Everyone should hope for such a eulogy

Former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush greet mourners after a funeral service for former first lady Barbara Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church on April 21 in Houston. No one who has followed the Bush family over the years was surprised that the funeral service for former first lady Barbara Bush, who passed away last week, was gracious, joyful, bipartisan, straightforward and classy.

Obama to deliver Mandela event speech in latest contrast with Trump

Former President Barack Obama will deliver a high-profile address in July marking the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth as he continues to shape his post-White House platform. Like all of Obama's public appearances since leaving the White House, the lecture in Johannesburg isn't likely to raise his successor, President Donald Trump, by name.

Melania Trump Happily Poses With The Obamas and The Clintons at…

First Lady Melania Trump happily posed with four former presidents and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the funeral of former First Lady Barbara Bush on Saturday in Houston, Texas. Standing arm-in-arm with former First Lady Michelle Obama, Melania smiled wide next to Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. and Laura Bush and George H.W. Bush.

Pompeo facing rare opposition from Senate panel

President Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Pompeo, faces serious opposition including a rare rebuke expected before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as all Democrats, and at least one Republican, have said they will oppose him. Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo speaks during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 12, 2018.

Just When You Thought “Russiagate” Couldn’t Get Any Sillier

April 20 is cannabis culture's high holiday, and the Democratic National Committee celebrated it with fervor this year: Blaze up, get silly, file a bizarre lawsuit accusing the Russian government, Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and transparency activist group WikiLeaks of conspiring to steal an election. The suit confirms that after more than a year, special counsel Robert Mueller still hasn't amassed the evidence required for a successful criminal prosecution, requiring proof "beyond a reasonable doubt."

Peter Morici: America’s youth is losing confidence in democracy, capitalism

NOVEMBER 19: University of California Los Angeles students Andrea Flores and Kendall Brown and other UCLA students and supporters demonstrate outside the UC Board of Regents meeting where members voted to approve a 32 percent tuition hike next year on November 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Undergraduate fees for students at the California university system would be increasing by about $2,500.

Panel Approves Pompeo for Secretary of State

President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with a favorable recommendation, narrowly avoiding a rare rebuke as his confirmation heads to the full Senate. Democrats put up stiff resistance and voted against Pompeo, who is now the CIA director.

Pompeo nomination narrowly clears panel, goes to full Senate

Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, avoided a rare rebuke Monday as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly recommended him, but the vote served as a warning shot to the White House as nominees to lead the CIA and Veterans Affairs are hitting stiff resistance. Pompeo, who's now CIA director, received the panel's approval only after Trump's last-minute overtures to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

Zarif Warns if Trump walks out of the ‘Iran deal’ Tehran…

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is not mincing his words and says if Trump walks out of the nuclear deal Iran signed with the Obama administration and other European states, it will have no hesitation in reactivating its enrichment program. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will "vigorously" resume the activities it halted under the 2015 nuclear agreement if the United States scraps the multilateral accord.

Congress seeking to reclaim war oversight

Congress has a constitutional role in determining the use of U.S. military force, but there are two characteristic forms of error that go with it: Either lawmakers let the president do whatever he wants, without legal authorization, or they micromanage the commander in chief to the point that he cannot take necessary action, at least not openly.

Congressional Roll Call

Voting 414 for and three against, the House on April 18 passed a bill requiring a sweeping modernization of Internal Revenue Service information systems that would make it easier for taxpayers to communicate with the agency online and bolster cyber-defenses against large-scale hacking operations as well as smaller schemes targeting the identities and refunds of individual taxpayers. In addition, the bill puts the IRS on a path toward providing taxpayers with secure individualized portals on the agency website to be used for obtaining forms and data and filing returns.

FILE – In this Sept. 26, 2016, file photo, then-Republican…

In this Sept. 26, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton are introduced during the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Almost 18 months have passed since Clinton lost the presidency.