Joe Biden’s New Foreign Policy Adviser Supported Iraq War and Dubbed Edward Snowden a “Traitor”
Nicholas Burns worked under presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush before leaving public service and becoming a lobbyist.
Politics
Climate Activists From Extinction Rebellion Glued Themselves to the Capitol to Disrupt House Votes
Protesters, who were glued for more than two hours, called for the immediate passage of a joint resolution to declare a climate emergency.
Donald Trump Praises Boris Johnson, Who Once Called Him "Unfit to Hold the Office of President of the United States”
Apparently, no one in the president’s inner circle has worked up the courage to tell him that Boris Johnson denounced him during the 2016 campaign.
He Was Told to Go Back to Africa. Instead, He May Go to the U.S. Senate.
Helena, Montana, mayor Wilmot Collins was reminded by Donald Trump’s recent comments of the racism he faced when he first came to the U.S. from Liberia.
Voices
Racism Is an Impeachable Offense
He’d be fired from any other major corporation for this dangerous tomfoolery.
A Pro-Israel Democrat Withdrew Her Support for a Bill Supporting Palestinian Rights. She Now Claims Her Name Was Added by Accident.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s reversal on the legislation is only the latest illustration of how charged the debate over Israel has become in Washington.
Democrat-Backed Centrist PAC Is Supporting a Republican Against a Vulnerable Swing-District Incumbent
While the left gets slammed for launching challenges to incumbents, centrist Democrats backing a Republican in a swing district gets no attention at all.
Trump Praises Supporters Who Want to Deport Ilhan Omar as "People That Love Our Country"
The president first disavowed and then praised a baying mob that responded to his rant against a Somali-American congresswoman by chanting, “Send her back.”
John Paul Stevens Was Right: Citizens United Opened the Door to Foreign Money in U.S. Elections
Citizens United created a huge loophole for foreign influence in American politics, and in the nine years since then, it’s been used over and over again.
Chuck Schumer, in Meeting With Progressive Caucus, Said He Was Surprised House Democrats Waved Through the Senate Border Bill
The Senate minority leader said he had expected the House to pass a stronger bill, after which the two chambers would negotiate a compromise.