Trump ousts attorney general, raising concerns he’ll try to influence Mueller probe

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Published
November 7, 2018

Trump ousts attorney general, raising concerns he’ll try to influence Mueller probe

The president replaces Jeff Sessions at least temporarily with Matthew Whitaker, who once said Sessions’ replacement might set Mueller’s budget ‘so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt.’
Published
November 7, 2018

Trump, House Democrats on collision course over his tax returns

The president says he won’t release them, but it’s not clear he would have the power to block it.
Published
November 7, 2018

Trump says he will take a ‘warlike posture’ if House Democrats investigate him

Democrats who won the House in Tuesday’s elections pledge to be a check on the president’s power.
Published
November 6, 2018

Democrats take control of U.S. House while Republicans retain majority in Senate

Unseating at least 24 Republicans, Democrats will have the majority in the House for the first time since 2011.
Published
November 6, 2018

Kathleen Parker: What President Trump should have said after Pittsburgh

I urge my supporters to join me in adopting a new slogan: ‘Civility Before Victory.’
Published
November 5, 2018

NBC and Fox News say they’ll stop airing Trump campaign ad deemed racist

The ad, featuring an immigrant convicted of murder, aired during Sunday night football on NBC.
Published
November 4, 2018

Jim Fossel: Rethinking our institutions is ill-advised

It’s important to consider what might happen if your political opponents took advantage of your changes.
Published
November 4, 2018

Commentary: Interior Department’s legacy of corruption lives on

Ryan Zinke’s travails intensify as the Justice Department probes whether he ‘used his office to help himself.’
Published
November 2, 2018

Commentary: Relax, people – we survived Nixon, and we’ll survive Trump

In many ways the Trump presidency is like deja vu all over again. Except that Trump is, at least for conservatives, arguably much better than was Nixon.
Published
November 2, 2018

Another View: Time to push for an end to Yemen war

Washington should advocate for a cease-fire and lead the humanitarian effort to fend off mass starvation.