America's middle-class incomes shot up by 3.2 percent last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, after a decade marked by the Great Recession, weak economic growth and widespread unemployment. Published September 14, 2017
President Trump's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan means that our 16-year-old war against the Taliban terrorists will continue for years to come. Published August 24, 2017
The escalating exchange of nuclear threats between North Korea and the United States has pushed us closer to the brink of war. Published August 10, 2017
President Trump touts the economy every now and then, taking credit for the stock market's record rise, and the few job deals he's negotiated. But a closer look at reality reveals a much gloomier picture. Published August 3, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan's uplifting economic speech this week has breathed new life into the GOP's tax reform plan to get America moving again. Published June 22, 2017
President Trump wanted James Comey to shut down the FBI's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn. Published June 18, 2017
Former FBI director James Comey erased any doubt this week that President Trump asked him to halt a key part of his investigation into the Russian collusion scandal and insisted on his complete "loyalty." Published June 8, 2017
In his first four months in office, President Trump has achieved the dubious distinction of being investigated by an independent prosecutor and at least five major oversight committees in Congress run by his own party. Published May 25, 2017
It's not wrong for a president to change his mind as circumstances warrant, but Donald Trump is setting a record for ditching major positions he staked out in his 2016 campaign. Published April 13, 2017
After little more than a month in office, President Trump's sweeping tax-cutting reforms have had a huge impact on the economy, both here and abroad. Published February 23, 2017
Donald Trump's presidency is in deep trouble. After nearly four weeks in office, he has yet to finish filling his administration's top posts, and Congress is about to conduct an investigation into his ties to Russia. Published February 16, 2017
The anemic, underperforming Obama economy ended with a whimper in December, a victim of his anti-growth, anti-capital investment, tax hike policies. Published February 2, 2017
President Trump's administration has redefined the word "facts" to support his claim that he lost the popular vote because between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes were cast in the November election. Published January 26, 2017
Republicans moved quickly this week toward confirming President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominations, as widening cracks began appearing in some of his major campaign promises. Published January 12, 2017
Making political predictions about the new year is a risky business, but some things are certain to happen in the nation's capital that will be fully controlled by the Republicans. So here goes. Published December 29, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump and his Cabinet nominees won't be in office until next month, but the stock market is already showing bullish signs of better days ahead under his pro-growth, tax reform agenda. Published December 1, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has a big agenda, with many moving parts that should keep the Congress busy for the next four years. Published November 24, 2016
As the fiercely combative presidential election races to the finish line, a majority of voters agree on at least one thing: the two major contenders are the most disliked candidates in modern political history. Published November 3, 2016
The 2016 presidential campaign will go down in U.S. history as a nasty, below-the-belt, political brawl, filled with ugly, juvenile, mean-spirited behavior that has embarrassed our country before the world. Published October 6, 2016
Donald Trump, who has been Vladimir Putin's chief U.S. apologist, remains strangely mute about the rising death toll caused by Russian airstrikes on Syrian hospitals and other civilians in Aleppo. Published September 29, 2016
