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The Signal Scandal Is Bad. But Team Trump Is Making It Worse
SAN DIEGO -- They say the cover-up can be worse than the crime. And in politics, the spin can do more damage than the scandal.
At this point, what needs to happen next really isn't that difficult.
If the Trump ...Read more
'It would not end well': Rubio warns Venezuela against military action in Guyana
Emphasizing the global reach of the U.S. Navy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stark warning Thursday to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, cautioning against any military aggression toward Guyana. Speaking ...Read more
'I'm not going to be bought': Rep. Anna Paulina Luna digs in on parental proxy voting
WASHINGTON — Support for a resolution to allow recent parents to vote in the House by proxy appears to be waning, as Republicans target those in their ranks who backed the measure.
Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna ...Read more
Budget timeline moves up in Senate as GOP preps flexible targets
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told GOP senators Wednesday that a compromise budget resolution could hit the floor for a “vote-a-rama” as soon as next week, which would allow the House to adopt it the...Read more
Spring brings no relief for Democrats job-seekers on the Hill
WASHINGTON — The job market on the Hill can be chaotic and rough after any election, especially for the staffers on the losing side. But for Democratic staffers still looking for work nearly five months after Republicans...Read more
Cal Thomas: Why are top universities getting federal money?
Columbia University at first appeared to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop...Read more
Patricia Murphy: Pete Hegseth has to go
I feel like I spend all of my time lately beating up on the Trump administration. But as they say in the military, it’s a target-rich environment.
The Trump team’s latest offense is also its most dangerous — a group...Read more
Commentary: The care and feeding of a superpower
The Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by an unelected billionaire and supported by the Donald Trump administration, continues its bulldozer approach to our federal government.
As we careen forward, an ...Read more
Commentary: Don't take health care hope away
Evenings in our house oscillate between routine and existential. I prefer the ones where we mostly muddle through the mundane, and the ever-present threat to health and to normalcy goes largely unobserved, acknowledged ...Read more
Commentary: I worked for USAID for 16 years. I saw the profound difference it made
This month marked the end of my 16-year career with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. Like thousands of other federal workers, I was dismissed without warning or ...Read more
Tad Weber: How my Tesla felt like a target for vandals in California, thanks to Donald Trump
Count me in the ranks of those who have quit Tesla.
Three years ago my wife and I bought a Model Y, Tesla’s small SUV. I was particularly intrigued by a car that ran on electricity, not gas. Living in Fresno, California...Read more
Commentary: Silent onlookers -- The moral failure to protect higher education
One of my favorite stories is "The Butterfly and the Tank," a powerful novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. First published in Esquire magazine in November 1938, the piece is based on Hemingway�...Read more
Matthew T. Hall: The Trump administration srsly texted war plans like in a group chat? Exploding head emoji
The world found out shortly after noon eastern time on March 24 that the United States’ March 15 bombing of Houthi targets across Yemen had been discussed just before it happened on the private messaging platform Signal ...Read more
Commentary: To resist President Donald Trump, universities must keep it simple
Freedom of speech. Due process under the law.
They sound good, don’t they?
They’re the twin pillars of a free society and a free university. And they’re both under assault from President Donald Trump’s ...Read more
To resist President Donald Trump, universities must keep it simple
Freedom of speech. Due process under the law.
They sound good, don’t they?
They’re the twin pillars of a free society and a free university. And they’re both under assault from President Donald Trump’s ...Read more
Editorial: Security problem
Washington is aflutter with the latest Trump “gotcha,” this one involving the revelation that White House officials mistakenly included a journalist on a group chat about potential American airstrikes against rebels in...Read more
James Stavridis: What Colin Powell would say about the Pentagon DEI purge
The Defense Department has been roiled by the Donald Trump administration’s desire to root out diversity, equity and inclusion programs his administration believes are divisive and unfair. This has manifested itself in ...Read more
Editorial: Trump administration's Signal breach was a dangerous error. Treat it as such, Mr. President
Imagine you’re a senior manager for a company. You and other members of your corporate braintrust, working in different locations, hop on a group text to discuss strategic plans relating to your chief competitor, but you...Read more
Commentary: Why no more Education Department is good news for parents of special-needs children
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order laying out a plan for dismantling the federal Department of Education represents good news for families nationwide. As the mother of a child with special needs and a former...Read more
Editorial: Hold accountable officials who recklessly compromised national security
Everyone involved in the nation’s defense — from the newly enlisted up to and including the military’s top brass — should be incensed that members of the Trump administration carelessly discussed pending operations...Read more
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