Tag: Commentary

The national debt is approaching the size of U.S. GDP and some worry the country will face a Greek tragedy: We have a debt crisis, can't fund programs that millions depend on, and sink forever in a sea of IOUs that strangles growth for generations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Beltway Confidential

The era of big government has arrived

Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2018 3:00 pm

Kurdish forces captured Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh last month. Their capture ends the Islamic State group of four British fighters nicknamed "the Beatles" for their accents. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump should send the ‘Beatles’ to Guantanamo

Tom Rogan · February 9, 2018 11:00 am

Unlike protests in 2009, the overwhelming majority of those engaged in the recent 142-city uprising in Iran were from poor and underprivileged backgrounds. The difference made an impact that wasn't lost, not even on Ayatollah Khomeini. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An Iran without the ayatollah is no longer unthinkable

Ivan Sascha Sheehan · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, unlike the federal government, only 22 states partially shut down without a budget agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress can and should end government shutdowns for good

Kurt Couchman · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Five Star Wars films Disney should make next

garth-von-ahnen, Justin Duckham · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

America’s aluminum industry needs Trump’s fair-trade vision

Mike Bless · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

CNN contributor Joan Walsh tweeted the following joke on Thursday: "Is there any reason to hope that [White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders] grew a conscience and shoved [White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah] out into traffic today? Probably not." (Screenshot / Twitter)

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They just can’t help themselves

Becket Adams · February 9, 2018 3:34 am

A new two-year budget deal in the Senate aims to close the so-called "donut hole" coverage gap in the Medicare Part D drug benefit by shifting more of the program's costs to drug companies. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Senate budget deal benefits insurers at the expense of sick seniors

Sally Pipes · February 9, 2018 12:48 am

Members of Congress are facing intense pressures from a base that's more radical and more active, giving the far Left more power. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

Why centrist Democrats are trending Left on immigration

Emily Jashinsky · February 9, 2018 12:08 am

Obama's role in the FBI text messages between Lisa Page and Peter Strzrok. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Beltway Confidential

The Obama-FBI text messages: Explained

Siraj Hashmi · February 9, 2018 12:01 am

The White House appears to have made mistakes in handling the Rob Porter allegations at the very moment #MeToo consumed the national discourse. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Rob Porter and the lessons from #MeToo

Emily Jashinsky · February 8, 2018 11:34 pm

"I'll tell you that I believe that in 2020, the American people are going to be looking for a new generation of leadership," former secretary of housing and urban development Julian Castro said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Looking to 2020, Julián Castro burns Bernie and Biden

Tom Rogan · February 8, 2018 10:50 pm