What ‘Brexit’ and Trump’s GOP share: Fear of immigrants | Farmer

Thousands of Muslims fleeing the collapse of civilization and mindless sectarian murder in the Arab Middle East are turning for safety and security to...whom? And where? The 21st century is struggling to find a new political order and equilibrium as the post-World War II order formed by the victorious allies does a slow dissolve. Disorder is the rule of the day almost everywhere.

Michael Reagan: Hillarys expensive jacket

Hillary Clinton may have been better off wearing the Emperor's New Clothes during her victory speech after the New York primary, rather than what she chose to wear and her aides managed to overlook. Clinton, who has decried income “inequality” throughout the nation during her campaign, stood before the assembled -- and carefully screened -- crowd wearing a $12,495 Giorgio Armani jacket.

Bipartisan action, not D.C. theatrics

Democratic House members, with some support from their colleagues in the Senate, staged a sit-in over 25 hours on Capitol Hill worthy of the civil- rights movement, publicizing their frustration over the lack of formulating meaningful gun-control legislation. Even after the Republican majority adjourned the session early Thursday morning until after the July 4th holiday, Democrats maintained their vigil, exploiting social media in an effort to gain popular -- if not congressional -- support.

Clinton rallies House Dems amid push to curb GOP edge

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton rallied House Democrats Wednesday as she looks to unify the party ahead of their convention next month and possibly chip away at the Republicans' hold on the House. Clinton promised to help down-ticket candidates, not swearing off the South -- even aiding Democrats targeting the North Carolina senate seat held by Richard Burr, according to several lawmakers who were at the meeting.

Kathleen Parker: Trump’s born-again campaign

If you turned on cable TV news Monday, chances are good that you caught Corey Lewandowski fibbing that he doesn't have a clue why Donald Trump fired him as his campaign manager. In a series of interviews on several shows, Lewandowski dodged every question, including from CNN's Dana Bash on whether Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband had anything to do with his dismissal.

Senate’s 60-vote rule impedes US

Regardless of how you feel about the gun votes that were taken in Washington this week - and Republicans and Democrats both put proposals on the table they knew would be scorned by the other side - an underlying problem is the U.S. Senate itself and its rule that requires 60 votes to bring a bill to an actual vote. The Senate is sometimes referred to as "The World's Greatest Deliberative Body."

Trump campaign 2.0: The day after Lewandowski

Donald Trump's campaign kicked its communications operation into overdrive Tuesday, firing off at least 15 emails to supporters and media -- more than any single day since the campaign's inception a year ago. It was the first evidence of a changing approach since Monday morning's firing of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski -- a figure a campaign source described as unwilling to give up his tight controls over all of its operations, demanding to personally approve each email and often delaying those potentially time-sensitive messages.

Fish: The definition of crazy

So you'll forgive me for taking a layman's approach to what I feel is a very basic common sense piece of legislation that failed on the senate floor Monday. Maybe it's because I'm older and wiser that prevents me from wrapping my brain around why we can't pass a piece of legislation that would prevent a gun sale to a would-be terrorist.

McClaughry: Good profit is not a bad thing

The mere existence on our planet of the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch drives Sen. Bernie Sanders to torrents of outrage. They, according to Sanders' imagination, are the secret owners of the Republican Party, the Tea Party , and a long list of organizations opposed to the Sanders agenda, such as the political action group Americans for Prosperity.

Dana Milbank: Congress on guns: doing nothing faster than ever

On May 24, the House Appropriations Committee took up a proposal "to deny transfers of firearms to persons known or suspected to be engaged in conduct related to terrorism." In a party-line vote, Republicans defeated the plan 29 to 17. Nineteen days later, a man whom the FBI had investigated as a possible terrorist went into an Orlando nightclub and, claiming solidarity with the Islamic State, shot 49 people to death with weapons he bought legally.