What I learned from teaching Brexit to freshmen
This past spring, I first taught a new freshman seminar titled “Imagining Europe,” focusing on the shifting geographic, political,…
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US has quietly reduced troops in Afghanistan despite absence of peace deal
The United States has quietly reduced the number of US troops in Afghanistan by 2,000 over the last year despite the lack of a peace deal with the…
Continue Reading What ‘Pierre Delecto’ tells us about the current Republican Party
These three things are amazing beyond words: 1) Mitt Romney has a lurker Twitter handle. 2) The handle name is “Pierre Delecto.” 3)…
Continue Reading Trump seeks to head off Republican fury to prevent another disastrous week
President Donald Trump is taking several steps to placate angry Republicans after a disastrous run which saw his impeachment defense shredded by…
Continue Reading Here is Trump’s current Cabinet
President Donald Trump will convene his Cabinet Monday morning for the first time since July, the first such meeting since House Democrats announced…
Continue Reading Prosecutors can’t show Godfather II clip at Roger Stone trial, judge rules
Federal prosecutors can’t show a clip from the film “The Godfather Part II” at a trial as they try to prove to a jury that Roger…
Continue Reading Defense secretary says some US troops will temporarily stay in Syria to protect oil fields from ISIS
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday that some US troops will temporarily remain in Syria in part to protect oil fields in the country from…
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Romney says he’s behind secret ‘Pierre Delecto’ Twitter account
Sen. Mitt Romney says he has been secretly using a Twitter account apparently intended to monitor political discussions on social media and to defend…
Continue Reading What’s next for front-runner Elizabeth Warren?
With 106 days until the Iowa caucuses and a record number of Democratic candidates, the 2020 election is already in full swing. Every Sunday, I…
Continue Reading Justice Department distances itself from Giuliani
Weeks before Rudy Giuliani publicly became a figure to avoid in Washington, he managed to get a meeting with the top official in the Justice…
Continue Reading Pelosi and congressional delegation make secret trip to Afghanistan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation have concluded an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, Pelosi’s office said Sunday…
Continue Reading Lindsey Graham does not rule out the possibility of Trump impeachment if new evidence emerges
In another sign of the dangerous predicament facing President Donald Trump, his longtime ally Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren to put out plan on how to pay for ‘Medicare for All’
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren committed for the first time on Sunday to putting out a plan detailing how “Medicare for All” would…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi’s brother and former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro III has died
Thomas D’Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor who led the city during the 1968 riots and brother of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,…
Continue Reading Mulvaney faced White House ouster threat before impeachment crisis took over
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney faced internal efforts to oust him before House Democrats moved ahead with their impeachment inquiry…
Continue Reading Pelosi leads congressional delegation to Jordan to discuss Middle East and Syria
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan high-level congressional delegation to Jordan this weekend where they discussed Middle East peace and…
Continue Reading Mulvaney says he and Trump didn’t discuss him resigning following defiant press conference
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says he and President Donald Trump never discussed his potential resignation following a defiant…
Continue Reading Donald Trump Jr. and Don McGahn did not testify to grand jury in Mueller probe, new court filing confirms
The Justice Department confirmed Sunday that Donald Trump Jr. and former White House counsel Don McGahn did not testify to a federal grand jury…
Continue Reading Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Bernie Sanders
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez never hid from the fact that choosing between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, as she weighed her 2020…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg dismisses claim that Tulsi Gabbard is a ‘Russian asset’
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday dismissed the claim that fellow 2020 hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is a “Russian…
Continue Reading Republican jitters grow over Trump in ‘turning point’ week
Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters have on their radar, in this week’s “Inside Politics” forecast. 1. Trump…
Continue Reading Defense Secretary Mark Esper makes unannounced stop in Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper landed in Afghanistan Sunday on an unannounced stop, marking his first visit in this role to service members…
Continue Reading Petraeus says US betrayed Syrian Kurds in ‘sudden exit’
Former CIA Director and retired US Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Sunday the United States betrayed its longstanding ally in its fight against…
Continue Reading The court that could decide the future of Trump’s presidency
Presidents understand the power of this court, and President Donald Trump may come to understand that more than most. The US Court of Appeals for the…
Continue Reading As a new mom, I found Meghan’s interview gut-wrenching
On Friday, ITV news released a clip from an upcoming documentary which showed Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding back tears as she acknowledged the…
Continue Reading Trump reverses course and says his Florida resort won’t be used for G7 summit
President Donald Trump on Saturday night abruptly reversed course and announced next year’s G7 economic summit of world powers would not be…
Continue Reading Mulvaney again denies Trump-Ukraine quid pro quo
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday aggressively denied that he admitted last week a quid pro quo between President Donald…
Continue Reading GOP congressman open to impeaching Trump: ‘What I’ve heard so far is quite troubling’
Rep. Francis Rooney, a Florida Republican who appears open to impeaching President Donald Trump, said Sunday that what he’s seen so far in the…
Continue Reading What Mick Mulvaney’s stunning admission told us about Trump
There is a bit of a brother-and-sisterhood former senior White House aides. Despite deep political and policy differences, I respect those who choose…
Continue Reading Three key Trump challenges to transgender and abortion rights
The debate on transgender and abortion protections has percolated in recent months as a challenge to the Affordable Healthcare Act awaits a ruling, a…
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