Democracy

FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, a mortgage rate graph is displayed on a computer in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Beltway Confidential

Experts are usually right, but it’s okay to be skeptical on big policy questions

Jerrod Laber -

October 19, 2017 5:55 pm

At a forum in New York City, Former U.S. President George W. Bush warned of the change in political discourse, which he said has been

Economy

George W. Bush: ‘Bigotry seems emboldened’ as politics becomes ‘more vulnerable to conspiracy theories’

Melissa Quinn -

October 19, 2017 4:54 pm

One might get the impression that large segments of both parties are determined to lose the next congressional and presidential elections. And that both deserve to. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Columnists

Michael Barone: Both parties’ extremists seem determined to lose the next elections

Michael Barone -

October 5, 2017 4:01 am

Magazine

Kenya’s Nullified Election: Democratic Triumph or Crisis?

James H. Barnett -

October 2, 2017 3:00 pm

This country faces no shortage of other foreign policy challenges, including threats from Russia, China, North Korea -- and the list goes on. But the greatest danger to our country is not coming from overseas. It is within our own borders, and there is already evidence of its growing threat: Our elected leaders' inability to govern. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Campaigns

Congressional dysfunction is a national security concern

lee-hamilton, Zach Wamp -

September 25, 2017 4:01 am

National Security

Maxine Waters: I can ‘guarantee’ Trump colluding with Russia to ‘undermine’ US

Anna Giaritelli -

September 21, 2017 3:17 pm

Saleah Abedin lectures on sociology issues at Dar Al Hekma, a women's college in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

News

Huma Abedin’s mother advised Hillary Clinton before Saudi speech, ‘Do not even mention driving for women!’

Todd Shepherd -

September 14, 2017 8:05 pm

The U.S. will deny just over $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt over that country's failure to make progress on issues related to human rights and democratic norms. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

US set to withhold $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt: Report

Todd Shepherd -

August 22, 2017 7:28 pm

As former Secretary of State Colin Powell said,

Op-Eds

Don’t change the State Department’s mission statement

Megan Corrado -

August 18, 2017 4:01 am

Magazine

You Can’t Say That!

Matthew Crawford -

August 11, 2017 6:20 am

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