Tag: Commentary

The Iranian regime, its lobbies in the United States and Iran apologists with vested interest in the continuation of rapprochement with Tehran have initiated a widespread propaganda campaign. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Beltway Confidential

Can propaganda save the threadbare Iran appeasement policy?

Washington Examiner · December 1, 2016 5:01 am

Shifting control of the Trump companies from Trump to his children does not clear away the conflicts of interest, as the Lady Bird example shows. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A real blind trust for Trump’s fortune

Washington Examiner · December 1, 2016 5:01 am

Air conditioning units are stacked outside the Carrier Corp. plant in Indianapolis. Carrier and President-elect Trump reached an agreement to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Beltway Confidential

Carrier has been asking for — and getting — subsidies long before Trump-Pence

Timothy P. Carney · December 1, 2016 3:57 am

Rolling Stone publisher asked, "So how do you think we go about stitching the country back together?" (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)

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Magazine behind UVA rape hoax begs Obama to do something about fake news

Becket Adams · November 30, 2016 11:35 pm

I find myself leaning reluctantly toward the conclusion that no other Republican could have won this election, at least the way Trump did. (AP Photo)

Trump and the outstate Midwest redraw the partisan lines

Michael Barone · November 30, 2016 10:54 pm

Tom Price, Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, is also an orthopedic surgeon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

That’s Doctor Tom Price to you!

Daniel Allott · November 30, 2016 9:42 pm

BuzzFeed is defending its decision to publish an article Tuesday suggesting it's possible that the Christian hosts of a popular television show believe homosexuality is a sin. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision for BuzzFeed/AP Images)

Beltway Confidential

BuzzFeed after publishing piece on Christian celebrities: We gave them two weeks to respond

Becket Adams · November 30, 2016 9:11 pm

President-elect Trump loyalists have been outspoken about the risks of making Mitt Romney secretary of state. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Romney is already Trump’s top diplomat — to GOP skeptics

W. James Antle III · November 30, 2016 8:16 pm

A weak economy and stagnating wages make a mortgage an impossibility for many. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Beltway Confidential

Report: Home prices bounce back eight years after ‘Great Recession’

Philip Wegmann · November 30, 2016 8:12 pm

Placed in a small coffin covered by a Cuban flag the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro are driven along the streets of Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Beltway Confidential

Why the White House sent more senior officials to Castro’s funeral than Thatcher’s

Becket Adams · November 30, 2016 7:57 pm

Mnuchin did say there would be a "big tax cut" for the middle class. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Rich Republicans call for not giving a net tax cut to rich people

Jason Russell · November 30, 2016 7:42 pm

On the 142 birthday of Winston Churchill, the president-elect should look across the Atlantic to England. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

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Donald Trump needs to deliver Winston Churchill’s birthday present

Philip Wegmann · November 30, 2016 7:32 pm