Republicans remain convinced that the Obama administration deliberately avoided labeling the attacks in Benghazi an act of terrorism. But that alleged “cover-up” has nothing on a recent ...

Like the rival gangs in “West Side Story,” the two parties are staking out turf for a major rumble when Congress returns next week. The country is worried about war and a weak economy, but the lead ...

Vladimir Putin is more than the president of the Russian Federation, he is the godfather of an international criminal organization, and his capos (the bosses of bosses) are various oligarchs at home ...

It is time for us contrarians to state our case. The contrarian theory is predicated upon the reality that when most people predict something dealing with money — anything from interest rates to the ...

Louis XIV of France, the absolute monarch known as the Sun King, said, possibly apocryphally, “L’État, c’est moi,” literally, “The State, it is me,” or more commonly, “I am The State.” America’s ...

Where did George Santos come from? The 34-year-old won a congressional seat in New York as a Republican based on a stack of lies, and now he is under investigation by federal prosecutors. They want to ...

Trump pitches zero tolerance red meat to his base as part of his 2020 campaign re-launch, as his DHS threatens to deport 2,000 immigrants on Sunday. Congressman Raul Ruiz joins New York Times ...

American politics have become so tribal that voting against the other side is more important than assessing the candidate on your side. Hate is the motivator, and people turn a blind eye on anything ...

The second Republican debate, held at the Reagan Library, featured seven candidates chasing an absentee frontrunner. All the chatter ahead of time was about which of them would come out strongest ...

Eleanor Clift, moderator, is a contributing editor for *Newsweek* Magazine. She reports on the White House, presidential politics, and a variety of national issues. Her column, "Capitol Letter," is ...