Tag: Commentary

Trump's impetuosity is not just a stylistic tic -- it carries real-world consequences, most of them bad. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Time for Trump’s Cabinet to hold an intervention

Quin Hillyer · June 7, 2017 8:47 pm

Comey's interpretation is not unreasonable, and, of course, bears significant credibility given that he was the only person to actually hear the president's words. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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According to James Comey’s testimony, Trump did not explicitly request Mike Flynn investigation be dropped

Emily Jashinsky · June 7, 2017 7:59 pm

President Trump and FBI Director James Comey have not spoken since the president made his wiretapping allegations on Twitter, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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James Comey’s written Senate testimony reads like a bad episode of ‘The Bachelor’

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 7:41 pm

Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, made a major Twitter announcement earlier today: The region will hold an independence referendum on Sept. 25. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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What will the Kurdish independence referendum mean for Iraq and the rest of the Middle East?

Tom Rogan · June 7, 2017 7:24 pm

As lawmakers in California and New York will soon learn, even progressives balk at handing nearly one-sixth of their earnings in exchange for "free" healthcare. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State-level single-payer healthcare faces death by sticker-shock

Sally Pipes · June 7, 2017 6:29 pm

Coats and Rogers both sang the same tune, insisting they had never felt or received pressure to act inappropriately. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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What should we make of Rogers and Coats testimony on potential Trump interference?

Emily Jashinsky · June 7, 2017 6:18 pm

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Reporters cry sexism after GOP chair reprimands Democratic colleague

Becket Adams · June 7, 2017 6:14 pm

The 15 senators who currently sit on the intelligence committee are tasked with overseeing the various federal agencies which make up the intelligence community. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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What does the Senate Intelligence Committee actually do?

Tom Rogan · June 7, 2017 4:46 pm

As they work to craft their own healthcare legislation, Senate Republicans don't appear to have learned from their House colleagues' mistakes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Is Senate leadership making the same mistakes that killed the House GOP’s March ACHA vote?

Emily Jashinsky · June 7, 2017 4:40 pm

Gunmen attacked the Iranian Parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran, killing at least 12 people and wounding many others. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Iran under attack: What to expect

Tom Rogan · June 7, 2017 3:39 pm

Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, right, with Christopher A. Wray, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division in 2004. President Trump nominated Wray to become the FBI director. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

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That time Christopher Wray and James Comey threatened President George W. Bush with resignation

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 2:00 pm

President Trump has put Democrats in a bind with his nomination of Christopher Wray to become the next director of the FBI, making the opposition to the pick all but impossible. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Trump puts Democrats in a bind with his nomination of Christopher Wray for FBI

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 12:56 pm