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Donald Lambro

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Donald Lambro was a columnist for The Washington Times.

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Illustration on the coming effects of the budget deficit by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The persistence of wasteful federal spending

The political battles raging across the federal government seem to be consumed by trade wars, immigration and of course impeachment. Those issues will run their course in due time, but there is a much bigger problem that seems to be attracting little if any attention here at the highest levels of government.

June 13, 2019
In this May 10, 2019, file photo China Shipping Co. containers are stacked at the Virginia International's terminal in Portsmouth, Va. Over the past month, President Donald Trump has rolled the dice on the economy. He has more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. The president is preparing to target another $300 billion, extending his import taxes to everything China ships to the United States. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

The impact of proposed Trump tariffs

President Trump's threats to impose a barrage of escalating trade tariffs on Mexican imports has triggered severe warnings from U.S. manufacturers and our nation's larger business community.

June 6, 2019
In this Nov. 9, 2017, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Trump tariffs stoke trade war

President Trump's plan to win re-election next year on a booming economy and a soaring stock market ran into serious trouble this week.

May 16, 2019
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler talks to reporters after leading his Democratic majority to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert Mueller's report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. The committee voted 24-16 to hold Barr in contempt after the Justice Department rejected House Democrats' demands for the full Mueller report and the underlying evidence. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats target Barr

House Democrats are tightening the constitutional noose on Attorney General William P. Barr, edging closer to holding him in contempt of Congress.

May 9, 2019
Illustration on the finish of the Mueller investigation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Mueller report and obstruction of justice

When Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report, it included a key sentence about whether or not President Trump committed obstruction of justice.

April 25, 2019
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, addresses the National Action Network Convention in New York, Friday, April 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Democrats line up for 2020

A caravan of Democratic presidential wannabes are lining up this spring in the belief that they can beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election for the White House.

April 18, 2019

Trump campaign promises yet to materialize

President Trump seems to be having a lot of trouble fixing the problems he campaigned on in 2016 and choosing the right people to can carry out his agenda.

April 11, 2019
In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, reacts as he finishes a day of testimony to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)

Trump troubles

President Trump had another "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" this week.

February 28, 2019

Trump still wants wall, Democrats aren’t budging

President Trump climbed up to the rostrum in the House chamber Tuesday night, believing he could convince Democratic leaders to give him the $5.7 billion to build his wall along the Mexican-U.S. border.

February 7, 2019
Illustration on President Trump's coming political troubles by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency

Post-midterm antagonisms churn between Democrats, Republicans

When Democrats won control of the House in Tuesday's midterm elections, two things were certain: President Trump's remaining legislative agenda is dead, and the chamber's Judiciary Committee is ready to combat any White House attempt to meddle in or obstruct special counsel Robert S. Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

November 8, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Brett Kavanaugh responds to his accuser

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, faces a growing number of former female and male classmates who accuse him of being a drunk, and worse, in his high school and college years.

September 27, 2018
Syria Strike Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. strikes on Syria prove Trump is no Mr. Nice Guy

This was the week when America was being praised around the world for punishing Syria's evil, despotic, regime that killed scores of men, women and children with its arsenal of lethal chemical weapons.

April 19, 2018
Illustration on the comparative success of the economy under Trump by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump tax cuts help Trump economy take off

What a year this has been. While it's been a bumpy ride for the Trump administration, lurching from one controversy to another, it ended with a big tax cut victory in Congress that could help Republicans survive the challenging 2018 midterm elections.What a year this has been. While it's been a bumpy ride for the Trump administration, lurching from one controversy to another, it ended with a big tax cut victory in Congress that could help Republicans survive the challenging 2018 midterm elections.

December 28, 2017
Illustration on Republican tax legislation by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Tax reform bill would give U.S. major boost

Benjamin Franklin, who famously said that nothing in this world can be certain "except death and taxes," would love the Republican tax cut bill that's headed for a vote in the Senate this week.

November 30, 2017
Illustration on the changing political demographic of the state of Virginia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The slugfest in the Old Dominion

Virginia Republicans were licking their wounds this week after a humiliating election beating from the Democrats who swept every statewide elective office on the ballot.

November 9, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. Security and trade will loom large during President Trump’s first official visit to Asia, which gets underway Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Japan. North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons program is likely to dominate the first part of his trip, which includes stops in Seoul and Beijing as well as Tokyo. Trade will figure throughout, both in North Asia and at stops in Southeast Asia for the annual APEC summit in Vietnam and the ASEAN leaders’ meeting in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Russia collusion results in first indictments

The criminal indictments charging three former Trump campaign officials with wrongdoing is just the first round of what is shaping up to be an explosive investigation into widespread Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election.

November 2, 2017
Illustration of Donald Trump by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

Republican Party falls apart around Trump

This was another week when America went about business as usual, while here in the nation's capital political leaders were fighting a not-so-civil war.

October 26, 2017