hopeful about a revival of their prospects. Read story
August 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns
This summer more and more voters have gotten to know the gist of Project 2025, the policy opus intended to guide a second Trump administration, and they thoroughly dislike it. Which explains the project’s purported demise in recent days at the Trump campaign’s hands, just as Democrats have jump-started the… Read story
August 5, 2024, 6:02am Columns
In an address to the nation about abandoning his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden mentioned Supreme Court reform as one of the priorities he would pursue in the remainder of his term. Last Monday, Biden fleshed out that commitment with proposals that deserve — but aren’t receiving — bipartisan support. Read story
August 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In the last presidential election, 192,000 more women than men cast ballots in Washington. It amounted to a turnout gap, favoring women, of about 5 percent. Read story
August 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
As America ponders its political future, the dynamics of politics in Europe offer U.S. lawmakers interesting food for thought. The change there isn’t necessarily about a movement to political extremes but a different kind of shift. Read story
