It’s no secret that neither President Joe Biden nor Donald Trump are popular candidates. The reality is, however, we are four months away from the general election […]
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What too many Republicans still don’t understand about Trump’s agenda
by Jonah Goldberg Donald Trump isn’t normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense that’s exactly what he is. Many of Trump’s most ardent fans […]
British vote in stability. Will they get it?
by Howard Chua-Eoan As upheavals go, the massive victory of the Labour Party over the long-ruling Conservatives was relatively sedate — apart from all the yelling from […]
Democrats will be OK if they want to
Bad debates happen, as Joe Biden’s supporters say. But that wasn’t a debate. Biden stood there in an apparent cloud of fatigue, while Donald Trump lied his […]
Sizing up Trump’s potential VP picks
by Carl P. Leubsdorf News of Donald Trump’s conviction had barely hit the television screens and the internet sites when Sen. Marco Rubio took to social media […]
Mexico’s election of Sheinbaum is historic. But should we be celebrating?
by Kristina Foltz Mexico City mayoral candidate Santiago Taboada quoted the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda on social media recently: “They can cut all the flowers, but they […]
Manchin, lifelong Democrat, announces move to independent
U.S. Sen Joe Manchin, a mainstay of Democratic Party politics in West Virginia, has left the party and registered as an independent. Manchin released a statement and […]
Trump’s officially a convicted felon, but that may not stand in his way
by Doyle McManus WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first. No former […]
‘Manchin for governor’ more than just a rumor
The talk about the possibility of Joe Manchin running for West Virginia governor again is real. As MetroNews’s Brad McElhinny reported last week, two sources close to […]
Controlling Congress counts, too
by Steven Roberts Happy Valley, Ore., population 23,733, played a small but significant role in American politics last week. That’s the hometown of Janelle Bynum, a state […]
