Tag: Commentary

No doubt many Republicans are thanking the Almighty right now for a rare opportunity to avoid controversy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s silence as Comey testified: Answer to GOP prayer?

Philip Wegmann · June 8, 2017 6:20 pm

Proposals for tobacco flavor bans have spread rapidly across the Bay Area and are under active consideration in Oakland and San Francisco. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Proposed ban on e-cigarette flavors suffers well-deserved setback

Guy Bentley · June 8, 2017 5:39 pm

Trump likes to point to employment growth as an important barometer, and it is, indeed, a key measure of how we are doing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Riding the roller coaster economy with Trump

Bruce Yandle · June 8, 2017 5:37 pm

The standoff with North Korea is escalating, but each side has different rationales for accepting that escalation. (Spc. 2nd Class Z.A. Landers/U.S. Navy via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The risk of war with North Korea is growing

Tom Rogan · June 8, 2017 5:17 pm

Our White House correspondents discuss what to expect this week, and if Trump really has tapes of he and Comey's conversations. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

James Comey’s perceptions: Can a ‘hope’ be a command?

David Freddoso · June 8, 2017 4:47 pm

These are both directions that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation could potentially or might already be taking. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

What James Comey refused to discuss

David Freddoso · June 8, 2017 4:15 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey made detailed memos of his conversations with President Trump. He leaked that information to the press through a Columbia University professor. But not once did he answer whether or not Trump was personally under investigation by the FBI. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The only thing not leaked from memos of James Comey? Trump was ‘not personally under investigation’

Philip Wegmann · June 8, 2017 4:08 pm

If we grant Comey that a "duty to correct" would be created by a public exonerating statement, there's another question: Why would that be so bad? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Did fear of political firestorm lead James Comey to refuse to announce Trump was not under investigation?

Timothy P. Carney · June 8, 2017 3:38 pm

The New York Times got it wrong when it reported this year that the Trump campaign colluded with Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 election, former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey testified Thursday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

‘Not true’: James Comey denounces NYT report on Trump campaign collusion with Russia during testimony

Becket Adams · June 8, 2017 3:36 pm

David Lyall, a Chelsea pensioner, leaves a polling station after voting in Britain's general election in London, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Beltway Confidential

An American watching guide to Britain’s election

Tom Rogan · June 8, 2017 3:09 pm

James Comey sees Donald Trump as dishonest, and has seen him as such since their first meeting in January, the former FBI director told the Senate Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

James Comey says it flatly: He sees Trump as a liar

Timothy P. Carney · June 8, 2017 2:46 pm

Fired FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Today’s Comey hearing will probably be a worthless spectacle

Timothy P. Carney · June 8, 2017 1:46 pm