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Watching Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, a gruff, 50-year veteran of the spy world, answer congressional questions Thursday, you couldn't help wondering if perhaps this time Donald Trump has met his match. To recall a quip made years ago by a prominent Washington lawyer, Clapper is not a "potted plant."
Democrats are down and out. How can they recover? History provides models for political-party comebacks with one thing in common: serious schisms on the other side.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news cenference at Trump Tower on Wednesday in New York City. His lack of discipline has resulted in a short-lived honeymoon with voters after his election.
Soon, the Senate will be holding hearings to determine who the next Secretary of Health and Human Services will be. President-Elect Trump has nominated Georgia Congressman Tom Price.
Gov. John Bel Edwards holds an end of the year press conference reflecting on the challenges and successes Louisiana has seen during 2016. Gov. John Bel Edwards holds an end of the year press conference reflecting on the challenges and successes Louisiana has seen during 2016.
The shortest honeymoon on record is officially over. Normally, newly elected presidents enjoy a wave of goodwill that allows them to fly high at least through their first 100 days.
If you're a conservative, you're probably thrilled at President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet choices, but, if you're a liberal, you're probably horrified. As I learned about Rex Tillerson, Trump's selection to be our secretary of state, I couldn't help but compare him to the spineless, outgoing secretary, John Kerry.
Many Canadians watched with admiration and perhaps some regret this week as U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his farewell speech to his nation. He was eloquent, as always, saying he remains optimistic about the future as he spoke to 20,000 emotional supporters in Chicago and millions more watching on television.
And the chaos and intrigue that surrounds our soon-to-be 45th president will undoubtedly follow him into the White House. As he often does, Trump took on the news media.
When does HOPE become false hope? This is the riddle of the Obama presidency, and Barack Obama's answer, from the very first speech he gave as president-elect, has been clear and consistent. The night Obama won the 2008 election he told us that his victory is not the change his voters seek, "It is only the chance for us to make that change."
At nearly 3 a.m. on Nov. 9, Donald J. Trump spoke to the world after TV networks declared him the victor in the presidential election. His remarks were short.
The election results were in more than month ago. Except in California and a couple of other states, Republican Donald Trump drew a robust number of presidential votes, enough to put him in the White House even if it fell well short of a plurality.
Many top U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed a secret intelligence operation for the purpose of discrediting Hillary Clinton, thereby helping Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election.
Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week a plan to provide free in-state tuition to many New Yorkers. In the process, he got his picture taken with Sen. Bernie Sanders and burnished his image with progressives, whose support would help him in a presidential run in 2020.
Donald Kirk says while trade with China may not be the top issue for the new US president keen on destroying Obama's legacy, Kim Jong-un is unlikely to give him time to consider his options Donald Trump faces a crisis in northeast Asia that's likely to test his willpower far beyond the rhetoric that he's been spewing for months . Quite soon we may learn how much he can really do to stymie the threat of North Korean posturing, and deal with America's yawning trade deficit with China.
When Barack Obama moves two miles from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., to 2446 Belmont Road, in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood, he will live half a mile from 2340 S Street, where Woodrow Wilson spent his three postpresidential years. Wilson's embittering foreign-policy failure was the Senate's rejection of the U.S. participation in the embodiment of Wilsonian aspirations, the League of Nations.
Budget hole - The immediate priority for lawmakers in the 2017 session is dealing with a $350 million hole in the state budget. Next up will be fixing a $500 million revenue shortfall projected for the 2018 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Rather than being worried about the lack of state senators who are attorneys, perhaps the greater concern is that the Senate doesn't have a practicing accountant among its members.
Apparently it was not only Democrats who didn't get the message on Nov. 8. Some Republican leaders in Congress may have missed what voters were saying, too.