Tag: Commentary

In this Thursday, July 6, 2017, file photo, soldiers gather in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the test launch of North Korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile two days earlier. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)

Beltway Confidential

How to break the missile-test cycle in North Korea without going to war

Daniel DePetris · July 13, 2017 4:46 pm

The problem here is very clear: How can public policy lower the price of prescription drugs? The answer, however, differs greatly depending on who you ask. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Letting the government ‘negotiate’ with drug companies is just window dressing for price controls

Brandon Arnold · July 13, 2017 4:22 pm

President Trump continues to signal that he'll cast blame on Senate Republicans if the Better Care Reconciliation Act doesn't land on his desk in coming weeks. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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Trump hints that he’ll blame Republicans if Senate healthcare legislation fails

Emily Jashinsky · July 13, 2017 4:12 pm

President Trump greeted French President Emmanuel Macron with a nine-second handshake then dropped an awkward handclasp-hug combo on the mature first lady of France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Beltway Confidential

Mr. President, please learn to shake hands

Philip Wegmann · July 13, 2017 4:11 pm

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TEXT: Cruz amendment would allow insurers to escape these nine Obamacare regulations

Philip Klein · July 13, 2017 3:47 pm

Critic slams Ivanka Trump, front right, for taking her father's seat at the G-20 summit while wearing a "girlie" dress. (Patrik Stollarz/Pool Photo via AP

Beltway Confidential

Joan Walsh suspends the rules of feminism to knock Ivanka Trump for ‘girlie’ G-20 dress

Emily Jashinsky · July 13, 2017 3:28 pm

President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, embracing last week at the G20 summit, will mark their countries' 100th anniversary of involvement in World War I during Bastille Day ceremonies. Their relationship got off to a cold start but may be warming up.

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Trump visiting Emmanuel Macron in France for Bastille Day: James Bond and Dr. No?

Jean De · July 13, 2017 12:00 pm

Mass data collection may be causing credible threats to be lost in a sea of threats that are often false, sending law enforcement running in circles. Omar Mateen, the Pulse massacre shooter, had been interviewed twice by the FBI after being reported by members of his mosque, so why wasn't his attack thwarted? (AP Photo/John Raoux)

National Security

Mass surveillance gets in the way of fighting terrorism

Patrick Wohl · July 13, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump seems to have an uncanny knack for provoking overreach in his critics, which often hurts him, his opponents, and his country. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Michael Barone: Anti-Trump overreach could backfire

Michael Barone · July 13, 2017 4:01 am

Pop music icon Madonna said she thought about "blowing up the White House" in her Women's March speech. Learning how to properly use a gun would empower women far more than any of these shrill protests ever could. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Women’s March’s hypocritical shot at the NRA

Taylor McCarty · July 13, 2017 4:01 am

In the wake of Rep. Steve Scalise's gunshot injury during a practice for the Congressional Baseball Game, the one thing both sides of the aisle agree on is that political rhetoric is too heated. But they long for the good old days that weren't quite as rosy as they imagine. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

At least our toxic political rhetoric isn’t inciting deadly duels

J. Mark Powell · July 13, 2017 2:02 am

The news that Donald Trump Jr., who once bragged that his family had significant business interests in Russia, met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer along with his father's former campaign manager and one of his closest advisers is the straw that broke the camel's back. It's time to remove the stain from the presidency. Trump must go. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Why this conservative thinks it’s time for Trump to go

Quin Hillyer · July 13, 2017 1:46 am